Stage 8 : Saturday, June 20 2009, Le Sentier - Crans-Montana, 182 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 4:12:31
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:02
4 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
7 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank


Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Christian Vandevelde
+21 Arnaud Gerard
+17 Yoann Offredo
+17 Francis De Greef
+16 Steve Chainel
+15 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+15 Jorge Azanza Soto
+15 Inigo Cuesta
+15 Daniele Bennati
+14 Roman Kireyev

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Luca Mazzanti
-22 Gustav Erik Larsson
-21 Cameron Meyer
-21 Ivan Santaromita
-21 Marcus Burghardt
-20 Sylvain Chavanel
-14 Andy Schleck
-14 Branislau Samoilau
-14 Filippo Pozzato
-13 Jussi Veikkanen
-12 Carlos Barredo

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Tony Martin
+0:08 Damiano Cunego
+0:05 Fabian Cancellara
+0:03 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by time :
-22:49 Dominique Cornu
-22:04 Bjorn Schroder
-21:55 Aitor Galdos
-21:55 Andreas Klier
-21:55 Bernhard Eisel
-21:55 Cameron Meyer
-21:55 Chris Sutton
-21:55 Claudio Corioni
-21:55 Damien Gaudin
-21:55 Daniel Oss
-21:55 Davide Vigano

Favourites by position :
+21 Christian Vandevelde
+12 Frank Schleck
+6 Linus Gerdemann
+4 Damiano Cunego
+3 Kim Kirchen
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-3 Maxime Monfort
-3 Johan Van Summeren
-14 Andy Schleck
-20 Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Damiano Cunego
+0:05 Fabian Cancellara
+0:03 Roman Kreuziger
-0:17 Maxime Monfort
-3:54 Andy Schleck
-4:33 Linus Gerdemann
-6:12 Christian Vandevelde
-14:17 Sylvain Chavanel
-14:19 Enrico Gasparotto
-21:55 Johan Van Summeren

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Tadej Valjavec 32.19.48
2 Fabian Cancellara 0.04
3 Roman Kreuziger 0.28
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5 Andreas Kloden 0.45
6 Damiano Cunego 0.54
7 Vladimir Karpets 1.01
8 Kim Kirchen 1.07
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10 Maxime Monfort 1.12
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28 Andy Schleck 5.35
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31 Frank Schleck 6.19
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43 Linus Gerdemann 12.36
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51 Sylvain Chavanel 17.52
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79 Enrico Gasparotto 37.08
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84 Christian Vandevelde 42.42
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87 Johan Van Summeren 46.52

Retirements to date : Stage
Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 8
Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 8
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 8
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7
Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7
David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6
Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5
Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 4
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Sebastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3
Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1
Total retirements : 15