Stage 7 : Aug 30, Almendralejo - Mairena de Aljafare, 195.5 km

1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4.51.27
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0.01
4 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
10 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Alex Rasmussen
+12 Iker Camano Ortuzar
+12 Andrew Fenn
+11 Stephane Poulhies
+11 Robert Wagner
+11 Mikael Cherel
+11 Greg Henderson
+10 Vasil Kiryienka
+10 Philippe Gilbert
+10 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Biggest losers by position :
-24 Marcos Garcia
-22 Marco Pinotti
-19 Christian Meier
-18 Sam Bewley
-16 Julien Berard
-14 Jakob Fuglsang
-12 Daniel Martin
-11 Cedric Pineau
-10 Luke Rowe
-9 Adam Hansen
-9 Amets Txurruka

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:11 Zdenek Stybar
+0:07 Philippe Gilbert
+0:04 Robert Wagner

Biggest losers by time :
-8:57 Michel Kreder
-7:59 Marco Pinotti
-7:37 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-7:37 Matteo Bono
-7:37 Sam Bewley
-7:33 Christian Meier
-7:33 Marcos Garcia
-5:12 Nick Nuyens
-4:52 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-4:52 Tom Stamsnijder
-4:38 Tiziano Dall'Antonia

Favourites by position :
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-6 Thomas De Gendt
-6 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-12 Daniel Martin

Favourites by time :
-1:52 Daniel Martin
-4:02 Thomas De Gendt
-4:18 Lieuwe Westra
-7:37 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 27:29:35 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Horner 0:03 (unchanged)
3 Nicolas Roche 0:08 (unchanged)
4 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0:16 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:21 (unchanged)
6 Robert Kiserlovski 0:26 (unchanged)
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:28 (unchanged)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:31 (unchanged)
9 Rafal Majka 0:38 (unchanged)
10 Roman Kreuziger 0:42 (unchanged)
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13 Bauke Mollema 0:48 (unchanged)
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16 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:53 (unchanged)
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21 Michele Scarponi 1:15 (unchanged)
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27 Ivan Basso 1:32 (unchanged)
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43 Daniel Martin 3:39 (was 31st at 1:47)
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45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:57 (was 46th at 3:57)
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144 Thomas De Gendt 37:09 (was 138th at 33:07)
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189 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 52:03 (was 183rd at 44:26)
190 Lieuwe Westra 52:29 (was 190th at 48:11)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 53 (was 1st with 51 points)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 48 (unchanged)
3 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 40 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Roche 38 (unchanged)
5 Gianni Meersman 38 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 37 (unchanged)
7 Fabian Cancellara 36 (unchanged)
8 Bauke Mollema 34 (unchanged)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 32 (was 13th with 23 points)
10 Tyler Farrar 30 (was 9th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nicolas Roche 11 (unchanged)
2 Nicolas Edet 8 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 6 (unchanged)
4 Winner Anacona Gomez 5 (unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 4 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Horner 3 (unchanged)
7 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 3 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3 (unchanged)
9 Leopold Konig 2 (unchanged)
10 Danilo Wyss 2 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 3


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