Giro d'Italia, stage 7 summary
 

Stage 7 : May 12, 2017 Castroviillari - Alberobello 224 km

1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 5.35.18
2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
7 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0.02
8 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
+6 Vincenzo Albanese
+6 Twan Castelijns
+6 Matthieu Ladagnous
+6 Davide Martinelli
+5 Sindre Skjostad Lunke
+5 Ryan Gibbons
+5 Phil Bauhaus
+5 Maxim Belkov
+5 Laurens ten Dam

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Giulio Ciccone
-14 Lorenzo Rota
-13 Christopher Juul Jensen
-12 Pierre Rolland
-10 Adam Hansen
-10 Matvey Mamykin
-9 Felix Grossschartner
-8 Edward Ravasi
-7 Diego Rosa
-7 Luka Pibernik
-7 Nicola Boem

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Caleb Ewan
+0:09 Fernando Gaviria
+0:06 Sam Bennett
+0:02 Ryan Gibbons
+0:02 Jasper Stuyven
+0:02 Andre Greipel

Biggest losers by time :
-7:43 Pieter Serry
-7:37 Lorenzo Rota
-7:35 Giuseppe Fonzi
-7:34 Dmitrii Kozonchok
-6:37 Giulio Ciccone
-6:37 Simone Andreetta
-5:15 Christopher Juul Jensen
-5:15 Nicola Boem
-5:15 Pierre Rolland
-3:44 Ilia Koshevoy
-3:44 Matvey Mamykin

Favourites by position :
+1 Tom Dumoulin
+1 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-1 Tejay van Garderen

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Gorka Izagirre Insausti

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bob Jungels 33:56:07 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Adam Yates 0:10 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 0:10 (unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Tom Dumoulin 0:10 (was 7th at 0:10)
7 Nairo Quintana 0:10 (was 6th at 0:10)
8 Bauke Mollema 0:10 (unchanged)
9 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova 0:10 (was 10th at 0:10)
10 Tejay van Garderen 0:10 (was 9th at 0:10)
11 Thibaut Pinot 0:10 (unchanged)
12 Mikel Landa Meana 0:10 (unchanged)
13 Davide Formolo 0:10 (unchanged)
14 Ilnur Zakarin 0:14 (unchanged)
15 Steven Kruijswijk 0:23 (unchanged)
.....
32 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 5:18 (was 33rd at 5:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Fernando Gaviria 191 (was 14th with 8 points)
2 Jasper Stuyven 160 (was 4th with 26 points)
3 Andre Greipel 129 (was 0 points)
4 Caleb Ewan 100 (was 0 points)
5 Lukas Postlberger 92 (was 15th with 7 points)
6 Daniel Teklehaimanot 78 (was 1st with 36 points)
7 Kristian Sbaragli 76 (was 8th with 12 points)
8 Silvan Dillier 68 (was 13th with 8 points)
9 Eugert Zhupa 60 (was 2nd with 29 points)
10 Sam Bennett 57 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Polanc 44 (was 1st with 43 points)
2 Daniel Teklehaimanot 23 (unchanged)
3 Ilnur Zakarin 18 (unchanged)
4 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg 15 (unchanged)
5 Simone Andreetta 15 (unchanged)
6 Geraint Thomas 12 (unchanged)
7 Cesare Benedetti 9 (unchanged)
8 Thibaut Pinot 9 (unchanged)
9 Omar Fraile 9 (unchanged)
10 Lukas Postlberger 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 4
Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 4
Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4
Total retirements : 4


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