Tour de Suisse, stage 8 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 8 : Jun 15, Zernez - Bad Ragaz, 180.5 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4.33.26
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge
5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
8 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
10 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Enrico Gasparotto
+9 Daniele Bennati
+9 Alexander Kristoff
+8 Damiano Caruso
+7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+6 Michael Schar
+6 Martin Kohler
+6 Evgeni Petrov
+6 Anthony Delaplace
+5 Martin Elmiger

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Brice Feillu
-9 Manuele Mori
-8 Daryl Impey
-8 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-7 Johan Vansummeren
-6 Kevin De Weert
-6 Matti Breschel
-6 Michael Morkov
-6 Sep Vanmarcke
-6 Simone Stortoni
-5 Domenico Pozzovivo

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:10 Davide Vigano
-6:44 Aidis Kruopis
-6:44 Michael Morkov
-5:47 Adrian Saez
-5:47 Alex Rasmussen
-5:47 Bernhard Eisel
-5:47 Brice Feillu
-5:47 Cedric Pineau
-5:47 Daryl Impey
-5:47 David Millar
-5:47 Enrique Sanz

Favourites by position :
+3 Michael Albasini
+2 Wilco Kelderman
+2 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+2 Janez Brajkovic
+2 Andy Schleck
+1 Simon Spilak
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Maxime Monfort

Favourites by time :
-0:27 Andy Schleck
-1:04 Steven Kruijswijk

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathias Frank 30:16:02 (unchanged)
2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:13 (unchanged)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:23 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:44 (unchanged)
5 Bauke Mollema 0:46 (unchanged)
6 Tejay van Garderen 1:17 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Martin 1:23 (unchanged)
8 Tanel Kangert 1:43 (was 9th at 1:43)
9 Simon Spilak 1:50 (was 10th at 1:50)
10 Cameron Meyer 2:09 (was 8th at 1:42)
.....
15 Janez Brajkovic 4:43 (was 17th at 4:43)
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud 4:47 (was 18th at 4:47)
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21 Maxime Monfort 8:05 (was 22nd at 8:05)
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23 Michele Scarponi 10:30 (was 24th at 10:30)
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30 Wilco Kelderman 14:31 (was 32nd at 14:31)
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40 Andy Schleck 22:37 (was 42nd at 22:10)
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44 Michael Albasini 24:27 (was 47th at 24:27)
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46 Steven Kruijswijk 25:11 (was 46th at 24:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 80 (was 1st with 55 points)
2 Arnaud Demare 50 (unchanged)
3 Alexander Kristoff 41 (unchanged)
4 Bauke Mollema 37 (was 4th with 35 points)
5 Matthew Harley Goss 30 (unchanged)
6 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 27 (unchanged)
7 Gregory Rast 27 (unchanged)
8 Mathias Frank 26 (unchanged)
9 Thibaut Pinot 25 (was 9th with 24 points)
10 Cameron Meyer 23 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Robert Vrecer 31 (was 2nd with 19 points)
2 Thibaut Pinot 28 (was 1st with 26 points)
3 Manuele Mori 23 (was 4th with 15 points)
4 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 17 (was 3rd with 17 points)
5 Alexandr Kolobnev 15 (unchanged)
6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (unchanged)
7 Serge Pauwels 12 (unchanged)
8 Jens Voigt 12 (unchanged)
9 Tejay van Garderen 10 (unchanged)
10 Georg Preidler 10 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 <<<
Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7
Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 7
Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Blanco 7
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 7
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 6
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 5
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 16


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