Stage 7 : Jun 13, Allevard-les-Bains - Sallanches, 148 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 3.39.43
2 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0.27
3 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0.32
4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.34
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 0.40
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+68 David Gutierrez Palacios
+42 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
+41 Anthony Geslin
+34 Geoffroy Lequatre
+34 Dmitry Kozontchouk
+33 Benoit Vaugrenard
+32 Thomas Peterson
+31 Sebastien Minard
+28 Giovanni Bernaudeau
+23 Inaki Isasi Flores

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Remi Pauriol
-12 Kevin De Weert
-11 Peter Kennaugh
-8 Dimitri Champion
-5 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
-3 Gert Dockx
-2 David Lelay
-2 Vladimir Gusev
-1 Branislau Samoilau
-1 Christian Knees
-1 Nicolas Vogondy

Biggest gainers by time :
+21:42 David Gutierrez Palacios
+0:40 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+0:13 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
+0:08 Egor Silin
+0:06 Christophe Le Mevel

Biggest losers by time :
-10:13 Adriano Malori
-10:13 Christophe Brandt
-10:13 Dimitri Champion
-10:13 Enrico Magazzini
-10:13 Gabriel Rasch
-10:13 Guillaume Bonnafond
-10:13 Kevin De Weert
-10:13 Peter Kennaugh
-9:31 Remi Pauriol
-7:53 Danny Pate
-7:53 Geoffroy Lequatre

Favourites by position :
+16 Lars Ytting Bak
+9 Ruben Plaza Molina
+8 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+7 Johan Van Summeren
+1 Denis Menchov
-16 Remi Pauriol

Favourites by time :
-0:24 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-1:46 Denis Menchov
-2:26 Ruben Plaza Molina
-2:26 Cyril Dessel
-2:31 Johan Van Summeren
-3:52 Lars Ytting Bak
-9:31 Remi Pauriol

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janez Brajkovic 28:06:28 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:41 (unchanged)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 2:41 (unchanged)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:46 (unchanged)
.....
24 Cyril Dessel 13:56 (was 24th at 11:30)
25 Denis Menchov 14:08 (was 26th at 12:22)
.....
29 Daniel Navarro Garcia 17:15 (was 37th at 16:51)
30 Remi Pauriol 17:20 (was 14th at 7:49)
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36 Johan Van Summeren 22:10 (was 43rd at 19:39)
.....
46 Ruben Plaza Molina 28:24 (was 55th at 25:58)
.....
73 Lars Ytting Bak 52:28 (was 89th at 48:36)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 98 (was 2nd with 83 points)
2 Janez Brajkovic 98 (was 1st with 87 points)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 72 (was 5th with 56 points)
4 Grega Bole 71 (was 4th with 63 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 70 (was 3rd with 67 points)
6 Christophe Riblon 69 (was 6th with 55 points)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 51 (was 10th with 38 points)
8 Nicolas Vogondy 48 (was 8th with 42 points)
9 Christophe Moreau 48 (was 9th with 39 points)
10 Pierre Rolland 47 (was 7th with 45 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 55 (unchanged)
2 Janez Brajkovic 33 (unchanged)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 32 (unchanged)
4 Cyril Gautier 29 (was 5th with 29 points)
5 Thibault Pinot 26 (was 6th with 26 points)
6 Stefan Denifl 24 (was 7th with 24 points)
7 Bram Tankink 23 (was 8th with 23 points)
8 Guillaume Bonnafond 22 (was 9th with 22 points)
9 Christophe Moreau 22 (was 10th with 22 points)
10 Nicolas Vogondy 21 (was 11th with 21 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto 7
Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 7
Andre Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7
Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step 7
Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha 7
Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack 7
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7
Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo 7
Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions 7
Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 7
Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 7
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 7
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 7
David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 7
Davide Appollino (Ita) Cervelo Test Team 7
Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 7
Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 7
Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team 7
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto 7
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank 7
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team 7
Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto 7
Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 7
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha 7
Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha 7
Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack 7
Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 7
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 7
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 7
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 7
Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 7
Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 7
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 7
Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 7
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 7
Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 7
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 7
Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 7
Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-Farnese Vini 7
Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram 7
Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6
Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Footon-Servetto 6
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 6
Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6
Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto 6
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack 6
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 5
Roy Sentjens (Ned) Team Milram 5
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 4
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4
Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 4
Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 3
Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 80


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