Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 13, Sulmona - Lago Laceno, 229 km

1 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 6.06.05
2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0.23
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0.27
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
8 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
9 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Tomas Vaitkus
+28 Matteo Rabottini
+27 Matteo Carrara
+25 Domenico Pozzovivo
+24 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+23 Amets Txurruka
+22 Julien Vermote
+20 Jose Rujano Guillen
+20 John Gadret
+19 Matteo Montaguti

Biggest losers by position :
-38 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-37 Jose Herrada Lopez
-37 Tanel Kangert
-32 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-27 Mauro Santambrogio
-23 Jan Barta
-21 Ramunas Navardauskas
-20 Julien Berard
-19 Fabio Felline
-19 Gatis Smukulis
-18 Manuele Boaro

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:47 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:16 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+0:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by time :
-24:47 Andrea Guardini
-20:49 Adrian Saez
-20:49 Alex Rasmussen
-20:49 Alexander Kristoff
-20:49 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-20:49 Alfredo Balloni
-20:49 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-20:49 Andreas Schillinger
-20:49 Arnaud Demare
-20:49 BULGAC Brian
-20:49 Bernhard Eisel

Favourites by position :
+25 Domenico Pozzovivo
+20 Jose Rujano Guillen
+20 John Gadret
+9 Damiano Cunego
+8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+4 Rigoberto Uran
+4 Michele Scarponi
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2 Mathias Frank
-12 Marco Pinotti
-13 Christian Vande Velde

Favourites by time :
+0:47 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:16 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+0:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:57 Marco Pinotti
-0:57 Christian Vande Velde
-14:12 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ryder Hesjedal 32:23:25 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:17)
3 Paolo Tiralongo 0:15 (was 2nd at 0:15)
4 Roman Kreuziger 0:35 (was 7th at 0:35)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:35 (was 13th at 0:51)
6 Ivan Basso 0:40 (was 8th at 0:40)
7 Damiano Caruso 0:45 (was 9th at 0:45)
8 Dario Cataldo 0:46 (was 10th at 0:46)
9 Frank Schleck 0:48 (was 12th at 0:48)
10 Eros Capecchi 0:52 (was 14th at 0:52)
11 Rigoberto Uran 0:53 (was 15th at 0:53)
12 Michele Scarponi 0:54 (was 16th at 0:54)
13 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:55 (was 38th at 1:42)
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15 Damiano Cunego 1:14 (was 24th at 1:14)
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17 Christian Vande Velde 1:18 (was 4th at 0:21)
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23 Marco Pinotti 1:43 (was 11th at 0:46)
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33 John Gadret 2:38 (was 53rd at 2:38)
34 Jose Rujano Guillen 2:39 (was 54th at 2:39)
.....
91 Mathias Frank 29:02 (was 89th at 14:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Matthew Harley Goss 65 (unchanged)
2 Mark Cavendish 55 (was 2nd with 53 points)
3 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 36 (unchanged)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 35 (was 30th with 10 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 30 (was 21st with 14 points)
6 Paolo Tiralongo 29 (was 5th with 25 points)
7 Geraint Thomas 26 (was 4th with 26 points)
8 Taylor Phinney 25 (was 6th with 25 points)
9 Geoffrey Soupe 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 24 (was 61st with 4 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24 (unchanged)
2 Michal Golas 16 (unchanged)
3 Paolo Tiralongo 9 (unchanged)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 9 (was 0 points)
5 Cesare Benedetti 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
6 Alfredo Balloni 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5 (was 0 points)
9 Michele Scarponi 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
10 Frank Schleck 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 7


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