Stage 8 – Changes
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil of Spain won stage 8 and moved up to 11th from 24th; Sandy Casar of France was awarded the red numbers for his moves in the stage; Christophe Kern of France is the new “king of the hills” winning the polka dot jersey; and Thor Hushovd of Norway took the green jersey from Mark Cavendish with a 9 point lead among the sprinters.
In addition AG2R moved ahead of Astana by 3 seconds in the team competition.
1. Rinaldo Nocentini (I/AG2R) 25:44:32 [yellow jersey]
2. Alberto Contador (E/Astana) +:06
3. Lance Armstrong (US/Astana) +:08
4. Levi Leipheimer (US/Astana) +:39
5. Bradley Wiggins (GB/Garmin) +:46
6. Andréas Klöden (D/Astana) +:54
7. Tony Martin (D/Team Columbia) +01:00 [white jersey]
8. Christian Vande Velde (US/Garmin) +01:24
9. Andy Schleck (LUX/Saxo Bank) +01:49
10. Vincenzo Nibali (I/Liquigas) +01:54
Selected others:
11. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (E/Caisse) +02:16
18. Cadel Evans (AUS/Silence) +03:07
22. Sandy Casar (F/Francaise) +03:58 [red numbers]
58. Nicolas Roche (IRE/AG2R) +16:45
77. David Millar (GB/Garmin) +27:18
92. Christophe Kern (F/Confidis) +33:15 [polka dot jersey]
110. Thor Hushovd (NOR/Cervelo) +40:09 [green jersey]
131. Mark Cavendish (GB/Team Columbia) +49:31
From the BBC Cycling results and the official results sites.
