Vuelta a Espana, stage 8 summary

Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Christophe Kern
+28 Sebastien Joly
+28 Olivier Kaisen
+28 Kevin De Weert
+28 Julien Loubet
+27 Leonardo Duque
+26 Francis Mourey
+24 Cycril Lemoine
+23 Jose Ruiz Sanchez
+21 Patrice Halgand

Biggest losers by position :
-33 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-32 Alessandro Ballan
-28 Marc De Maar
-26 Damiano Cunego
-23 Ivan Rovny
-22 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-21 Paolo Tiralongo
-20 Matti Breschel
-13 Daniele Bennati
-13 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-13 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:59 David Moncoutie
+1:17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1:05 Igor Anton Hernandez
+1:00 Robert Gesink
+1:00 Oliver Zaugg
+1:00 Levi Leipheimer
+1:00 Joaquin Rodriguez
+1:00 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+1:00 David Arroyo Duran

Biggest losers by time :
-21:36 Alessandro Vanotti
-21:36 Alexandre Pichot
-21:36 Alexandre Usov
-21:36 Andrea Tonti
-21:36 Anthony Geslin
-21:36 Arnaud Labbe
-21:36 Artur Gajek
-21:36 Assan Bazayev
-21:36 Bart Dockx
-21:36 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
-21:36 Christian Kux

Favourites by position :
+5 Robert Gesink
+4 Andreas Kloden
+3 Igor Anton Hernandez
+3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-4 Yaroslav Popovych
-9 Davide Rebellin
-11 Stefan Schumacher
-26 Damiano Cunego
-32 Alessandro Ballan

Favourites by time :
+1:17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1:05 Igor Anton Hernandez
+1:00 Robert Gesink
+1:00 Levi Leipheimer
+1:00 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+1:00 Carlos Sastre Candil
+0:16 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:45 Andreas Kloden
-6:30 Davide Rebellin
-10:04 Yaroslav Popovych
-10:04 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-17:21 Damiano Cunego
-17:21 Alessandro Ballan
-21:36 Stefan Schumacher

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Levi Leipheimer 28.20.03
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.21
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.49
4 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.27
5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 1.59
6 Igor Anton Hernandez 2.12
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9 Robert Gesink 3.11
10 Marzio Bruseghin 3.35
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19 Andreas Kloden 9.25
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22 Davide Rebellin 10.24
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33 Alessandro Ballan 17.21
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50 Damiano Cunego 25.45
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54 Yaroslav Popovych 27.15
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 28.10
.....
109 Stefan Schumacher 55.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 9