Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 17, Foligno - Montecopiolo, 179 km

1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4.47.47
2 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing
3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.06
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.08
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.14
9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.17
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 0.20


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+67 Stefano Pirazzi
+63 Emanuele Sella
+62 Mikel Landa Meana
+62 Andrey Zeits
+54 Eduard Vorganov
+53 Perrig Quemeneur
+51 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+48 Mattia Cattaneo
+48 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+47 Julian Arredondo

Biggest losers by position :
-73 Michael Matthews
-58 Tim Wellens
-45 Daniel Oss
-45 Luke Durbridge
-45 Oscar Gatto
-43 Yannick Eijssen
-42 Thomas Dekker
-37 Dario Cataldo
-33 Yonathan Monsalve
-31 Sonny Colbrelli
-31 Steven Kruijswijk

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:39 Diego Ulissi
+0:35 Robert Kiserlovski
+0:27 Wilco Kelderman
+0:23 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:21 Rigoberto Uran
+0:21 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:21 Cadel Evans
+0:15 Rafal Majka
+0:12 Fabio Aru
+0:09 Ryder Hesjedal

Biggest losers by time :
-35:15 Nicola Ruffoni
-35:00 Michael Hepburn
-34:32 Davide Appollonio
-33:50 Alan Marangoni
-33:50 Arnaud Courteille
-33:50 Bernhard Eisel
-33:50 Bert De Backer
-33:50 Borut Bozic
-33:50 Boy van Poppel
-33:50 Christopher Juul Jensen
-33:50 Christopher Sutton

Favourites by position :
+29 Nicolas Roche
+24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+5 Wilco Kelderman
+4 Domenico Pozzovivo
+3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Rafal Majka
+1 Cadel Evans
-6 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-6 Michael Rogers
-18 Pieter Weening
-24 Michele Scarponi

Favourites by time :
+0:27 Wilco Kelderman
+0:23 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:21 Rigoberto Uran
+0:21 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:21 Cadel Evans
+0:15 Rafal Majka
-0:04 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1:18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-5:37 Nicolas Roche
-5:37 Michael Rogers
-7:01 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-9:10 Michele Scarponi
-21:23 Pieter Weening

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 34:22:35 (was 2nd at 0:21)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:57 (was 3rd at 1:18)
3 Rafal Majka 1:10 (was 4th at 1:25)
4 Steve Morabito 1:31 (was 5th at 1:25)
5 Fabio Aru 1:39 (was 8th at 1:51)
6 Diego Ulissi 1:43 (was 15th at 2:22)
7 Wilco Kelderman 1:44 (was 12th at 2:11)
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 1:45 (was 11th at 2:08)
9 Robert Kiserlovski 1:49 (was 16th at 2:24)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:50 (was 14th at 2:11)
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16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:52 (was 18th at 2:34)
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29 Michael Rogers 8:27 (was 23rd at 2:50)
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31 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 9:15 (was 55th at 9:11)
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38 Przemyslaw Niemiec 10:42 (was 32nd at 3:41)
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41 Michele Scarponi 11:38 (was 17th at 2:28)
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49 Nicolas Roche 21:32 (was 78th at 15:55)
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58 Pieter Weening 26:18 (was 40th at 4:55)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Nacer Bouhanni 166
2 Giacomo Nizzolo 150
3 Elia Viviani 139
4 Roberto Ferrari 121
5 Ben Swift 92
6 Michael Matthews 90
7 Tyler Farrar 53
8 Davide Appollonio 52
9 Luka Mezgec 52
10 Diego Ulissi 48

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Julian David Arredondo Moreno 47
2 Diego Ulissi 35
3 Stefano Pirazzi 26
4 Robert Kiserlovski 20
5 Cadel Evans 15
6 Michael Matthews 14
7 Wilco Kelderman 14
8 Perrig Quemeneur 14
9 Maarten Tjallingii 12
10 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 10

Retirements to date : Stage
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 8
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 7
Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 7
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 7
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha 6
Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 6
Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 6
Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 6
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1
Total retirements : 13


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