Paris Nice, stage 8 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 8 : Mar 13, Nice - Nice, 124 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 3.15.58
2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.23
3 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1.06
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.08
7 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1.22
9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD
10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Geraint Thomas
+40 Christophe Riblon
+38 Maciej Paterski
+35 Pierre Cazaux
+34 Tomas Vaitkus
+32 Ivan Santaromita
+32 Grischa Niermann
+31 Jussi Veikkanen
+30 Sebastien Minard
+30 Pablo Lastras Garcia

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Kanstantsin Sivtsov
-14 Ryder Hesjedal
-8 Christophe Le Mevel
-7 Heinrich Haussler
-7 Sergey Lagutin
-7 Sergio Pardilla Belllon
-6 Eduard Vorganov
-5 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-3 Brent Bookwalter
-2 Luis Pasamontes
-2 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:34 Thomas Voeckler
+1:08 Diego Ulissi
+0:20 Julien El Fares
+0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:16 David Lopez Garcia
+0:15 Matteo Carrara
+0:10 Gorka Izagirre Insausti

Biggest losers by time :
-16:40 Anthony Ravard
-16:40 Bart De Clercq
-16:40 Brent Bookwalter
-16:40 Christophe Le Mevel
-16:40 Grischa Niermann
-16:40 Kanstantsin Sivtsov
-16:40 Karsten Kroon
-16:40 Maciej Paterski
-16:40 Ryder Hesjedal
-16:40 Sergey Lagutin
-16:40 Sergio Pardilla Belllon

Favourites by position :
+18 Lars Ytting Bak
+14 Jens Voigt
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1 Linus Gerdemann
-2 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Xavier Tondo Volpini

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:03 Michael Rogers
-3:50 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-3:50 Roman Kreuziger
-3:50 Linus Gerdemann
-3:50 Jens Voigt
-8:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-11:48 Lars Ytting Bak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 34:03:37 (unchanged)
2 Andreas Kloden 0:36 (unchanged)
3 Bradley Wiggins 0:41 (unchanged)
4 Rein Taaramae 1:10 (unchanged)
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:13 (was 6th at 1:29)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:24 (was 5th at 1:21)
7 Janez Brajkovic 1:34 (unchanged)
8 Levi Leipheimer 1:36 (unchanged)
9 Bauke Mollema 2:04 (was 10th at 2:04)
10 Maxime Monfort 2:26 (was 11th at 2:26)
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12 Michael Rogers 2:42 (was 12th at 2:39)
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14 Xavier Tondo Volpini 5:43 (was 9th at 1:53)
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17 Roman Kreuziger 7:10 (was 15th at 3:20)
18 Linus Gerdemann 8:11 (was 17th at 4:21)
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28 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 15:58 (was 28th at 7:48)
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44 Jens Voigt 27:55 (was 58th at 24:05)
.....
78 Lars Ytting Bak 53:23 (was 96th at 41:35)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Heinrich Haussler 84 (was 1st with 82 points)
2 Andreas Kloden 70 (was 2nd with 62 points)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 67 (was 6th with 49 points)
4 Tony Martin 64 (was 4th with 59 points)
5 Thomas De Gendt 61 (was 3rd with 61 points)
6 Thomas Voeckler 56 (was 14th with 29 points)
7 Matthew Harley Goss 55 (was 5th with 55 points)
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 54 (was 11th with 41 points)
9 Rein Taaramae 47 (was 7th with 44 points)
10 Bradley Wiggins 46 (was 10th with 42 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Remi Pauriol 56 (was 1st with 49 points)
2 Thomas Voeckler 29 (was 16th with 6 points)
3 David Lopez Garcia 28 (was 9th with 14 points)
4 Eric Berthou 27 (was 3rd with 27 points)
5 Diego Ulissi 21 (was 0 points)
6 Remy Di Gregorio 21 (was 4th with 21 points)
7 Karsten Kroon 21 (was 5th with 21 points)
8 Hubert Dupont 18 (was 6th with 18 points)
9 Matteo Carrara 17 (was 15th with 6 points)
10 Thomas De Gendt 15 (was 7th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 8 <<<
Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 8 <<<
Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 8 <<<
Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<<
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 8 <<<
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 8 <<<
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 8 <<<
Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 8 <<<
Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<<
Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<<
Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<<
Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 8 <<<
Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 8 <<<
Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<<
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<<
Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 8 <<<
Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 8 <<<
Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ 8 <<<
Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<<
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<<
Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<<
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 8 <<<
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 8 <<<
Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<<
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8 <<<
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<<
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 <<<
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<<
Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 8 <<<
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8 <<<
Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 8 <<<
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8 <<<
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 8 <<<
Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<<
Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<<
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 8 <<<
Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 <<<
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 8 <<<
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 8 <<<
Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<<
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<<
Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 8 <<<
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 8 <<<
Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7
Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 7
Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 7
Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 7
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 7
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 7
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 7
Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7
Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 5
Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team 5
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 5
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 2
Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 87


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