Paris Nice, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Mar 12, Brignoles - Biot - Sophia Antipolis, 215 km

1 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 5.46.23
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.05
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
4 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0.07
5 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 0.09
8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0.11


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Oscar Pujol Munoz
+38 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+38 Jussi Veikkanen
+37 Romain Hardy
+37 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
+35 Kristijan Koren
+34 Jurgen Roelandts
+34 Florian Vachon
+34 David Lopez Garcia
+34 Arnold Jeannesson

Biggest losers by position :
-27 Tejay Van Garderen
-25 Brent Bookwalter
-24 Johan Van Summeren
-22 Bruno Pires
-22 Jeremy Roy
-22 Pieter Weening
-21 Amael Moinard
-21 Dominik Nerz
-21 Laurent Didier
-20 Maarten Tjallingii
-17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:17 Remy Di Gregorio
+0:08 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:06 Rigoberto Uran Uran

Biggest losers by time :
-21:14 Jos Van Emden
-20:23 Jeremy Roy
-20:16 Mickael Buffaz
-20:14 Alessandro Spezialetti
-20:14 Amael Moinard
-20:14 Andreas Stauff
-20:14 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-20:14 Brent Bookwalter
-20:14 Bruno Pires
-20:14 Christophe Riblon
-20:14 Damien Gaudin

Favourites by position :
+29 Lars Ytting Bak
+9 Jens Voigt
+8 Linus Gerdemann
+5 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Michael Rogers
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:02 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-0:02 Janez Brajkovic
-0:02 Bradley Wiggins
-0:07 Levi Leipheimer
-0:11 Roman Kreuziger
-0:22 Michael Rogers
-0:30 Linus Gerdemann
-2:52 Lars Ytting Bak
-4:51 Jens Voigt
-5:50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 30:46:17 (unchanged)
2 Andreas Kloden 0:36 (unchanged)
3 Bradley Wiggins 0:41 (was 3rd at 0:39)
4 Rein Taaramae 1:10 (unchanged)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:21 (was 5th at 1:14)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:29 (was 8th at 1:37)
7 Janez Brajkovic 1:34 (was 7th at 1:32)
8 Levi Leipheimer 1:36 (was 6th at 1:29)
9 Xavier Tondo Volpini 1:53 (was 9th at 1:51)
10 Bauke Mollema 2:04 (was 10th at 1:57)
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12 Michael Rogers 2:39 (was 13th at 2:17)
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15 Roman Kreuziger 3:20 (was 20th at 3:09)
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17 Linus Gerdemann 4:21 (was 25th at 3:51)
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28 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 7:48 (was 11th at 1:58)
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58 Jens Voigt 24:05 (was 67th at 19:14)
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96 Lars Ytting Bak 41:35 (was 125th at 38:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Heinrich Haussler 82 (was 1st with 79 points)
2 Andreas Kloden 62 (was 7th with 44 points)
3 Thomas De Gendt 61 (was 2nd with 61 points)
4 Tony Martin 59 (was 9th with 43 points)
5 Matthew Harley Goss 55 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 49 (was 16th with 27 points)
7 Rein Taaramae 44 (was 14th with 29 points)
8 Danilo Wyss 44 (unchanged)
9 Remy Di Gregorio 43 (was 27th with 18 points)
10 Bradley Wiggins 42 (was 13th with 29 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Remi Pauriol 49 (was 1st with 39 points)
2 Lieuwe Westra 34 (was 2nd with 25 points)
3 Eric Berthou 27 (was 0 points)
4 Remy Di Gregorio 21 (was 3rd with 19 points)
5 Karsten Kroon 21 (was 0 points)
6 Hubert Dupont 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
7 Thomas De Gendt 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
8 Arnold Jeannesson 15 (was 9th with 8 points)
9 David Lopez Garcia 14 (was 6th with 12 points)
10 Rein Taaramae 10 (was 7th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7 <<<
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 <<<
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7 <<<
Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7 <<<
Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 7 <<<
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 7 <<<
Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 7 <<<
Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 7 <<<
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 7 <<<
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7 <<<
Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7 <<<
Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7 <<<
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 <<<
Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 <<<
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7 <<<
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 7 <<<
Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 7 <<<
Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 <<<
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 7 <<<
Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 <<<
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 <<<
Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7 <<<
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 5
Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team 5
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 5
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 2
Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 36


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