Tour de France, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+76 Charles Wegelius
+71 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+68 Christian Vande Velde
+67 Kjell Carlström
+64 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
+54 Matthieu Sprick
+53 Mauricio Soler
+50 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+44 Fabian Wegmann
+42 Alexander Efimkin

Biggest losers by position :
-107 Fabian Cancellara
-84 Erik Zabel
-70 Filippo Pozzato
-66 Alessandro Ballan
-57 Ruben Perez Moreno
-56 Benoît Vaugrenard
-55 Thomas Voeckler
-54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-51 Axel Merckx
-49 Cristian Moreni
-49 David Millar

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:58 Linus Gerdemann
+0:04 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga

Biggest losers by time :
-23:47 Robbie McEwen
-23:47 Sébastien Chavanel
-23:44 Fred Rodriguez
-23:44 Johan Van Summeren
-23:44 Leif Hoste
-23:44 Wim Vansevenant
-23:05 Stéphane Augé
-22:15 Alberto Ongarato
-22:15 Alessandro Ballan
-22:15 Anthony Charteau
-22:15 Bernhard Eisel

Favourites by position :
+41 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
+38 Paolo Savoldelli
+37 Alexandre Vinokourov
+27 Sylvain Chavanel
+26 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
+23 Michael Boogerd
+23 Manuel Beltran Martinez
+22 Iban Mayo Diez
+20 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+20 Frank Schleck
+20 Carlos Sastre Candil
+18 Tadej Valjavec
+15 Christophe Moreau
+14 Kim Kirchen
+13 Yaroslav Popovych
+7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+6 Levi Leipheimer
+6 Denis Menchov
+4 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+4 Michael Rogers
+3 Cadel Evans
+3 Andrey Kashechkin
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
-4 Andreas Klöden
-7 Dario David Cioni
-17 Marzio Bruseghin
-48 George Hincapie
-70 Filippo Pozzato
-107 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-3:06 Yaroslav Popovych
-3:06 Vladimir Karpets
-3:06 Tadej Valjavec
-3:06 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-3:06 Michael Rogers
-3:06 Michael Boogerd
-3:06 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-3:06 Levi Leipheimer
-3:06 Kim Kirchen
-3:06 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
-3:06 Iban Mayo Diez
-3:06 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-3:06 Frank Schleck
-3:06 Denis Menchov
-3:06 Christophe Moreau
-3:06 Carlos Sastre Candil
-3:06 Cadel Evans
-3:06 Andrey Kashechkin
-3:06 Andreas Klöden
-3:06 Alexandre Vinokourov
-3:06 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3:06 Alberto Contador Velasco
-4:53 Sylvain Chavanel
-6:32 Marzio Bruseghin
-6:32 George Hincapie
-6:32 Dario David Cioni
-9:42 Paolo Savoldelli
-12:35 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-12:50 Filippo Pozzato
-22:15 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Linus Gerdemann 34.43.40
2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga 1.24
3 David De La Fuente Rasilla 2.45
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6 Andreas Klöden 3.39
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8 Vladimir Karpets 3.52
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11 Alberto Contador Velasco 4.01
12 Andrey Kashechkin 4.01
13 Cadel Evans 4.02
14 Michael Rogers 4.03
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio 4.03
16 Levi Leipheimer 4.06
17 Denis Menchov 4.06
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4.09
19 Yaroslav Popovych 4.14
20 Kim Kirchen 4.14
21 Christophe Moreau 4.15
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26 Tadej Valjavec 4.20
27 Carlos Sastre Candil 4.22
28 Frank Schleck 4.23
29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 4.23
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31 Iban Mayo Diez 4.26
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33 Michael Boogerd 4.28
34 Manuel Beltran Martinez 4.28
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37 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 4.32
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44 Alexandre Vinokourov 5.16
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52 Sylvain Chavanel 6.49
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54 George Hincapie 7.15
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56 Marzio Bruseghin 7.43
57 Dario David Cioni 7.49
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73 Filippo Pozzato 13.25
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85 Paolo Savoldelli 17.44
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101 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 21.32
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108 Fabian Cancellara 22.15

Retirements to date :
Agritubel Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
Barloworld Enrico Degano
Caisse d'Epargne Xabier Zandio Echaide
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Geoffroy Lequatre
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tomas Vaitkus
Française des Jeux Rémy Di Grégorio
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez
Saunier Duval - Prodir Ruben Lobato Elvira
Team Milram Brett Lancaster
Total retirements : 9