Stage 8 : Jul 6, Castres - Ax 3 Domaines, 195 km

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 5.03.18
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0.51
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.08
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.10
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.16
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.45
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+40 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+40 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+38 Igor Anton Hernandez
+35 Peter Velits
+34 Rein Taaramae
+34 Laurens Ten Dam
+33 Hubert Dupont
+33 Bauke Mollema
+28 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez

Biggest losers by position :
-63 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-63 Michael Albasini
-63 Simon Gerrans
-45 Philippe Gilbert
-41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-39 Peter Sagan
-35 Tom Danielson
-30 Daryl Impey
-26 Sylvain Chavanel
-25 Rohan Dennis
-21 Ryder Hesjedal

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Christopher Froome

Biggest losers by time :
-38:37 Rohan Dennis
-31:29 Brice Feillu
-31:29 Roberto Ferrari
-31:07 Alexander Kristoff
-31:07 Andre Greipel
-31:07 Blel Kadri
-31:07 Boy Van Poppel
-31:07 Brett Lancaster
-31:07 Brian Vandborg
-31:07 Cameron Meyer
-31:07 Daniele Bennati

Favourites by position :
+33 Bauke Mollema
+23 Robert Gesink
+14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+12 Andy Schleck
+7 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+6 Richie Porte
+6 Christopher Froome
+5 Damiano Cunego
+4 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Michael Rogers
-1 Cadel Evans
-20 Tejay Van Garderen
-21 Ryder Hesjedal

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Christopher Froome
-0:43 Richie Porte
-1:00 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:02 Bauke Mollema
-1:37 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:20 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-2:26 Michael Rogers
-3:26 Andy Schleck
-4:05 Cadel Evans
-7:42 Robert Gesink
-8:07 Ryder Hesjedal
-12:07 Tejay Van Garderen
-14:19 Damiano Cunego

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 32:15:55 (was 7th at 0:08)
2 Richie Porte 0:51 (was 8th at 0:08)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:25 (was 17th at 0:25)
4 Bauke Mollema 1:44 (was 37th at 0:42)
5 Laurens Ten Dam 1:50 (was 39th at 0:42)
6 Roman Kreuziger 1:51 (was 10th at 0:14)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:51 (was 11th at 0:14)
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:02 (was 19th at 0:25)
9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 2:31 (was 29th at 0:33)
10 Michael Rogers 2:40 (was 12th at 0:14)
11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 2:45 (was 18th at 0:25)
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21 Andy Schleck 4:00 (was 33rd at 0:34)
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23 Cadel Evans 4:36 (was 22nd at 0:31)
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35 Ryder Hesjedal 8:29 (was 14th at 0:22)
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44 Tejay Van Garderen 12:38 (was 24th at 0:31)
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46 Damiano Cunego 15:43 (was 51st at 1:24)
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49 Robert Gesink 16:50 (was 72nd at 9:08)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 234 (was 1st with 224 points)
2 Andre Greipel 141 (was 2nd with 130 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 128 (was 3rd with 119 points)
4 Alexander Kristoff 111 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 88 (unchanged)
6 Marcel Kittel 87 (unchanged)
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 76 (was 8th with 69 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 75 (was 7th with 75 points)
9 Danny van Poppel 73 (was 10th with 65 points)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 66 (was 9th with 66 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 31 (was 17th with 1 points)
2 Pierre Rolland 31 (was 2nd with 11 points)
3 Richie Porte 28 (was 0 points)
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 25 (was 0 points)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 21 (was 8th with 3 points)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 20 (was 0 points)
7 Peter Kennaugh 14 (was 0 points)
8 Blel Kadri 12 (was 1st with 12 points)
9 Bauke Mollema 8 (was 0 points)
10 Laurens Ten Dam 6 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 11


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