Tour-de-France stage 7 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+73 Sebastian Lang
+53 Egoi Martinez
+48 Sylvain Chavanel
+48 Bert Grabsch
+44 Giuseppe Guerini
+43 Ronny Scholz
+41 Thomas Voeckler
+41 Christian Knees
+40 Viatsjeslav Ekimov
+39 Joost Posthuma

Biggest losers by position :
-76 Thor Hushovd
-70 Oscar Freire
-66 Philippe Gilbert
-55 Robbie McEwen
-45 Bernhard Eisel
-43 Luca Paolini
-40 Erik Zabel
-37 Levi Leipheimer
-35 Patrice Halgand
-30 Jens Voigt
-29 Benjamin Noval

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:37 Serguei Gonchar

Biggest losers by time :
-9:24 Jens Voigt
-9:10 Peter Wrolich
-8:25 Beat Zberg
-8:18 Wim Vansevenant
-8:13 Matteo Tosatto
-8:08 Aitor Hernandez
-8:08 Manuel Calvente
-7:59 Julian Dean
-7:49 Eduardo Gonzalo
-7:49 Jimmy Casper
-7:43 Bram Tankink

Favourites by position :
+21 Georg Totschnig
+21 Denis Menchov
+16 Carlos Sastre
+12 Andreas Klöden
+9 Serguei Gonchar
+6 Floyd Landis
+4 Cadel Evans
+1 Iban Mayo
+1 Christophe Moreau
-6 Paolo Savoldelli
-6 Damiano Cunego
-8 Michael Boogerd
-12 George Hincapie
-14 Stefano Garzelli
-17 Pietro Caucchioli
-19 Gilberto Simoni
-37 Levi Leipheimer

Favourites by time :
+0:37 Serguei Gonchar
-0:24 Floyd Landis
-0:47 Michael Rogers
-1:06 Andreas Klöden
-1:07 Denis Menchov
-1:12 Cadel Evans
-1:27 Christophe Moreau
-1:34 Carlos Sastre
-1:35 Paolo Savoldelli
-2:05 George Hincapie
-3:23 Georg Totschnig
-4:28 Michael Boogerd
-4:41 Stefano Garzelli
-4:42 Gilberto Simoni
-5:00 Iban Mayo
-5:29 Levi Leipheimer
-5:43 David Moncoutié
-5:46 Damiano Cunego
-6:01 Pietro Caucchioli

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Serguei Gonchar 30.23.20
2 Floyd Landis 1.00
3 Michael Rogers 1.08
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6 Andreas Klöden 1.50
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8 Cadel Evans 1.52
9 Denis Menchov 2.00
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12 Christophe Moreau 2.07
13 Paolo Savoldelli 2.10
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16 Carlos Sastre 2.27
17 George Hincapie 2.30
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37 Georg Totschnig 4.33
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47 Michael Boogerd 5.29
48 Gilberto Simoni 5.34
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51 Stefano Garzelli 5.39
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58 Iban Mayo 6.11
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62 Levi Leipheimer 6.17
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75 Damiano Cunego 7.06
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77 Pietro Caucchioli 7.14
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125 David Moncoutié 12.15

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
Milram Fabio Sacchi DNS 6
Rabobank Erik Dekker DNF 3
Team CSC Bobby Julich DNF 7 <<
Total retirements : 6

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Bob, thanks so much for doing these reports. They are excellent! -
Tom