Tour of California, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 19, San Francisco - Santa Rosa, 130.4 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 3.04.07
2 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Ken Hanson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
7 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
8 Jacobe Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
+3 Thomas Soladay
+3 Peter Sagan
+2 Mitchell Docker
+2 Michael Morkov
+2 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+2 Luis Romero Amaran
+2 Jay McCarthy
+2 James Stemper
+2 Carter Jones

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Lachlan David Morton
-5 Antoine Duchesne
-4 Thomas De Gendt
-3 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-3 Christopher Jones
-3 Nathan Brown
-2 Jason McCartney
-2 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
-2 Marsh Cooper
-2 Rohan Dennis
-2 Ryan Roth

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Daniel Schorn
+0:04 Tyler Farrar

Biggest losers by time :
-2:45 Lachlan David Morton
-2:42 Antoine Duchesne
-2:41 Jason McCartney
-2:33 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-2:30 Thomas De Gendt
-2:02 Cesare Benedetti
-2:00 Ryan Roth
-1:52 Nathan Brown
-1:28 Christopher Jones
-1:25 Marsh Cooper
-1:22 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes

Favourites by position :
+1 Sylvain Chavanel
-4 Thomas De Gendt

Favourites by time :
-2:30 Thomas De Gendt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 29:43:00 (unchanged)
2 Michael Rogers 1:47 (unchanged)
3 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 3:26 (unchanged)
4 Mathias Frank 3:32 (unchanged)
5 Cameron Meyer 3:33 (unchanged)
6 Matthew Busche 3:50 (unchanged)
7 Francisco Mancebo Perez 4:52 (unchanged)
8 Lawson Craddock 5:24 (unchanged)
9 Philip Deignan 5:33 (unchanged)
10 Chad Haga 5:52 (unchanged)
.....
20 Lieuwe Westra 14:59 (unchanged)
.....
25 Andy Schleck 20:11 (unchanged)
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37 Sylvain Chavanel 27:46 (was 38th at 27:46)
.....
52 Thomas De Gendt 36:27 (was 48th at 33:57)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 53
2 Tyler Farrar 47
3 Gianni Meersman 31
4 Thor Hushovd 29
5 Lieuwe Westra 28
6 Michael Matthews 27
7 Ken Hanson 18
8 Jens Voigt 15
9 Francisco Mancebo Perez 12
10 Alexander Candelario 12

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Carter Jones 47 (unchanged)
2 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 20 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 20 (unchanged)
4 Marsh Cooper 18 (unchanged)
5 Tejay van Garderen 17 (unchanged)
6 James Stemper 17 (unchanged)
7 Leopold Konig 12 (unchanged)
8 Chad Beyer 12 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Baldwin 12 (unchanged)
10 Michael Rogers 12 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
David Williams (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
James Stemper (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Kin San Wu (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 8
Max Jenkins (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Nathaniel English (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Robert Sweeting (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Shawn Milne (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 8
Chun Kai Feng (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 6
Chun Kai Feng (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 6
David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 5
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 27


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