Stage 7 : June 10, 2018 Moutiers - Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc 129 km

1 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 3.51.34
2 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.04
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.09
4 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.14
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0.19
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0.24
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
8 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0.28
9 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.35
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0.41


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Daniel Teklehaimanot
+20 Toms Skujins
+20 Laurent Pichon
+19 Tom Bohli
+19 Rory Sutherland
+19 Phil Bauhaus
+18 Matthias Brandle
+18 Kevin Reza
+16 Tobias Ludvigsson
+16 Frederik Backaert

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Bob Jungels
-13 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-11 Pello Bilbao
-10 Neilson Powless
-9 Gianni Moscon
-9 Michal Kwiatkowski
-8 Dario Cataldo
-8 Marc Soler
-6 Hector Carretero
-6 Jaime Roson Garcia
-6 Sepp Kuss

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Adam Yates
+0:21 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+0:14 Romain Bardet
+0:05 Emanuel Buchmann

Biggest losers by time :
-32:17 Kevin Reza
-32:17 Yukiya Arashiro
-30:00 Phil Bauhaus
-29:58 Anthony Turgis
-29:58 Julien Simon
-28:31 Pierre-Luc Perichon
-28:11 Benjamin Thomas
-27:09 Johann Van Zyl
-26:54 Neilson Powless
-25:14 Antoine Duchesne
-22:40 Hector Carretero

Favourites by position :
+12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+3 Vincenzo Nibali
-2 Tiesj Benoot
-3 Ilnur Zakarin
-8 Marc Soler
-9 Michal Kwiatkowski
-11 Pello Bilbao
-14 Bob Jungels

Favourites by time :
+0:29 Adam Yates
+0:14 Romain Bardet
+0:05 Emanuel Buchmann
-0:05 Daniel Martin
-0:05 Damiano Caruso
-1:16 Ilnur Zakarin
-3:47 Tiesj Benoot
-5:45 Vincenzo Nibali
-5:45 Marc Soler
-7:15 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-7:34 Julian Alaphilippe
-18:09 Pello Bilbao
-18:09 Michal Kwiatkowski
-18:09 Bob Jungels

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Geraint Thomas 24:43:12 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 1:00 (was 2nd at 1:29)
3 Romain Bardet 1:47 (was 3rd at 2:01)
4 Daniel Martin 2:35 (was 4th at 2:30)
5 Damiano Caruso 2:44 (was 5th at 2:39)
6 Emanuel Buchmann 3:05 (was 6th at 3:10)
7 Pierre Latour 4:05 (was 9th at 3:49)
8 Pierre Rolland 4:22 (was 10th at 4:00)
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia 4:31 (was 14th at 4:52)
10 Ilnur Zakarin 4:45 (was 7th at 3:29)
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14 Tiesj Benoot 8:34 (was 12th at 4:47)
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16 Marc Soler 9:25 (was 8th at 3:40)
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21 Julian Alaphilippe 16:03 (was 21st at 8:29)
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24 Vincenzo Nibali 21:12 (was 27th at 15:27)
25 Bob Jungels 22:24 (was 11th at 4:15)
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27 Pello Bilbao 23:36 (was 16th at 5:27)
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44 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 49:50 (was 56th at 42:35)
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49 Michal Kwiatkowski 50:49 (was 40th at 32:40)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Daryl Impey 45 (unchanged)
2 Daniel Martin 42 (was 3rd with 37 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 40 (was 5th with 34 points)
4 Julian Alaphilippe 37 (unchanged)
5 Adam Yates 36 (was 8th with 21 points)
6 Michal Kwiatkowski 31 (unchanged)
7 Romain Bardet 31 (was 9th with 21 points)
8 Emanuel Buchmann 25 (was 13th with 17 points)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 22 (was 7th with 22 points)
10 Damiano Caruso 20 (was 14th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Dario Cataldo 53 (unchanged)
2 Pello Bilbao 37 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia 28 (was 16th with 6 points)
4 Geraint Thomas 26 (was 5th with 23 points)
5 Daniel Martin 25 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Warren Barguil 25 (was 3rd with 25 points)
7 Adam Yates 22 (was 9th with 12 points)
8 David Gaudu 21 (was 0 points)
9 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (was 38th with 1 points)
10 Julian Alaphilippe 19 (was 20th with 5 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 7
Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 7
Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 7
Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 7
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 7
Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 7
Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 7
Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club 7
Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7
Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 7
Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 7
Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 7
Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 7
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 7
Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 7
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida 7
Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 7
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 7
Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe 6
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 6
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club 6
Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 6
Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 6
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 6
Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 6
Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 5
Corentin Ermenault (Fra) Vital Concept Club 4
Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 4
Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 4
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 4
Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 4
Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 4
Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 2
Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 2
Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 1
Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 1
Total retirements : 41


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