Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 8 : May 11, Gabicce Mare - Saltara (ITT), 54.8 km

1 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 1.16.27
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.10
3 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0.14
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.21
5 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.32
6 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0.35
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.39
8 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.45
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0.53
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+26 Manuele Boaro
+25 Stef Clement
+24 Tanel Kangert
+19 Bradley Wiggins
+19 Alex Dowsett
+18 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+18 Luke Durbridge
+18 Brett Lancaster
+17 Patrick Gretsch
+17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Luca Paolini
-26 Giampaolo Caruso
-20 Grega Bole
-17 George Bennett
-15 Karsten Kroon
-15 Robert Kiserlovski
-13 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-13 Fabio Taborre
-12 Ivan Santaromita
-12 Johan Le Bon
-12 Mark Cavendish

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:26 Alex Dowsett
+0:16 Bradley Wiggins
+0:12 Tanel Kangert
+0:05 Vincenzo Nibali

Biggest losers by time :
-16:16 Mattia Gavazzi
-14:51 Adam Blythe
-14:18 Francesco Chicchi
-14:02 Rafael Andriato
-13:59 Davide Appollonio
-13:44 David Millar
-13:43 Kenny Dehaes
-13:16 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez
-12:44 Pim Ligthart
-12:35 Nacer Bouhanni
-12:31 Fabio Taborre

Favourites by position :
+19 Bradley Wiggins
+17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+13 Wilco Kelderman
+12 Rigoberto Uran Uran
+12 Domenico Pozzovivo
+8 Michele Scarponi
+4 Robert Gesink
+4 Cadel Evans
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Thomas Danielson
-3 Ryder Hesjedal
-4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-5 Christian Vande Velde
-11 Steven Kruijswijk

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Bradley Wiggins
+0:05 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:13 Cadel Evans
-0:27 Michele Scarponi
-0:56 Robert Gesink
-1:22 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-1:31 Wilco Kelderman
-1:57 Ryder Hesjedal
-2:08 Domenico Pozzovivo
-2:14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-2:51 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3:39 Thomas Danielson
-4:16 Steven Kruijswijk
-10:19 Christian Vande Velde

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 29:46:57 (was 2nd at 0:05)
2 Cadel Evans 0:29 (was 6th at 0:16)
3 Robert Gesink 1:15 (was 7th at 0:19)
4 Bradley Wiggins 1:16 (was 23rd at 1:32)
5 Michele Scarponi 1:24 (was 13th at 0:57)
6 Ryder Hesjedal 2:05 (was 3rd at 0:08)
7 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 2:11 (was 25th at 1:44)
8 Mauro Santambrogio 2:43 (was 5th at 0:13)
9 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2:44 (was 14th at 0:57)
10 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:49 (was 22nd at 1:27)
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13 Wilco Kelderman 3:26 (was 26th at 1:55)
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15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:43 (was 11th at 0:52)
16 Domenico Pozzovivo 4:05 (was 28th at 1:57)
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19 Thomas Danielson 4:37 (was 16th at 0:58)
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23 Steven Kruijswijk 5:09 (was 12th at 0:53)
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107 Christian Vande Velde 48:40 (was 102nd at 38:21)
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110 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 49:04 (was 127th at 46:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 58 (unchanged)
2 Elia Viviani 52 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 49 (was 4th with 40 points)
4 Enrico Battaglin 45 (was 3rd with 45 points)
5 Adam Hansen 39 (unchanged)
6 Luca Paolini 35 (unchanged)
7 Nacer Bouhanni 31 (unchanged)
8 John Degenkolb 30 (unchanged)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 30 (unchanged)
10 Mauro Santambrogio 29 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Giovanni Visconti 14 (unchanged)
2 Emanuele Sella 13 (unchanged)
3 Stefano Pirazzi 12 (unchanged)
4 Adam Hansen 12 (unchanged)
5 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 9 (unchanged)
6 Willem Wauters 9 (unchanged)
7 Danilo Di Luca 5 (unchanged)
8 Manuele Boaro 5 (unchanged)
9 Cameron Wurf 3 (unchanged)
10 Fabio Aru 3 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8 <<<
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4
Total retirements : 7


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