Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

Stage 7 : Friday, July 10 2009, Barcelone - Andorre Arcalis, 224 km

1 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6.11.31
2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0.05
3 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Milram 0.25
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.26
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.45
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.05
7 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2.32
8 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.14
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3.26
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.47


Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+92 Christophe Kern
+84 Brice Feillu
+74 Johannes Frohlinger
+70 Yury Trofimov
+70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+68 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+67 Pierre Rolland
+67 Laurens ten Dam
+66 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
+66 Charles Wegelius

Biggest losers by position :
-90 David Millar
-87 Thor Hushovd
-85 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-83 Mark Cavendish
-82 Bert Grabsch
-82 Brett Lancaster
-78 Sebastien Rosseler
-75 Brian Vandborg
-75 Stuart O'Grady
-73 Alessandro Ballan
-69 Nikolai Troussov

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:39 Brice Feillu
+3:34 Christophe Kern
+3:14 Johannes Frohlinger
+3:13 Rinaldo Nocentini
+2:54 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+2:34 Christophe Riblon
+1:07 Jerome Pineau
+0:25 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
+0:13 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-28:18 Angelo Furlan
-26:12 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
-24:50 Albert Timmer
-24:50 Alessandro Ballan
-24:50 Amael Moinard
-24:50 Andreas Klier
-24:50 Bernhard Eisel
-24:50 Bert Grabsch
-24:50 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
-24:50 Brett Lancaster
-24:50 Brian Vandborg

Favourites by position :
+30 Denis Menchov
+16 Vladimir Karpets
+8 Carlos Sastre Candil
+8 Cadel Evans
+6 Frank Schleck
+5 Andy Schleck
+4 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Lance Armstrong
-2 Kim Kirchen
-3 Roman Kreuziger
-11 Marzio Bruseghin
-45 Jens Voigt

Favourites by time :
+0:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:08 Vladimir Karpets
-0:08 Levi Leipheimer
-0:08 Lance Armstrong
-0:08 Frank Schleck
-0:08 Denis Menchov
-0:08 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:08 Cadel Evans
-0:08 Andy Schleck
-0:31 Franco Pellizotti
-1:00 Kim Kirchen
-1:09 Roman Kreuziger
-7:24 Marzio Bruseghin
-8:39 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Rinaldo Nocentini 25.44.32
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.06
3 Lance Armstrong 0.08
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.39
.....
9 Andy Schleck 1.49
.....
13 Frank Schleck 2.25
14 Roman Kreuziger 2.40
15 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.52
.....
17 Franco Pellizotti 3.03
18 Cadel Evans 3.07
.....
20 Kim Kirchen 3.16
.....
23 Vladimir Karpets 3.49
.....
34 Denis Menchov 5.02
.....
62 Jens Voigt 10.42
.....
77 Marzio Bruseghin 12.26

Retirements to date : Stage
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 4

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

Brad Anders

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

"Paul B. Anders" wrote in message
...
Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

I agree completely. I'm not looking at Cyclingnews anymore so all I know
about the Tour I'm getting from Bob.

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

On Jul 10, 7:31*pm, "Paul B. Anders" wrote:
Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

Brad Anders

He didn't mention the most important thing, another Frenchman showing
his sensitivity by crying with joy. Romain Feillu cried when he met up
with his brother after the race.

-ilan

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:31:14 -0700 (PDT), "Paul B. Anders"
wrote:

Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

Brad Anders

Yes, thanks also.

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

in 78105 20090710 231926 Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:31:14 -0700 (PDT), "Paul B. Anders"
wrote:

Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

Brad Anders

Yes, thanks also.

Thank you, Brad, Tom and Johnny - good to know one's efforts are appreciated :-)

I've just started putting the summaries on a website at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2
so you can check out the "back numbers".

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

On Jul 10, 1:04*pm, ilan wrote:
On Jul 10, 7:31*pm, "Paul B. Anders" wrote:

Bob, vote of thanks for posting these summaries, they're interesting
and useful.

Brad Anders

He didn't mention the most important thing, another Frenchman showing
his sensitivity by crying with joy. Romain Feillu cried when he met up
with his brother after the race.



Dumbass -

I'll bet Bernard Hinault never cried after a race.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 7 : Friday, July 10 2009, Barcelone - Andorre Arcalis, 224 km

It'll be impressive if Tony Martin can keep finishing with the top
contenders like he did today (and he didn't look like he was in much
difficulty either).

Tour de France, stage 7 summary
 

On Jul 11, 1:57*am, Bob Martin wrote:

Thank you, Brad, Tom and Johnny - good to know one's efforts are appreciated *:-)

Be assured that many more than those three appreciate your efforts.