Stage 7 : June 14, 2014, Ville-la-Grand - Finaut-A‰mosson, 161.5 km

1 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 4.32.51
2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.07
3 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0.16
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Tinkoff-Saxo 1.33
5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1.51
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 1.53
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2.11
9 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.16
10 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 2.19


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+30 Damiano Cunego
+28 Julian Alaphilippe
+26 Lars Boom
+24 Alessandro De Marchi
+23 Matthias Brandle
+23 Elia Favilli
+21 Kevin De Weert
+20 Natnael Berhane
+20 Martijn Keizer
+20 Daniel Schorn

Biggest losers by position :
-24 Ivan Santaromita
-24 Valerio Conti
-23 Alexander Rybakov
-22 Julien Simon
-20 Sylvain Chavanel
-16 Chad Haga
-16 Jens Keukeleire
-15 Dmitry Kozontchouk
-15 Kristijan Koren
-15 Zdenek Stybar
-11 Bartosz Huzarski

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:55 Lieuwe Westra
+1:44 Yury Trofimov
+1:33 Egor Silin
+0:12 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-32:00 Aleksejs Saramotins
-32:00 Alexander Rybakov
-32:00 Alexey Tsatevich
-32:00 Alexis Gougeard
-32:00 Anton Vorobyev
-32:00 Arnaud Demare
-32:00 Bob Jungels
-32:00 Cesare Benedetti
-32:00 Chad Haga
-32:00 Damien Howson
-32:00 Danny Pate

Favourites by position :
+12 Richie Porte
+2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1 Andrew Talansky
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Jakob Fuglsang
-1 Christopher Froome
-4 Tejay van Garderen
-6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-9 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-10 Simon Spilak

Favourites by time :
+0:12 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:06 Andrew Talansky
-0:08 Christopher Froome
-0:26 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:39 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:47 Wilco Kelderman
-1:09 Richie Porte
-1:28 Jakob Fuglsang
-1:50 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-2:19 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-3:22 Tejay van Garderen
-11:13 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-32:00 Simon Spilak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 27:46:51 (was 2nd at 0:12)
2 Christopher Froome 0:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Andrew Talansky 0:39 (was 4th at 0:33)
4 Wilco Kelderman 0:59 (was 3rd at 0:12)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:14 (was 5th at 0:35)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 1:16 (was 6th at 0:50)
7 Romain Bardet 2:11 (was 11th at 1:40)
8 Sebastien Reichenbach 2:14 (was 12th at 1:40)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 2:50 (was 8th at 1:22)
10 Adam Yates 2:52 (was 9th at 1:24)
.....
13 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 3:41 (was 7th at 1:22)
.....
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 4:32 (was 19th at 2:42)
.....
20 Tejay van Garderen 5:44 (was 16th at 2:22)
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30 Richie Porte 12:17 (was 42nd at 11:08)
.....
40 Jean-Christophe Peraud 19:33 (was 31st at 8:20)
.....
88 Simon Spilak 57:50 (was 78th at 25:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 34 (was 1st with 30 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 32 (was 4th with 24 points)
3 Jan Bakelants 29 (was 2nd with 29 points)
4 Wilco Kelderman 28 (was 3rd with 28 points)
5 Lieuwe Westra 27 (was 12th with 12 points)
6 Yury Trofimov 27 (was 5th with 15 points)
7 Andrew Talansky 20 (was 8th with 14 points)
8 Simon Spilak 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
9 Nikias Arndt 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
10 Adam Yates 13 (was 9th with 13 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro De Marchi 102 (was 1st with 72 points)
2 Egor Silin 64 (was 33rd with 5 points)
3 Lieuwe Westra 61 (was 36th with 4 points)
4 Yury Trofimov 58 (was 20th with 10 points)
5 Kevin Reza 44 (was 2nd with 44 points)
6 Matthias Brandle 40 (was 12th with 18 points)
7 Ryder Hesjedal 37 (was 0 points)
8 Thomas Damuseau 36 (was 3rd with 36 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 33 (was 10th with 19 points)
10 Christopher Froome 30 (was 8th with 22 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 7
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 7
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 7
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 7
Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 7
Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 7
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 7
Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 6
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 6
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 5
Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 5
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing 5
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 5
Jerome Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 5
Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 5
Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 3
Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 3
Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp 3
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 3
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 2
Total retirements : 27


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