Vuelta a Espana, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Aug 26, Almaden - Talavera de la Reina, 185 km

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano 4.47.59
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek
5 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
10 Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad

Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Yuriy Trofimov
+4 Robert Wagner
+4 Mauro Da Dalto
+4 Matteo Montaguti
+4 Ignatas Konovalovas
+4 Davide Vigano
+4 Daniele Righi
+4 Andreas Klier
+3 Yukihiro Doi
+3 Stuart O'Grady

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Michael Albasini
-19 Rein Taaramae
-16 Ruslan Pydgornyy
-13 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-13 Marc De Maar
-12 Andrey Mizourov
-8 Alexandre Geniez
-8 Dimitri Champion
-8 Jose Luis Roldan Carmona
-7 David Lopez Garcia
-6 Dario Cataldo

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Marcel Kittel
+0:12 Peter Sagan
+0:08 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:06 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+0:06 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+0:06 Antonio Cabello Baena
+0:04 Steve Houanard
+0:02 Julien Fouchard

Biggest losers by time :
-6:51 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-6:51 Aleksejs Saramotins
-6:51 Alexandre Geniez
-6:51 Dario Cataldo
-6:51 David Lopez Garcia
-6:51 Dimitri Champion
-6:51 Jose Luis Roldan Carmona
-6:51 Marc De Maar
-6:51 Matteo Carrara
-6:51 Michael Albasini
-6:51 Nick Nuyens

Favourites by position :
+2 Andreas Kloden
-19 Rein Taaramae

Favourites by time :
-6:51 Rein Taaramae

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 27:29:12 (unchanged)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:15 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:16 (unchanged)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 0:23 (unchanged)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:25 (unchanged)
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff 0:41 (unchanged)
7 Maxime Monfort 0:44 (unchanged)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:49 (unchanged)
9 Sergio Pardilla Belllon 0:49 (unchanged)
10 Marzio Bruseghin 0:52 (unchanged)
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13 Michele Scarponi 0:57 (unchanged)
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15 Bauke Mollema 1:01 (unchanged)
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17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:05 (unchanged)
18 Janez Brajkovic 1:13 (unchanged)
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22 Bradley Wiggins 1:26 (unchanged)
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26 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:58 (unchanged)
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30 Steven Kruijswijk 2:34 (unchanged)
31 Denis Menchov 2:41 (unchanged)
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101 David Blanco Rodriguez 42:37 (unchanged)
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105 Tony Martin 44:34 (unchanged)
106 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 44:42 (unchanged)
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144 Andreas Kloden 59:29 (was 146th at 59:29)
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146 Rein Taaramae 59:59 (was 127th at 53:08)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 50 (was 5th with 30 points)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 48 (was 0 points)
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia 48 (was 2nd with 48 points)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 41 (was 3rd with 41 points)
5 Marcel Kittel 41 (was 19th with 16 points)
6 Sylvain Chavanel 32 (was 4th with 32 points)
7 Wout Poels 28 (was 6th with 28 points)
8 Bauke Mollema 26 (was 7th with 26 points)
9 Christopher Sutton 25 (was 8th with 25 points)
10 Valerio Agnoli 25 (was 9th with 25 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 20 (unchanged)
2 Chris Anker Sorensen 15 (unchanged)
3 Koen de Kort 13 (was 0 points)
4 David Moncoutie 10 (unchanged)
5 Daniel Martin 10 (unchanged)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 0 points)
7 Eduard Vorganov 6 (unchanged)
8 Thomas Rohregger 6 (unchanged)
9 Rein Taaramae 5 (unchanged)
10 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 8

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