Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 16, Chianciano - Monte Terminillo, 189 km

1 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.50.48
2 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox 0.30
3 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.36
4 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.49
5 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.55
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0.56
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo


Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+58 Marcel Wyss
+58 David Moncoutie
+54 Arnold Jeannesson
+53 Simone Stortoni
+49 Daniel Martin
+47 Steven Kruijswijk
+47 Domenico Pozzovivo
+46 Mauro Santambrogio
+45 Rene Mandri
+44 Chris Sorensen

Biggest losers by position :
-41 Marcel Sieberg
-40 Enrico Gasparotto
-40 Manuel Belletti
-40 Wouter Weylandt
-39 Tyler Farrar
-36 Andre Greipel
-35 Robert McEwen
-32 Lucas Sebastian Haedo
-31 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-30 David Millar
-28 Daniele Righi

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:24 Chris Sorensen
+0:38 Simone Stortoni
+0:28 Xavier Tondo Volpini
+0:07 Evgeni Petrov
+0:01 John Gadret

Biggest losers by time :
-23:55 Robert McEwen
-22:49 Alberto Loddo
-22:14 Adam Blyth
-22:14 Christopher Sutton
-22:14 Guillaume Blot
-22:14 Marcel Sieberg
-22:04 Alan Marangoni
-22:04 Andre Greipel
-22:04 Damien Gaudin
-22:04 Daniele Righi
-22:04 Danilo Wyss

Favourites by position :
+4 Ivan Basso
+3 Stefano Garzelli
+3 Michele Scarponi
+3 Damiano Cunego
+3 Carlos Sastre Candil
+3 Bradley Wiggins
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Vladimir Karpets
-13 Linus Gerdemann
-30 David Millar

Favourites by time :
-0:26 Bradley Wiggins
-1:04 Vladimir Karpets
-1:04 Carlos Sastre Candil
-6:18 Linus Gerdemann
-16:59 David Millar

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alexandre Vinokourov 29.01.26
2 Cadel Evans 1.12
3 Vincenzo Nibali 1.33
4 Ivan Basso 1.51
.....
7 Vladimir Karpets 2.34
8 Stefano Garzelli 2.47
9 Damiano Cunego 3.08
10 Michele Scarponi 3.09
.....
20 Linus Gerdemann 8.08
21 Carlos Sastre Candil 8.10
.....
23 Bradley Wiggins 9.05
.....
33 David Millar 18.28

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 8
Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 8
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 8
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 8
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon - Servetto 7
Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon - Servetto 6
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 6
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
Total retirements : 15