Paris Nice, stage 7 summary
 

Stage 7 : Mar 15, Mougins - Biot Sophia Antipolis, 195.5 km

1 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp 5.00.05
2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol
7 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
8 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
10 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Thierry Hupond
+32 Egor Silin
+26 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+21 Davide Villella
+21 Andy Schleck
+19 Nicki Sorensen
+18 Mattia Cattaneo
+18 Benoit Vaugrenard
+17 Karsten Kroon
+16 Valerio Agnoli

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Geraint Thomas
-29 Pim Ligthart
-28 Julien Simon
-28 Mathias Frank
-26 Jerome Cousin
-24 Armindo Fonseca
-20 Gert Steegmans
-19 Ramunas Navardauskas
-19 Sylvester Szmyd
-18 Christophe Laborie
-18 Edvald Boasson Hagen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Tom Slagter
+0:04 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa

Biggest losers by time :
-22:11 Albert Timmer
-22:11 Aleksejs Saramotins
-22:11 Armindo Fonseca
-22:11 Christian Knees
-22:11 Christophe Laborie
-22:11 Cyril Lemoine
-22:11 Danilo Hondo
-22:11 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-22:11 Gabriel Rasch
-22:11 Geoffrey Soupe
-22:11 Gert Steegmans

Favourites by position :
+21 Andy Schleck
+12 Thomas Voeckler
+6 Vincenzo Nibali
+5 Wilco Kelderman
+4 Rafal Majka
+2 Simon Spilak
+2 Maxime Monfort
+1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+1 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+1 Michael Albasini
-6 Frank Schleck
-10 Lieuwe Westra
-28 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:04 Wilco Kelderman
-0:04 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:04 Simon Spilak
-0:04 Rafal Majka
-0:11 Maxime Monfort
-1:46 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-3:45 Frank Schleck
-5:42 Thomas Voeckler
-5:42 Andy Schleck
-13:12 Lieuwe Westra
-22:11 Michael Albasini
-22:11 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 32:04:49 (unchanged)
2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:14 (was 3rd at 0:18)
3 Zdenek Stybar 0:26 (was 4th at 0:22)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:27 (was 5th at 0:24)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:29 (was 6th at 0:25)
6 Arthur Vichot 0:31 (was 7th at 0:27)
7 Cyril Gautier 0:35 (was 9th at 0:31)
8 Stefan Denifl 0:35 (was 10th at 0:31)
9 Peter Velits 0:39 (was 11th at 0:35)
10 Simon Spilak 0:39 (was 12th at 0:35)
.....
16 Wilco Kelderman 1:05 (was 21st at 1:01)
17 Vincenzo Nibali 1:09 (was 23rd at 1:05)
18 Maxime Monfort 1:09 (was 20th at 0:58)
.....
31 Przemyslaw Niemiec 3:58 (was 32nd at 2:12)
32 Rafal Majka 4:49 (was 36th at 4:45)
.....
34 Frank Schleck 5:40 (was 28th at 1:55)
.....
67 Lieuwe Westra 27:41 (was 57th at 14:29)
.....
72 Thomas Voeckler 29:59 (was 84th at 24:17)
.....
80 Andy Schleck 34:16 (was 101st at 28:34)
.....
84 Mathias Frank 35:43 (was 56th at 13:32)
.....
155 Michael Albasini 1:16:08 (was 156th at 53:57)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 41 (unchanged)
2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 39 (was 2nd with 30 points)
3 Tom Jelte Slagter 30 (was 8th with 15 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 28 (was 4th with 20 points)
5 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 26 (was 10th with 12 points)
6 Geraint Thomas 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
7 Zdenek Stybar 19 (was 7th with 16 points)
8 Arthur Vichot 17 (was 15th with 11 points)
9 Bryan Coquard 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
10 Moreno Hofland 16 (was 6th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pim Ligthart 44 (was 7th with 9 points)
2 Mathias Frank 25 (was 0 points)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 20 (was 1st with 20 points)
4 Laurent Didier 14 (was 23rd with 3 points)
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 13 (was 2nd with 13 points)
6 Valerio Agnoli 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
7 Stefan Denifl 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
8 Geraint Thomas 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
9 Tom Jelte Slagter 9 (was 6th with 9 points)
10 Christophe Laborie 9 (was 8th with 9 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 12


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