Criterium du Dauphine, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Jun 8, Le Pont-de-Claix - Superdevoluy, 187.5 km

1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.26.14
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0.15
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0.16
5 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
8 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.23


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+29 Andrew Talansky
+26 Sebastien Duret
+25 Maciej Paterski
+25 Brent Bookwalter
+24 Florian Vachon
+23 Yannick Eijssen
+22 William Clarke
+22 Nikias Arndt
+21 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
+21 Andreas Schillinger

Biggest losers by position :
-50 Kenny Elissonde
-34 David Lopez Garcia
-21 Kevin Seeldraeyers
-20 Nacer Bouhanni
-16 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-14 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti
-13 David Veilleux
-12 Tim Wellens
-10 Pieter Serry
-9 Petr Ignatenko
-9 Sergei Chernetski

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:16 Jakob Fuglsang
+0:01 Richie Porte

Biggest losers by time :
-45:03 Kenny Elissonde
-45:03 Nacer Bouhanni
-34:37 David Lopez Garcia
-28:15 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-27:56 Ian Stannard
-26:56 Tristan Valentin
-26:54 Jacob Rathe
-25:32 Alexander Wetterhall
-25:32 Koldo Fernandez
-25:32 Michel Kreder
-25:32 Timothy Duggan

Favourites by position :
+29 Andrew Talansky
+18 Damiano Cunego
+14 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+5 Thomas Voeckler
+4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Michael Rogers
+1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-2 Thomas De Gendt

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:01 Richie Porte
-0:07 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:14 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-1:29 Thomas Voeckler
-1:36 Damiano Cunego
-2:16 Andrew Talansky
-8:26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-19:29 Thomas De Gendt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 25:00:13 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 0:51 (was 2nd at 0:52)
3 Michael Rogers 1:37 (was 4th at 1:37)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:47 (was 5th at 1:47)
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia 1:49 (was 6th at 1:49)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 2:04 (was 10th at 2:20)
7 Stef Clement 2:32 (was 11th at 2:32)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:47 (was 12th at 2:47)
9 Rohan Dennis 2:48 (was 3rd at 0:54)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:56 (was 13th at 2:49)
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12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:45 (was 20th at 4:01)
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17 Thomas Voeckler 6:55 (was 22nd at 5:26)
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19 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 8:39 (was 33rd at 8:25)
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27 Damiano Cunego 13:19 (was 45th at 11:43)
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39 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 23:21 (was 50th at 14:55)
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47 Andrew Talansky 27:39 (was 76th at 25:23)
.....
79 Thomas De Gendt 45:50 (was 77th at 26:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Gianni Meersman 44 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 35 (was 2nd with 31 points)
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen 26 (unchanged)
4 Richie Porte 24 (was 8th with 14 points)
5 David Veilleux 20 (unchanged)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 17 (was 28th with 5 points)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 16 (was 15th with 11 points)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 15 (was 0 points)
9 Thomas Voeckler 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
10 Tony Martin 15 (was 7th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Damuseau 105 (was 1st with 65 points)
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers 77 (was 3rd with 40 points)
3 Thomas De Gendt 48 (was 7th with 23 points)
4 David Veilleux 45 (was 2nd with 40 points)
5 Alexey Lutsenko 35 (was 0 points)
6 Christopher Froome 33 (was 5th with 26 points)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 30 (was 8th with 19 points)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 28 (was 0 points)
9 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa 28 (was 4th with 28 points)
10 Jean-Marc Bideau 24 (was 6th with 24 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 7 <<<
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 7 <<<
Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp-Endura 7 <<<
Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 7 <<<
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7 <<<
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7 <<<
Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 7 <<<
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 7 <<<
Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano 7 <<<
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 7 <<<
Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 7 <<<
Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 7 <<<
Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 7 <<<
Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha 7 <<<
Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura 7 <<<
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard 7 <<<
Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 7 <<<
Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 1
Total retirements : 25


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