Tour de Suisse, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Jun 14, Meilen - La Punt, 206 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 5.11.08
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0.09
5 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0.22
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha
9 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Sep Vanmarcke
+33 Simone Stortoni
+31 Stijn Devolder
+31 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
+30 Christophe Riblon
+28 Jens Voigt
+27 Andy Schleck
+25 Remi Pauriol
+24 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+23 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski

Biggest losers by position :
-40 Marcel Wyss
-38 Grega Bole
-38 Julien Simon
-35 Mathew Hayman
-34 Bert Grabsch
-31 Michel Koch
-22 Thomas Peterson
-19 Thomas Lovkvist
-15 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-14 Michael Albasini
-14 Peter Sagan

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Tejay van Garderen
+0:22 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:22 Bauke Mollema
+0:13 Thibaut Pinot

Biggest losers by time :
-30:05 Romain Feillu
-28:45 Cyril Lemoine
-28:27 Marcel Wyss
-28:14 Aidis Kruopis
-28:14 Alex Rasmussen
-28:14 Alexander Kristoff
-28:14 Anthony Delaplace
-28:14 Arnaud Demare
-28:14 Baden Cooke
-28:14 Ben Swift
-28:14 Bert Grabsch

Favourites by position :
+27 Andy Schleck
+10 Michele Scarponi
+8 Steven Kruijswijk
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+1 Simon Spilak
+1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Daniel Martin
-2 Maxime Monfort
-4 Janez Brajkovic
-10 Wilco Kelderman
-10 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-14 Michael Albasini

Favourites by time :
+0:22 Tejay van Garderen
+0:22 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:22 Bauke Mollema
-0:56 Andy Schleck
-2:04 Michele Scarponi
-2:19 Janez Brajkovic
-3:19 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-5:05 Maxime Monfort
-9:46 Wilco Kelderman
-9:46 Steven Kruijswijk
-16:28 Michael Albasini

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathias Frank 25:42:36 (unchanged)
2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:13 (was 3rd at 0:35)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:23 (was 2nd at 0:23)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:44 (was 4th at 0:57)
5 Bauke Mollema 0:46 (was 5th at 1:08)
6 Tejay van Garderen 1:17 (was 9th at 1:39)
7 Daniel Martin 1:23 (was 6th at 1:23)
8 Cameron Meyer 1:42 (was 10th at 1:42)
9 Tanel Kangert 1:43 (was 7th at 1:26)
10 Simon Spilak 1:50 (was 11th at 1:50)
.....
17 Janez Brajkovic 4:43 (was 13th at 2:24)
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud 4:47 (was 8th at 1:28)
.....
22 Maxime Monfort 8:05 (was 20th at 3:00)
.....
24 Michele Scarponi 10:30 (was 34th at 8:26)
.....
32 Wilco Kelderman 14:31 (was 22nd at 4:45)
.....
42 Andy Schleck 22:10 (was 69th at 21:14)
.....
46 Steven Kruijswijk 24:07 (was 54th at 14:21)
47 Michael Albasini 24:27 (was 33rd at 7:59)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 55 (unchanged)
2 Arnaud Demare 50 (unchanged)
3 Alexander Kristoff 41 (unchanged)
4 Bauke Mollema 35 (was 6th with 23 points)
5 Matthew Harley Goss 30 (was 4th with 30 points)
6 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 27 (was 20th with 12 points)
7 Gregory Rast 27 (was 5th with 27 points)
8 Mathias Frank 26 (was 9th with 22 points)
9 Thibaut Pinot 24 (was 16th with 15 points)
10 Cameron Meyer 23 (was 15th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thibaut Pinot 26 (was 9th with 6 points)
2 Robert Vrecer 19 (was 1st with 19 points)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 17 (was 22nd with 2 points)
4 Manuele Mori 15 (was 0 points)
5 Alexandr Kolobnev 15 (was 5th with 10 points)
6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
7 Serge Pauwels 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
8 Jens Voigt 12 (was 4th with 12 points)
9 Tejay van Garderen 10 (was 0 points)
10 Georg Preidler 10 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7 <<<
Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 7 <<<
Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7 <<<
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Blanco 7 <<<
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 7 <<<
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 6
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 5
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 15


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