Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Dries Devenyns
+9 Yuriy Krivtsov
+9 Tiziano dall'Antonia
+9 Matej Jurco
+9 Adam Hansen
+8 Vladimir Karpets
+8 Paolo Bettini
+8 Mauro Santambrogio
+8 Jeremy Roy
+8 Frantisek Rabon

Biggest losers by position :
-34 Hubert Schwab
-28 Pavel Brutt
-21 Daniele Nardello
-15 Addy Engels
-15 Enrico Gasparotto
-15 Serguei Klimov
-13 Kevin Seeldraeyers
-11 Magnus Backstedt
-9 Antonio Colom Mas
-9 Filippo Savini
-8 Alexander Efimkin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Riccardo Ricco
+0:12 Paolo Bettini
+0:08 Davide Rebellin

Biggest losers by time :
-17:54 Graeme Brown
-17:54 Hubert Schwab
-17:54 Markus Eichler
-17:54 Pavel Brutt
-9:53 Christopher Sutton
-9:53 Magnus Backstedt
-8:57 Addy Engels
-8:57 Kevin Seeldraeyers
-8:49 Andre Greipel
-8:49 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
-8:49 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by position :
+8 Vladimir Karpets
+6 Jens Voigt
+5 Daniele Bennati
+2 Riccardo Ricco
+2 Andreas Kloden
+2 Andrea Noe
+1 Tadej Valjavec
+1 Paolo Savoldelli
+1 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Davide Rebellin
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco

Favourites by time :
+0:20 Riccardo Ricco
+0:08 Davide Rebellin
-0:49 Daniele Bennati
-0:49 Andrea Noe
-1:53 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Giovanni Visconti 36.44.06
2 Matthias Russ 0.34
3 Gabriele Bosisio 5.53
4 Danilo Di Luca 7.27
5 Riccardo Ricco 7.33
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8 Alberto Contador Velasco 7.56
9 Franco Pellizotti 8.11
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12 Paolo Savoldelli 8.30
13 Leonardo Piepoli 8.38
14 Andreas Kloden 8.39
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16 Davide Rebellin 8.40
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19 Marzio Bruseghin 8.57
20 Gilberto Simoni 9.13
21 Levi Leipheimer 9.14
22 Denis Menchov 9.16
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28 Tadej Valjavec 9.41
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42 Vladimir Karpets 11.15
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61 Andrea Noe 22.52
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85 Daniele Bennati 35.10
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98 Jens Voigt 43.56

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 17