Stage 8 : Mar 11, Nice - Col d'Eze, 9.6 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19.12
2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM 0.02
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.33
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0.47
5 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0.51
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0.52
7 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0.58
8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne 0.59
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 1.06


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Andreas Kloden
+8 Danny Pate
+7 Jaroslaw Marycz
+7 David Moncoutie
+6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+6 Bart De Clercq
+5 Sylvester Szmyd
+5 Pierre Cazaux
+5 Patrick Gretsch
+5 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Francesco Gavazzi
-8 Mickael Cherel
-6 Koen de Kort
-6 Thomas Voeckler
-5 Anders Lund
-5 Daniele Pietropolli
-5 Gregory Henderson
-5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-4 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-4 Simon Geschke

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:20 Yauheni Hutarovich
-5:51 Sep Vanmarcke
-5:18 Damien Gaudin
-5:05 Nikolas Maes
-4:59 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
-4:58 Sebastien Chavanel
-4:57 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-4:56 Gregory Henderson
-4:48 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-4:41 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
-4:37 Dennis van Winden

Favourites by position :
+9 Andreas Kloden
+4 Levi Leipheimer
+3 Tony Martin
+3 Damiano Cunego
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Frank Schleck
-1 Rein Taaramae
-5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-6 Thomas Voeckler

Favourites by time :
-0:58 Andreas Kloden
-0:59 Damiano Cunego
-1:33 Levi Leipheimer
-1:37 Tony Martin
-1:41 Frank Schleck
-1:55 Janez Brajkovic
-2:27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:38 David Arroyo Duran
-2:54 Thomas Voeckler
-3:16 Rein Taaramae

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 28:12:16 (unchanged)
2 Lieuwe Westra 0:08 (was 2nd at 0:06)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:10 (was 3rd at 0:18)
4 Simon Spilak 1:24 (was 4th at 0:37)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:54 (was 5th at 0:39)
6 Arnold Jeannesson 2:13 (was 7th at 1:06)
7 Maxime Monfort 2:21 (was 6th at 0:46)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 2:42 (was 8th at 1:16)
9 Robert Kiserlovski 3:30 (was 9th at 1:21)
10 Angel Vicioso Arcos 3:59 (was 10th at 2:24)
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13 Damiano Cunego 4:41 (was 16th at 3:42)
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17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:54 (was 12th at 3:27)
18 Andreas Kloden 6:11 (was 27th at 5:13)
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24 Frank Schleck 6:46 (was 25th at 5:05)
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30 Thomas Voeckler 7:45 (was 24th at 4:51)
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35 Levi Leipheimer 9:09 (was 39th at 7:36)
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56 Janez Brajkovic 17:05 (was 57th at 15:10)
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62 Tony Martin 19:02 (was 65th at 17:25)
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70 David Arroyo Duran 22:36 (was 70th at 19:58)
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87 Rein Taaramae 31:09 (was 86th at 27:53)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Bradley Wiggins 92 (was 2nd with 67 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde 89 (was 1st with 74 points)
3 Lieuwe Westra 85 (was 3rd with 63 points)
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 52 (unchanged)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 50 (was 11th with 43 points)
6 Levi Leipheimer 50 (was 5th with 50 points)
7 Grega Bole 49 (was 6th with 49 points)
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre 46 (was 7th with 46 points)
9 Thomas De Gendt 45 (was 10th with 44 points)
10 Gianni Meersman 45 (was 8th with 45 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Frederik Veuchelen 64 (unchanged)
2 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 28 (was 3rd with 28 points)
3 Rein Taaramae 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
4 David Lelay 20 (unchanged)
5 Yukiya Arashiro 19 (was 6th with 19 points)
6 Bart De Clercq 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
7 Simon Clarke 8 (was 11th with 8 points)
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud 5 (was 16th with 5 points)
9 Laurens Ten Dam 5 (was 14th with 5 points)
10 Simon Geschke 5 (was 15th with 5 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 8
Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 8
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Pro Team Astana 8
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i 8
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 8
Matthew Wilson (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 8
Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 7
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 7
Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 7
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 7
Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 7
Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 7
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 6
Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 6
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 6
Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 6
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6
Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5
Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i 5
Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 4
Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 4
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team 3
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2
Total retirements : 38


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