Stage 8 - La Lechere-Les-Bains -Les Gets 147 km

1 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain - Victorious 4:06:49
2 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:36
3 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 1:36
4 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 1:57
5 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 2:10
6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 2:10
7 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana - Premier Tech 2:10
8 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 2:10
9 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain - Victorious 2:10
10 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:10


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Jonas Vingegaard
+24 Santiago Buitrago
+24 Michel Ries
+23 Dorian Godon
+22 Matthew Holmes
+22 Jorge Arcas
+20 Sander Armee
+19 Chad Haga
+18 Oscar Rodriguez
+16 Imanol Erviti

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Greg Van Avermaet
-25 Kevin Vermaerke
-25 Marco Brenner
-21 Alexander Cataford
-20 Ilan Van Wilder
-17 Reto Hollenstein
-17 Sebastian Schonberger
-17 Winner Anacona
-16 Michal Kwiatkowski
-13 Sonny Colbrelli
-13 Steff Cras

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:21 Mark Padun
+0:41 Patrick Konrad
+0:40 Jonas Vingegaard
+0:13 Ben O'Connor

Biggest losers by time :
-29:14 Alexander Cataford
-29:14 Alexander Kristoff
-29:14 Alexis Renard
-29:14 Brent Bookwalter
-29:14 Greg Van Avermaet
-29:14 Ilan Van Wilder
-29:14 Jeremy Bellicaud
-29:14 Josef Cerny
-29:14 Kevin Van Melsen
-29:14 Kevin Vermaerke
-29:14 Marco Brenner

Favourites by position :
+31 Jonas Vingegaard
+8 Patrick Konrad
+3 Guillaume Martin
+3 Enric Mas
+1 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+1 Dylan Teuns
-2 Nairo Quintana
-2 Alejandro Valverde

Favourites by time :
+0:41 Patrick Konrad
+0:40 Jonas Vingegaard
-0:33 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-0:40 Enric Mas
-1:54 Steven Kruijswijk
-1:54 Alejandro Valverde
-3:06 Nairo Quintana
-7:40 Dylan Teuns

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Richie Porte 29:37:05 (unchanged)
2 Alexey Lutsenko 0:17 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:29 (unchanged)
4 Wilco Kelderman 0:33 (unchanged)
5 Jack Haig 0:34 (unchanged)
6 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:38 (unchanged)
7 Ion Izagirre 0:38 (unchanged)
8 Ben O'Connor 0:47 (was 8th at 1:00)
9 David Gaudu 1:12 (unchanged)
10 Tao Geoghegan Hart 1:57 (was 11th at 1:24)
11 Enric Mas 2:08 (was 14th at 1:28)
12 Patrick Konrad 2:10 (was 20th at 2:51)
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14 Alejandro Valverde 3:18 (was 12th at 1:24)
15 Steven Kruijswijk 3:29 (was 15th at 1:35)
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18 Nairo Quintana 4:50 (was 16th at 1:44)
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20 Guillaume Martin 6:54 (was 23rd at 6:54)
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25 Dylan Teuns 18:12 (was 26th at 10:32)
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51 Jonas Vingegaard 45:03 (was 82nd at 45:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 91 (unchanged)
2 Kasper Asgreen 58 (unchanged)
3 Alex Aranburu 58 (unchanged)
4 Patrick Konrad 56 (was 6th with 36 points)
5 Alejandro Valverde 51 (was 4th with 51 points)
6 Lukas Postlberger 37 (was 5th with 37 points)
7 Jasper Stuyven 36 (unchanged)
8 Mark Padun 34 (was 19th with 15 points)
9 Geraint Thomas 33 (was 11th with 28 points)
10 Wilco Kelderman 32 (was 8th with 32 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Padun 50 (was 3rd with 15 points)
2 Lawson Craddock 33 (was 1st with 33 points)
3 Michael Valgren 26 (was 4th with 15 points)
4 Matthew Holmes 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
5 Jack Haig 16 (was 11th with 8 points)
6 Richie Porte 15 (was 6th with 12 points)
7 Nils Politt 13 (was 0 points)
8 Lukas Postlberger 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
9 Kenny Elissonde 12 (was 13th with 7 points)
10 Martijn Tusveld 12 (was 7th with 12 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 88:53:28 (was 1st at 76:25:58)
2 Movistar Team 4:09 (was 2nd at 2:08)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 14:04 (was 3rd at 12:45)
4 AG2R Citroen Team 21:32 (was 4th at 17:18)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 27:20 (was 5th at 22:31)
6 Astana - Premier Tech 29:30 (was 6th at 26:01)
7 BORA - hansgrohe 43:13 (was 7th at 26:13)
8 Groupama - FDJ 46:18 (was 9th at 36:43)
9 Team DSM 51:39 (was 8th at 29:22)
10 Trek - Segafredo 53:46 (was 11th at 45:21)
11 Team Arkea Samsic 1:13:14 (was 13th at 48:44)
12 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:14:38 (was 12th at 47:27)
13 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 1:17:09 (was 10th at 45:05)
14 UAE-Team Emirates 1:19:19 (was 15th at 1:03:34)
15 Team BikeExchange 1:28:42 (was 14th at 56:23)
16 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:29:42 (was 16th at 1:08:58)
17 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:42:35 (was 20th at 1:22:38)
18 EF Education - Nippo 1:49:24 (was 19th at 1:17:29)
19 Lotto Soudal 1:52:47 (was 18th at 1:15:17)
20 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:53:49 (was 17th at 1:12:51)
21 Deceuninck - Quick Step 3:50:05 (was 21th at 2:41:14)

Retirements to date : Stage
Clement Russo (Team Arkea Samsic) 8
Cyril Gautier (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 8
Emmanuel Morin (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 8
Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 8
Harry Sweeny (Lotto Soudal) 8
Hideto Nakane (EF Education - Nippo) 8
Jasper De Plus (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 8
Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 8
Logan Owen (EF Education - Nippo) 8
Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start-Up Nation) 8
Michael Schwarzmann (BORA - hansgrohe) 8
Patrick Gamper (BORA - hansgrohe) 8
Ryan Mullen (Trek - Segafredo) 8
Andrey Zeits (Team BikeExchange) 7
Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 7
Kevin Colleoni (Team BikeExchange) 7
Lachlan Morton (EF Education - Nippo) 7
William Bonnet (Groupama - FDJ) 7
Loic Vliegen (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 6
Clement Venturini (AG2R Citroen Team) 5
Ivo Oliveira (UAE-Team Emirates) 5
Kaden Groves (Team BikeExchange) 5
Lennard Hofstede (Team Jumbo-Visma) 5
Michael Gogl (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 4
Mads Pedersen (Trek - Segafredo) 3
Benjamin Perry (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Ian Garrison (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Robert Power (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 2
Eros Capecchi (Bahrain - Victorious) 1
Total retirements : 29


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