Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Claudio Corioni
+20 Leonardo Duque
+19 Uros Murn
+18 Bingen Fernández
+18 Bernhard Eisel
+17 Danilo Napolitano
+17 Alexandre Usov
+17 Alessandro Petacchi
+16 Aurélien Clerc
+15 Fred Rodriguez
Biggest losers by position :
-40 Ángel Gómez Gómez
-36 André Greipel
-30 René Haselbacher
-23 Sébastien Rosseler
-20 José Vicent Garcia Acosta
-17 Davide Vigano
-12 Juan José Cobo
-12 Pierre Drancourt
-10 Markus Fothen
-9 Fabien Patanchon
-8 Fabio Sacchi
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:21 Alexandre Vinokourov
+0:12 Ruggero Marzoli
+0:08 Uros Murn
+0:06 Thor Hushovd
Biggest losers by time :
-6:29 Anthony Charteau
-6:29 Christophe Kern
-6:29 Cyril Lemoine
-6:29 Marcel Strauss
-6:29 Mathieu Claude
-6:29 Michael Rasmussen
-6:29 Pierre Drancourt
-6:29 Sebastian Siedler
-6:29 Sven Montgomery
-6:29 Wim De Vocht
-6:29 Ángel Gómez Gómez
Favourites by position :
+4 Daniele Nardello
+3 Pietro Caucchioli
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+2 Oscar Pereiro
+2 Dario David Cioni
+1 Vladimir Gusev
+1 Samuel Sánchez
+1 Michael Boogerd
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Haimar Zubeldia
+1 Davide Rebellin
-1 Iñigo Cuesta
-3 Denis Menchov
-5 Fabian Cancellara
-7 Michael Rasmussen
-10 Markus Fothen
Favourites by time :
+0:21 Alexandre Vinokourov
-0:29 Vladimir Gusev
-0:29 Dario David Cioni
-0:48 Pietro Caucchioli
-1:07 Iñigo Cuesta
-1:07 Haimar Zubeldia
-1:25 Fabian Cancellara
-2:28 Denis Menchov
-2:57 Markus Fothen
-6:29 Michael Rasmussen
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Janez Brajkovic 30.50.39
2 Alejandro Valverde 0.05
3 Carlos Sastre 0.10
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5 Andrey Kashechkin 0.23
6 Manuel Beltran 0.51
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9 Danilo Di Luca 1.47
10 Alexandre Vinokourov 2.07
11 Iban Mayo 2.37
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14 Samuel Sánchez 3.33
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17 Vladimir Karpets 4.21
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19 Michael Boogerd 4.29
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25 Leonardo Piepoli 5.59
26 Davide Rebellin 6.08
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29 Vladimir Gusev 7.39
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37 Pietro Caucchioli 11.21
38 Haimar Zubeldia 11.33
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43 Iñigo Cuesta 13.24
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52 Denis Menchov 16.51
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56 Oscar Pereiro 18.26
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59 Dario David Cioni 19.52
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66 Michael Rasmussen 25.03
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77 Daniele Nardello 30.21
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143 Fabian Cancellara 50.23
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151 Markus Fothen 52.00
Retirements to date :
Davitamon-Lotto Josep Jufre DNF 8 <<
" Robbie Mcewen
Française des Jeux Christophe Detilloux
" Freddy Bichot
Lampre-Fondital Marco Marzano DNF 8 <<
Liquigas Charles Wegelius DNF 5
Phonak Hearing Systems Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero DNF 5
" Steve Zampieri DNF 7
T-Mobile Team André Korff DNS 5
Team Milram Volodymyr Dyudya
Total retirements : 10