Tour of California, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 20, Los Angeles, 72 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 1.27.36
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos - Shimano
5 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda
6 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
8 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Tom Boonen
+1 Thomas Damuseau
+1 Nathan Haas
+1 Michael Creed
+1 Mauro Da Dalto
+1 Matthew Wilson
+1 Matt Cooke
+1 Ken Hanson
+1 Jens Voigt

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-4 Ben King
-2 Jonathan Clarke
-2 Scott Zwizanski
-2 Travis Meyer
-1 Bert Grabsch
-1 Frantisek Rabon
-1 Stijn Vandenbergh
-1 Wesley Sulzberger

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:14 Peter Sagan
+0:10 Tom Boonen
+0:08 Gerald Ciolek
+0:04 Roger Kluge
+0:04 Robbie McEwen
+0:04 Michael Matthews
+0:04 Lloyd Mondory
+0:04 Leigh Howard
+0:04 Ken Hanson
+0:04 Heinrich Haussler

Biggest losers by time :
-3:01 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-3:01 Ben King
-3:01 Jonathan Clarke
-3:01 Scott Zwizanski
-1:18 Travis Meyer
-0:49 Wesley Sulzberger
-0:33 Frantisek Rabon
-0:26 Stijn Vandenbergh

Favourites by position :
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Jens Voigt
-1 Frantisek Rabon

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Michael Matthews
-0:33 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Robert Gesink 30:42:32 (unchanged)
2 David Zabriskie 0:46 (unchanged)
3 Thomas Danielson 0:54 (unchanged)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 1:17 (unchanged)
5 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 1:36 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 2:13 (unchanged)
7 Wilco Kelderman 2:30 (unchanged)
8 Christopher Horner 2:49 (unchanged)
9 Tiago Machado 2:54 (unchanged)
10 Pieter Weening 3:05 (unchanged)
11 Cameron Meyer 3:15 (unchanged)
.....
20 Peter Velits 6:02 (unchanged)
21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 6:57 (unchanged)
.....
32 Vincenzo Nibali 16:02 (was 33rd at 16:02)
33 Jens Voigt 16:04 (was 34th at 16:04)
.....
83 Michael Matthews 1:12:24 (was 83rd at 1:12:28)
.....
102 Frantisek Rabon 1:34:47 (was 101st at 1:34:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 87 (was 1st with 72 points)
2 Heinrich Haussler 54 (was 2nd with 48 points)
3 Tom Boonen 29 (was 6th with 17 points)
4 Leigh Howard 24 (was 3rd with 24 points)
5 Sylvain Georges 23 (was 4th with 23 points)
6 Fred Rodriguez 21 (was 5th with 21 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 16 (unchanged)
8 Michael Matthews 14 (was 8th with 12 points)
9 Lloyd Mondory 13 (was 15th with 8 points)
10 Peter Velits 11 (was 9th with 11 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Sebastian Salas 65 (unchanged)
2 David Boily 48 (unchanged)
3 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado 27 (was 3rd with 24 points)
4 Jeremy Vennell 22 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Horner 18 (was 10th with 13 points)
6 Alex Howes 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
7 Robert Gesink 15 (was 12th with 11 points)
8 Andrew Bajadali 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
9 Alexandre Geniez 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
10 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 14 (was 11th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling 7
Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Logan Loader (USA) Team Exergy 7
Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 7
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 6
Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 6
Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 6
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy 4
Javier Alberto Gonzalez Barrera (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 4
Michael Friedman (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 4
Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling 3
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3
Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3
Eric Young (USA) Bissell Cycling 2
Partick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling 2
Total retirements : 18


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