Tour de France, stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 7 : Jul 8, Le Mans - Chateauroux, 215 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 5.38.53
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
6 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Sebastien Turgot
+23 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+23 Maciej Paterski
+22 Sebastian Lang
+22 Ruben Perez Moreno
+22 Arthur Vichot
+21 William Bonnet
+21 Mickael Delage
+21 Mark Cavendish
+21 Marco Marcato

Biggest losers by position :
-106 Christopher Horner
-87 Dmitriy Fofonov
-72 Andrey Zeits
-43 Gerald Ciolek
-33 Ramunas Navardauskas
-31 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-31 Geraint Thomas
-30 Yaroslav Popovych
-25 Cyril Gautier
-20 Egor Silin
-19 Levi Leipheimer

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-12:41 Andrey Zeits
-12:41 Christopher Horner
-12:41 Dmitriy Fofonov
-12:41 Gerald Ciolek
-12:41 Gert Steegmans
-12:41 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-6:38 Ramunas Navardauskas
-6:38 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-6:38 Yaroslav Popovych
-4:14 Blel Kadri
-3:37 Wout Poels

Favourites by position :
+16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+10 Alberto Contador Velasco
+6 Jens Voigt
+5 Ivan Basso
+4 Robert Gesink
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+3 Andy Schleck
+1 David Arroyo Duran
-10 Roman Kreuziger
-19 Levi Leipheimer
-106 Christopher Horner

Favourites by time :
-1:53 Jens Voigt
-3:06 Roman Kreuziger
-3:06 Levi Leipheimer
-3:06 David Arroyo Duran
-12:41 Christopher Horner

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thor Hushovd 28:29:27 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged)
4 David Millar 0:08 (unchanged)
5 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (was 9th at 0:12)
7 Andy Schleck 0:12 (was 10th at 0:12)
8 Tony Martin 0:13 (was 11th at 0:13)
9 Peter Velits 0:13 (was 12th at 0:13)
10 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 14th at 0:20)
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13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:39 (was 17th at 0:39)
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15 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 20th at 1:03)
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24 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 34th at 1:42)
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29 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:15 (was 42nd at 2:15)
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32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 48th at 2:36)
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50 Levi Leipheimer 4:29 (was 31st at 1:23)
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57 Roman Kreuziger 5:35 (was 47th at 2:29)
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119 Christopher Horner 12:59 (was 13th at 0:18)
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130 Jens Voigt 14:23 (was 136th at 12:30)
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149 David Arroyo Duran 17:21 (was 150th at 14:15)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 167 (was 2nd with 143 points)
2 Philippe Gilbert 156 (was 1st with 144 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 150 (was 5th with 94 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 130 (was 3rd with 112 points)
5 Romain Feillu 99 (was 7th with 73 points)
6 Cadel Evans 98 (was 4th with 98 points)
7 Andre Greipel 78 (was 10th with 48 points)
8 Tyler Farrar 76 (was 6th with 76 points)
9 Sebastien Hinault 60 (was 9th with 48 points)
10 Denis Galimzyanov 55 (was 18th with 35 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johnny Hoogerland 4 (unchanged)
2 Anthony Roux 3 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 2 (unchanged)
4 Philippe Gilbert 1 (unchanged)
5 Mickael Delage 1 (unchanged)
6 Lieuwe Westra 1 (was 7th with 1 points)
7 Anthony Delaplace 1 (was 6th with 1 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 1 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7 <<<
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7 <<<
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7 <<<
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 8

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