Stage 8 Results

Stage 8 was 181km (112 miles) from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Lorient. This stage contained four climbs: Cote de Mur-de-Bretagne (cat 3 at 75.0km), Cote de Saint-Mayeux (cat 4 at 78.5km), Cote de Gouarec (cat 4 at 94.0km) and Cote de Ty Marrec (cat 4 at 138.5km). It also had three intermediate sprints: Plessala (at 38.0km), Locmalo (112.5km) and Plouay (142.0km). There was a five man break away from the 47km mark until 32km to go. Then Sylvain Calzati took off and made it to the finish line more than 2 minutes ahead of anyone else.

The top five for this stage
1. CALZATI, Sylvain (FRA, A2R) 04:13:18
2. CARLSTRÖM, Kjell (FIN, LIQ) 02:05
3. HALGAND, Patrice (FRA, C.A) 02:05
4. MC EWEN, Robbie (AUS, DVL) 02:15
5. BENNATI, Daniele (ITA, LAM) 02:15

Overall standings (top 5)
1. HONCHAR, Serhiy (UKR, TMO) 34:38:53
2. LANDIS, Floyd (USA, PHO) 01:00
3. ROGERS, Michael (AUS ,TMO) 01:08
4. SINKEWITZ, Patrik (GER, TMO) 01:45
5. FOTHEN, Marcus (GER, GST) 01:50

Stage Map

(From www.olntv.com)

Stage Topography

(From www.olntv.com)