Stage 7 : Jun 12, Pontcharra - La Toussuire, 117.5 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 3.24.30
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0.07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
6 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.10
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
10 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Mathieu Perget
+35 Tony Martin
+33 Maarten Tjallingii
+33 Jonathan Hivert
+31 Pablo Urtasun Perez
+29 Kenny Dehaes
+27 Vincent Jerome
+27 Marco Marzano
+27 Alexandr Kolobnev
+26 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Christophe Riblon
-30 Jelle Vanendert
-28 Sandy Casar
-25 Cyril Gautier
-25 Rein Taaramae
-24 Remi Pauriol
-21 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-21 Yannick Talabardon
-16 Brian Vandborg
-14 David Zabriskie
-12 Oliver Zaugg

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:03 Thibault Pinot
+0:03 Robert Gesink
+0:03 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+0:03 Alexander Vinokourov

Biggest losers by time :
-29:53 Christophe Riblon
-29:53 Sebastien Hinault
-29:45 Jelle Vanendert
-29:45 Julien Vermote
-28:03 Kenny Dehaes
-27:21 Jeremy Roy
-24:28 Adriano Malori
-24:28 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-24:28 Anders Lund
-24:28 Andriy Grivko
-24:28 Brian Vandborg

Favourites by position :
+35 Tony Martin
+18 Robert Gesink
+9 Daniel Martin
+7 Ivan Basso
+5 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-14 David Zabriskie
-25 Rein Taaramae

Favourites by time :
+0:03 Robert Gesink
+0:03 Alexander Vinokourov
-0:52 Tony Martin
-6:26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-9:12 Daniel Martin
-10:21 Ivan Basso
-13:49 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-14:55 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-24:28 Rein Taaramae
-24:28 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 26:40:51 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:26 (unchanged)
3 Alexander Vinokourov 1:49 (was 3rd at 1:52)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:10 (was 4th at 2:13)
5 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 2:51 (was 6th at 3:01)
6 Christophe Kern 3:05 (was 5th at 2:52)
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud 3:30 (unchanged)
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou 4:14 (unchanged)
9 Janez Brajkovic 4:22 (unchanged)
10 Thomas Voeckler 4:31 (was 10th at 4:27)
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17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 12:57 (was 16th at 6:31)
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20 Robert Gesink 16:17 (was 38th at 16:20)
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26 Ivan Basso 24:36 (was 33rd at 14:15)
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33 Daniel Martin 26:56 (was 42nd at 17:44)
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37 Tony Martin 28:30 (was 72nd at 27:38)
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44 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 32:14 (was 44th at 18:25)
45 Rein Taaramae 32:56 (was 20th at 8:28)
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50 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 35:37 (was 55th at 20:42)
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79 David Zabriskie 50:17 (was 65th at 25:49)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 86 (was 1st with 71 points)
2 Alexandre Vinokourov 65 (was 3rd with 59 points)
3 Bradley Wiggins 61 (was 2nd with 60 points)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 55 (was 6th with 47 points)
5 Thomas Voeckler 48 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 47 (was 7th with 47 points)
7 Cadel Evans 45 (was 8th with 41 points)
8 Thibaut Pinot 40 (was 13th with 28 points)
9 Christophe Kern 36 (unchanged)
10 Chris Anker Sorensen 35 (was 12th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 63 (was 2nd with 36 points)
2 Robert Gesink 53 (was 9th with 24 points)
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 49 (was 6th with 26 points)
4 Leonardo Fabio Duque 45 (was 1st with 45 points)
5 Alexandre Vinokourov 43 (was 7th with 25 points)
6 Christophe Kern 40 (was 8th with 24 points)
7 Thibaut Pinot 33 (was 0 points)
8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 30 (was 3rd with 30 points)
9 Chris Anker Sorensen 24 (was 11th with 17 points)
10 Bradley Wiggins 22 (was 15th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Andrei Amador Bipkazacova (Crc) Movistar Team 7
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 7
Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 7
Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) HTC-Highroad 7
Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 7
John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad 7
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 7
Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 7
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 7
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7
Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 7
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 7
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 7
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard 7
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 7
Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 7
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 6
Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD 6
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 6
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 6
Jan Tratnik (Slo) Quickstep Cycling Team 6
John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 6
Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard 6
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 6
Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 6
Andy Cappelle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 4
Total retirements : 55


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