Tour de Suisse, stage 8 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Jose Rujano Guillen
+19 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
+13 Matteo Bono
+13 Leif Hoste
+11 Alessandro Ballan
+10 Pieter Jacobs
+10 Jens Voigt
+10 Jeffry Louder
+10 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
+9 Steve Zampieri

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Stijn Devolder
-9 Oscar Freire Gomez
-7 Jerome Pineau
-6 Alessandro Vanotti
-6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-6 Kim Kirchen
-6 Philippe Gilbert
-6 Sebastien Portal
-6 Steve Bovay
-5 Dmitriy Muravyev
-5 Renaud Dion

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Roman Kreuziger
+0:11 Jose Rujano Guillen
+0:09 Andreas Kloden

Biggest losers by time :
-13:55 Alessandro Vanotti
-13:17 Sebastien Portal
-12:43 Filippo Pozzato
-12:43 Steven De Jongh
-12:33 Renaud Dion
-12:31 Marcus Burghardt
-12:29 Oscar Freire Gomez
-12:11 Gert Steegmans
-12:04 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-12:03 Daniel Musiol
-11:52 Frank Hoj

Favourites by position :
+11 Alessandro Ballan
+10 Jens Voigt
+8 Frank Schleck
+7 Damiano Cunego
+7 Bobby Julich
+5 Fabian Cancellara
+4 Andreas Kloden
+3 Erik Zabel
+2 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Andy Schleck
-6 Kim Kirchen
-11 Stijn Devolder

Favourites by time :
+0:09 Andreas Kloden
-0:27 Damiano Cunego
-1:00 Frank Schleck
-1:08 Jens Voigt
-1:53 Andy Schleck
-2:58 Kim Kirchen
-6:03 Stijn Devolder
-6:48 Alessandro Ballan
-7:07 Bobby Julich
-7:18 Erik Zabel
-8:43 Fabian Cancellara
-9:53 Stuart O'Grady

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Roman Kreuziger 31.42.31
2 Andreas Kloden 0.49
3 Igor Anton Hernandez 1.55
4 Damiano Cunego 2.11
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6 Andy Schleck 2.57
7 Kim Kirchen 2.58
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13 Frank Schleck 5.36
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15 Stijn Devolder 6.49
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31 Jens Voigt 18.18
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52 Bobby Julich 34.08
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59 Erik Zabel 35.34
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83 Fabian Cancellara 48.53
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91 Stuart O'Grady 52.30
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99 Alessandro Ballan 57.01

Retirements to date : Stage
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 <<<
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 8 <<<
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5
Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 6
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 8 <<<
Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 7
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 <<<
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 <<<
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 <<<
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 5
Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 5
Total retirements : 26