Stage 8 : July 13, 2019 Macon - Saint-Etienne 200 km

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5.00.17
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0.06
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0.26
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
9 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Christopher Juul Jensen
+26 Pierre-Luc Perichon
+24 Thomas De Gendt
+23 Lennard Kamna
+23 Dylan van Baarle
+21 Soren Kragh Andersen
+21 Niki Terpstra
+21 Magnus Cort
+21 Lukas Postlberger
+21 Carlos Verona Quintanilla

Biggest losers by position :
-49 Dylan Teuns
-27 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-26 Jasper Stuyven
-26 Luis Leon Sanchez
-26 Michael Woods
-24 Fabio Felline
-22 Daryl Impey
-22 Nils Politt
-20 Michael Valgren Andersen
-19 Julien Simon
-19 Wout Van Aert

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:21 Thomas De Gendt
+0:06 Julian Alaphilippe
+0:05 Thibaut Pinot

Biggest losers by time :
-29:41 Lars Ytting Bak
-29:41 Yoann Offredo
-26:49 Michael Hepburn
-26:29 Aime De Gendt
-26:29 Alex Dowsett
-26:29 Alexander Kristoff
-26:29 Alexis Gougeard
-26:29 Amund Grondahl Jansen
-26:29 Andre Greipel
-26:29 Anthony Turgis
-26:29 Benoit Cosnefroy

Favourites by position :
+15 Ilnur Zakarin
+10 Wilco Kelderman
+4 Thibaut Pinot
+3 Simon Yates
+3 Romain Bardet
+3 Patrick Konrad
+2 Nairo Quintana
+2 Mikel Landa Meana
+2 Jakob Fuglsang
+2 Enric Mas
+2 Adam Yates
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
-8 Vincenzo Nibali

Favourites by time :
+0:05 Thibaut Pinot
-0:23 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:23 Romain Bardet
-0:23 Patrick Konrad
-0:23 Nairo Quintana
-0:23 Mikel Landa Meana
-0:23 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:23 Geraint Thomas
-0:23 Enric Mas
-0:23 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez
-0:23 Adam Yates
-4:22 Vincenzo Nibali
-4:58 Ilnur Zakarin
-5:42 Wilco Kelderman
-17:10 Simon Yates

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Julian Alaphilippe 34:17:59 (was 2nd at 0:06)
2 Giulio Ciccone 0:23 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Thibaut Pinot 0:53 (was 7th at 0:58)
4 George Bennett 1:10 (was 4th at 0:47)
5 Geraint Thomas 1:12 (was 5th at 0:49)
6 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 1:16 (was 6th at 0:53)
7 Steven Kruijswijk 1:27 (was 8th at 1:04)
8 Rigoberto Uran 1:38 (was 10th at 1:15)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 1:42 (was 11th at 1:19)
10 Emanuel Buchmann 1:45 (was 12th at 1:22)
11 Enric Mas 1:46 (was 13th at 1:23)
12 Adam Yates 1:47 (was 14th at 1:24)
.....
14 Nairo Quintana 2:04 (was 16th at 1:41)
15 Mikel Landa Meana 2:06 (was 17th at 1:43)
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20 Patrick Konrad 2:46 (was 23rd at 2:23)
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23 Romain Bardet 3:20 (was 26th at 2:57)
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28 Vincenzo Nibali 6:18 (was 20th at 1:56)
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51 Wilco Kelderman 26:40 (was 61st at 20:58)
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72 Ilnur Zakarin 37:52 (was 87th at 32:54)
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92 Simon Yates 55:14 (was 95th at 38:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 204 (was 1st with 177 points)
2 Michael Matthews 144 (was 4th with 116 points)
3 Sonny Colbrelli 129 (was 2nd with 121 points)
4 Elia Viviani 128 (was 3rd with 117 points)
5 Matteo Trentin 90 (was 6th with 75 points)
6 Greg Van Avermaet 81 (was 7th with 70 points)
7 Caleb Ewan 76 (was 5th with 76 points)
8 Julian Alaphilippe 69 (was 13th with 47 points)
9 Jasper Stuyven 69 (was 10th with 63 points)
10 Dylan Groenewegen 66 (was 8th with 66 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tim Wellens 43 (unchanged)
2 Thomas De Gendt 37 (was 7th with 8 points)
3 Giulio Ciccone 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
4 Xandro Meurisse 27 (was 3rd with 27 points)
5 Dylan Teuns 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
6 Natnael Berhane 13 (was 5th with 13 points)
7 Benjamin King 13 (was 0 points)
8 Alessandro De Marchi 12 (was 0 points)
9 Toms Skujins 9 (was 6th with 9 points)
10 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8 <<<
Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 8 <<<
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6
Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6
Total retirements : 4


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