Tour de Suisse, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Jun 17, Vaduz (FL) - Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, 222.8 km

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5.38.42
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0.35
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0.48
4 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.51
5 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha Team 0.54
6 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.33
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.34
8 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2.30
9 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Manuele Boaro
+31 Olivier Kaisen
+30 Alessandro Bazzana
+27 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
+26 Cesare Benedetti
+22 Kristof Vandewalle
+21 Marzio Bruseghin
+20 Alexander Gottfried
+19 Luca Paolini
+18 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas

Biggest losers by position :
-23 Mickael Cherel
-23 Zdenek Stybar
-21 Leopold Konig
-21 Sylvain Chavanel
-19 Dmitriy Muravyev
-16 Adam Hansen
-16 Assan Bazayev
-16 Gregory Rast
-15 Matthew Harley Goss
-14 Fabian Cancellara
-14 Rubens Bertogliati

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:55 Thomas De Gendt
+4:10 Andy Schleck
+3:55 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+3:48 Christian Vande Velde
+3:45 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+3:06 Sergey Lagutin
+3:06 Jan Bakelants
+2:09 Marco Marcato
+2:09 Manuele Boaro
+2:09 George Hincapie

Biggest losers by time :
-19:47 Adam Hansen
-19:47 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-19:47 Andre Greipel
-19:47 Assan Bazayev
-19:47 Baden Cooke
-19:47 Ben Swift
-19:47 Bernhard Eisel
-19:47 Bert Grabsch
-19:47 Borut Bozic
-19:47 Christopher Sutton
-19:47 Daniel Schorn

Favourites by position :
+14 Alessandro Ballan
+11 Christian Vande Velde
+8 Stuart O'Grady
+8 Andy Schleck
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
-2 Jens Voigt
-4 Linus Gerdemann
-4 Andreas Kloden
-14 Fabian Cancellara
-21 Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
+4:10 Andy Schleck
+3:48 Christian Vande Velde
-1:13 Ryder Hesjedal
-6:34 Andreas Kloden
-6:34 Alessandro Ballan
-7:09 Linus Gerdemann
-12:33 Stuart O'Grady
-12:33 Jens Voigt
-19:47 Sylvain Chavanel
-19:47 Fabian Cancellara

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 27:09:49 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 1:23 (unchanged)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 1:36 (unchanged)
4 Frank Schleck 1:41 (unchanged)
5 Levi Leipheimer 1:59 (unchanged)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 2:38 (was 7th at 2:45)
7 Laurens ten Dam 3:10 (was 6th at 2:24)
8 Giampaolo Caruso 3:11 (was 9th at 3:11)
9 Mathias Frank 3:20 (was 8th at 3:10)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 3:22 (unchanged)
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20 Andy Schleck 16:18 (was 28th at 20:28)
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22 Ryder Hesjedal 19:30 (was 23rd at 18:17)
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26 Linus Gerdemann 24:19 (was 22nd at 17:10)
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30 Christian Vande Velde 26:54 (was 41st at 30:42)
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41 Andreas Kloden 34:52 (was 37th at 28:18)
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74 Jens Voigt 57:51 (was 72nd at 45:18)
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79 Sylvain Chavanel 59:39 (was 58th at 39:52)
80 Alessandro Ballan 1:01:12 (was 94th at 54:38)
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102 Stuart O'Grady 1:11:42 (was 110th at 59:09)
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104 Fabian Cancellara 1:13:22 (was 90th at 53:35)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 61 (was 0 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 40 (was 0 points)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 38 (was 0 points)
4 Damiano Cunego 37 (was 0 points)
5 Marco Marcato 34 (was 0 points)
6 Bauke Mollema 31 (was 0 points)
7 Thomas De Gendt 25 (was 0 points)
8 Thor Hushovd 25 (was 0 points)
9 Borut Bozic 25 (was 0 points)
10 Frank Schleck 23 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Andy Schleck 42 (was 18th with 6 points)
2 Laurens Ten Dam 35 (was 1st with 35 points)
3 Damiano Cunego 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
4 Christian Vandevelde 21 (was 0 points)
5 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
6 Matti Breschel 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
7 Thomas De Gendt 18 (was 0 points)
8 Lloyd Mondory 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
9 Levi Leipheimer 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
10 Giampaolo Caruso 15 (was 7th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 <<<
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 7 <<<
Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 7 <<<
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 7 <<<
Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack 7 <<<
David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 6
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team 6
Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Scott Alan Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 20


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