Tour de France, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Jul 10, Tournus - Station des Rousses, 165.5 km

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 4.22.52
2 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0.57
3 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 1.27
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.40
5 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.47
8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+74 Steve Morabito
+73 Mathieu Perget
+61 Damiano Cunego
+60 Eros Capecchi
+59 Iban Velasco Murillo
+54 Jurgen Van De Walle
+54 Amael Moinard
+52 Mauro Santambrogio
+52 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
+51 Paolo Tiralongo

Biggest losers by position :
-87 Thor Hushovd
-75 Robbie McEwen
-67 Andriy Grivko
-65 Jurgen Roelandts
-65 Kristjan Koren
-58 David Millar
-57 Fabian Cancellara
-56 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
-55 Tony Martin
-44 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-42 Matthieu Ladagnous

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:01 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:04 Rafael Valls Ferri

Biggest losers by time :
-21:16 Adriano Malori
-21:16 Alan Perez Lezaun
-21:16 Andreas Klier
-21:16 Andriy Grivko
-21:16 Anthony Geslin
-21:16 Anthony Roux
-21:16 Bernhard Eisel
-21:16 Bert Grabsch
-21:16 Brent Bookwalter
-21:16 Brett Lancaster
-21:16 Brian Vandborg

Favourites by position :
+30 Joaquin Rodriguez
+20 Ivan Basso
+20 Carlos Sastre
+19 Robert Gesink
+7 Levi Leipheimer
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+4 Lance Armstrong
+3 Denis Menchov
+3 Bradley Wiggins
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Andy Schleck
+1 Cadel Evans
-7 Andreas Kloden

Favourites by time :
-0:46 Roman Kreuziger
-0:46 Robert Gesink
-0:46 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:46 Levi Leipheimer
-0:46 Lance Armstrong
-0:46 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:46 Ivan Basso
-0:46 Denis Menchov
-0:46 Carlos Sastre
-0:46 Cadel Evans
-0:46 Bradley Wiggins
-0:46 Andy Schleck
-0:46 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:59 Andreas Kloden

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 33:01:23 (was 5th at 1:01)
2 Cadel Evans 1:25 (was 3rd at 0:39)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 1:32 (was 4th at 0:46)
4 Andy Schleck 1:55 (was 6th at 1:09)
.....
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:26 (was 9th at 1:40)
.....
10 Denis Menchov 2:35 (was 13th at 1:49)
11 Bradley Wiggins 2:35 (was 14th at 1:49)
12 Roman Kreuziger 3:10 (was 16th at 2:24)
13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:11 (was 17th at 2:25)
14 Lance Armstrong 3:16 (was 18th at 2:30)
.....
17 Levi Leipheimer 3:39 (was 24th at 2:53)
.....
23 Robert Gesink 4:02 (was 42nd at 3:16)
.....
26 Carlos Sastre 4:05 (was 46th at 3:19)
27 Ivan Basso 4:06 (was 47th at 3:20)
28 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:19 (was 58th at 3:33)
.....
35 Andreas Kloden 6:00 (was 28th at 3:01)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 118 (unchanged)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 114 (unchanged)
3 Robbie McEwen 105 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 92 (unchanged)
5 Mark Cavendish 85 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 82 (unchanged)
7 Sebastien Turgot 79 (unchanged)
8 Geraint Thomas 74 (unchanged)
9 Gerald Ciolek 71 (unchanged)
10 Sylvain Chavanel 69 (was 15th with 44 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 44 (was 1st with 13 points)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 36 (was 3rd with 8 points)
3 Mathieu Perget 28 (was 2nd with 12 points)
4 Thomas Voeckler 21 (was 0 points)
5 Ruben Perez Moreno 20 (was 9th with 4 points)
6 Rafael Valls Ferri 18 (was 0 points)
7 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa 16 (was 0 points)
8 Danilo Hondo 16 (was 0 points)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12 (was 0 points)
10 Christian Knees 11 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 <<<
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7 <<<
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 11


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[Anton Berlin]

Bob - I love the work you do here but does this look right?

An entire group of guys that first names only begin with A or B.

[Bob Martin]

Over a quarter of the peloton lost 21:16 on the lead yesterday, I just show the top of the list.
(If it wasn't for those pesky Spaniards with two surnames I'd sort by surname ;-) )

[Betty]

Anton Berlin wrote:
> Bob - I love the work you do here but does this look right?
> An entire group of guys that first names only begin with A or B.

Now you don't need an octopus to tell that Armstrong and Chavanel will
beat Contador but Aerts will win.

[Anton Berlin]

On Jul 11, 3:13 am, Bob Martin <bob.mar...@excite.com> wrote:

OK got it - I always thought that was a complete list. Thanks