Giro d'Italia, stage 7 summary

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+53 Francis De Greef
+51 Vasili Kiryienka
+49 Emanuele Sella
+33 Addy Engels
+32 Leonardo Piepoli
+30 Gabriele Bosisio
+30 Domenico Pozzovivo
+29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
+29 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
+28 Tadej Valjavec

Biggest losers by position :
-80 Matteo Priamo
-67 Francesco Gavazzi
-56 Daniele Bennati
-48 Andrea Noe
-48 Andrey Mizurov
-48 Enrico Gasparotto
-44 Alan Perez Lezaun
-33 Daniele Pietropolli
-27 Jose Rujano Guillen
-23 Francesco Bellotti
-21 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:18 Gabriele Bosisio
+3:18 Vasili Kiryienka
+2:58 Emanuele Sella
+2:21 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
+1:48 Riccardo Ricco
+1:48 Danilo Di Luca
+1:45 Leonardo Piepoli
+1:42 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:57 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:57 Tadej Valjavec

Biggest losers by time :
-24:38 Graeme Brown
-24:19 Adam Hansen
-24:19 Alessandro Vanotti
-24:19 Alexandre Usov
-24:19 Anders Lund
-24:19 Andre Greipel
-24:19 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
-24:19 Bradley Wiggins
-24:19 Bram De Groot
-24:19 Carlo Scognamiglio
-24:19 Charles Wegelius

Favourites by position :
+32 Leonardo Piepoli
+28 Tadej Valjavec
+16 Vladimir Karpets
+15 Levi Leipheimer
+15 Gilberto Simoni
+15 Denis Menchov
+13 Riccardo Ricco
+10 Alberto Contador Velasco
+9 Marzio Bruseghin
+4 Davide Rebellin
+4 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Paolo Savoldelli
+1 Andreas Kloden
-3 Franco Pellizotti
-4 Jens Voigt
-48 Andrea Noe
-56 Daniele Bennati

Favourites by time :
+1:48 Riccardo Ricco
+1:48 Danilo Di Luca
+1:45 Leonardo Piepoli
+1:42 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:57 Tadej Valjavec
+0:57 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:57 Marzio Bruseghin
+0:57 Levi Leipheimer
+0:57 Gilberto Simoni
+0:57 Franco Pellizotti
+0:57 Denis Menchov
+0:57 Davide Rebellin
+0:57 Andreas Kloden
-0:03 Vladimir Karpets
-12:33 Andrea Noe
-20:37 Jens Voigt
-24:19 Daniele Bennati

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Giovanni Visconti 32.03.01
2 Matthias Russ 0.09
3 Gabriele Bosisio 5.43
4 Danilo Di Luca 7.27
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7 Riccardo Ricco 7.53
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9 Alberto Contador Velasco 7.56
10 Franco Pellizotti 8.11
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13 Paolo Savoldelli 8.30
14 Leonardo Piepoli 8.38
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16 Andreas Kloden 8.39
17 Davide Rebellin 8.48
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20 Marzio Bruseghin 8.57
21 Gilberto Simoni 9.13
22 Levi Leipheimer 9.14
23 Denis Menchov 9.16
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29 Tadej Valjavec 9.41
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50 Vladimir Karpets 11.15
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63 Andrea Noe 22.03
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90 Daniele Bennati 34.21
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104 Jens Voigt 42.03

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 16