Stage 7 - Matera Brindisi

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 2:47:28
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00
4 Ben Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
5 Alvaro Jose Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
6 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
7 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
8 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bahrain - McLaren 0:00
9 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 0:00
10 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Fernando Gaviria
+6 Peter Sagan
+6 Nico Denz
+5 Jacopo Mosca
+4 Victor Campenaerts
+4 Simone Consonni
+4 Sander Armee
+4 Pawel Poljanski
+4 Miles Scotson
+4 Mark Padun

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Tony Gallopin
-35 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
-31 Dylan Sunderland
-15 Matthew Holmes
-10 Sean Bennett
-8 Damien Howson
-8 Domen Novak
-6 Lawson Craddock
-6 Rodrigo Contreras
-5 Patrick Gamper
-5 Rohan Dennis

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Arnaud Demare
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Michael Matthews
+0:02 Davide Ballerini

Biggest losers by time :
-21:27 Tony Gallopin
-17:37 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
-15:10 Dylan Sunderland
-10:57 Matthew Holmes
-7:33 Sean Bennett
-5:45 Domen Novak
-5:45 Patrick Gamper
-5:45 Rodrigo Contreras
-5:44 Damien Howson
-3:24 Rohan Dennis
-3:03 Jonas Gregaard

Favourites by position :
+4 Carl Fredrik Hagen
+2 Jack Haig
-5 Rohan Dennis

Favourites by time :
-1:15 Jack Haig
-3:24 Rohan Dennis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joao Almeida 24:48:29 (unchanged)
2 Pello Bilbao 0:43 (unchanged)
3 Wilco Kelderman 0:48 (unchanged)
4 Harm Vanhoucke 0:59 (unchanged)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 1:01 (unchanged)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:05 (unchanged)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:19 (unchanged)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 1:21 (unchanged)
9 Patrick Konrad 1:26 (unchanged)
10 Rafal Majka 1:32 (unchanged)
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12 Fausto Masnada 1:38 (unchanged)
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21 Simon Yates 3:52 (unchanged)
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33 Jack Haig 12:36 (was 35th at 11:21)
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52 Carl Fredrik Hagen 25:14 (was 56th at 25:14)
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110 Rohan Dennis 52:38 (was 105th at 49:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Arnaud Demare 161 (was 1st with 106 points)
2 Peter Sagan 106 (was 2nd with 67 points)
3 Michael Matthews 83 (was 3rd with 55 points)
4 Filippo Ganna 45 (unchanged)
5 Davide Ballerini 40 (was 6th with 30 points)
6 Andrea Vendrame 30 (was 5th with 30 points)
7 Joao Almeida 29 (unchanged)
8 Marco Frapporti 28 (was 14th with 20 points)
9 Diego Ulissi 27 (was 8th with 27 points)
10 Elia Viviani 26 (was 20th with 14 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Filippo Ganna 41 (unchanged)
2 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 40 (unchanged)
3 Domenico Pozzovivo 19 (unchanged)
4 Edoardo Zardini 18 (unchanged)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 18 (unchanged)
6 Giovanni Visconti 18 (unchanged)
7 Wilco Kelderman 15 (unchanged)
8 Harm Vanhoucke 12 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 11 (unchanged)
10 Simon Pellaud 9 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Deceuninck - Quick Step 74:29:50 (was 1st at 66:07:26)
2 Team Sunweb 1:22 (was 2nd at 1:22)
3 INEOS Grenadiers 3:34 (was 3rd at 3:34)
4 Team Jumbo-Visma 4:22 (was 4th at 4:22)
5 Mitchelton-Scott 6:31 (was 5th at 6:03)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 7:51 (was 6th at 7:51)
7 AG2R La Mondiale 11:30 (was 7th at 11:30)
8 Movistar Team 14:57 (was 8th at 15:34)
9 Trek - Segafredo 18:03 (was 9th at 17:35)
10 Bahrain - McLaren 18:12 (was 10th at 18:12)
11 CCC Team 24:10 (was 11th at 23:42)
12 UAE-Team Emirates 24:21 (was 12th at 24:21)
13 Astana Pro Team 27:35 (was 13th at 27:07)
14 Lotto Soudal 31:23 (was 14th at 31:23)
15 EF Pro Cycling 36:45 (was 15th at 34:04)
16 NTT Pro Cycling 37:23 (was 16th at 36:27)
17 Vini Zabu - KTM 1:13:29 (was 17th at 1:11:35)
18 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:17:15 (was 18th at 1:16:47)
19 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 1:26:14 (was 19th at 1:26:14)
20 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 1:42:04 (was 20th at 1:41:18)
21 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:56:11 (was 21th at 1:55:43)
22 Groupama - FDJ 2:30:34 (was 22th at 2:30:34)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott) 6
Benjamin Thomas (Groupama - FDJ) 5
Luca Wackermann (Vini Zabu - KTM) 5
Pieter Weening (Trek - Segafredo) 5
Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) 4
Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana Pro Team) 2
Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 1
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) 1
Total retirements : 8


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