Tour Standings for GC as of end of Stage 8 and Erik Throwin' Down a Little Comic Book Knowledge

Dave Zabriskie was asked in an interview on Velonews.com before stage 8 the question:"If you could choose to be any superhero, which one would you be?" His answer in typical Zabriskie fashion was "Moon Knight". Interesting choice... Methinks we have a closet comic book fan in the peloton..... I did a little research and got this pic for any of you that were interested in what Moon Knight looks like. Anyways, here are the GC standings after stage 8 that saw Rasmussen solo for the win.

Overall Standings, after 8 stages

1. Michael Rasmussen (Dk), Rabobank 15:37:42

2. Linus Gerdemann (G), T-Mobile Team, at 00:43

3. Iban Mayo (Sp) Saunier Duval - Prodir, at 02:39

4. Alejandro Valverde (Sp) Caisse D'epargne, at 02:51

5. Andrey Kashechkin (Kz) Astana, at 02:52

6. Cadel Evans (Aus), Predictor - Lotto, at 02:53

7. Christophe Moreau (F), Ag2r Prevoyance, at 03:06
8. Alberto Contador (Sp), Discovery Channel Team, at 03:10

9. Frank Schleck (Lux), Team CSC, at 03:14

10. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, at 03:19

11. Carlos Sastre (Sp), Team CSC, at 03:35

12. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel Team, at 03:43