Vuelta a Espana, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : Aug 24, Huesca - Alcaniz (Motorland Aragon), 164.2 km

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 3.48.30
2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
6 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
7 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Dennis van Winden
+14 Arnold Jeannesson
+12 Wouter Mol
+12 William Bonnet
+12 Lloyd Mondory
+12 Elia Viviani
+12 Daniele Bennati
+11 Tony Martin
+11 Maciej Bodnar
+11 Leonardo Duque

Biggest losers by position :
-27 Bertjan Lindeman
-26 Danail Andonov
-25 Frantisek Rabon
-25 Linus Gerdemann
-25 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-25 Stef Clement
-22 Yoann Bagot
-21 Matteo Tosatto
-17 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-16 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-14 Assan Bazayev

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Michel Kreder
+0:26 John Degenkolb
+0:24 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:14 Gert Steegmans
+0:14 Dennis van Winden
+0:14 Davide Vigano
+0:14 Daniele Bennati
+0:13 Elia Viviani
+0:12 Maciej Bodnar
+0:12 Julian Dean

Biggest losers by time :
-11:34 Yoann Bagot
-10:09 Linus Gerdemann
-10:09 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-9:12 Bertjan Lindeman
-9:06 Cheng Ji
-7:16 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-7:16 Hernani Broco
-7:16 Joost van Leijen
-7:16 Matteo Tosatto
-7:16 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-7:15 Richie Porte

Favourites by position :
+11 Tony Martin
+2 Maxime Monfort
+2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Denis Menchov
+2 Cameron Meyer
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+1 Bauke Mollema
-2 Thomas De Gendt
-7 Damiano Cunego
-8 John Gadret
-11 Rigoberto Uran

Favourites by time :
-1:27 Rigoberto Uran
-1:36 Denis Menchov
-2:14 Cameron Meyer
-2:19 Thomas De Gendt
-2:19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3:36 Damiano Cunego
-5:42 John Gadret

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 25:53:04 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:10 (unchanged)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:36 (unchanged)
4 Robert Gesink 0:54 (was 5th at 0:54)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:54 (was 6th at 0:54)
6 Nicolas Roche 1:04 (was 7th at 1:04)
7 Bauke Mollema 1:12 (was 8th at 1:12)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:17 (was 9th at 1:17)
9 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:34 (was 10th at 1:34)
10 Sergio Henao Montoya 1:39 (was 11th at 1:39)
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15 Rigoberto Uran 2:09 (was 4th at 0:42)
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20 Maxime Monfort 2:34 (was 22nd at 2:34)
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34 Damiano Cunego 7:36 (was 27th at 4:00)
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49 Thomas De Gendt 13:23 (was 47th at 11:04)
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58 John Gadret 17:12 (was 50th at 11:30)
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61 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 17:54 (was 63rd at 15:35)
62 Denis Menchov 17:56 (was 64th at 16:20)
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86 Tony Martin 27:00 (was 97th at 27:00)
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141 Cameron Meyer 42:08 (was 143rd at 39:54)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 76 (was 1st with 51 points)
2 Elia Viviani 47 (was 8th with 27 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 45 (was 2nd with 45 points)
4 Allan Davis 45 (was 5th with 29 points)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 41 (was 3rd with 41 points)
6 Daniele Bennati 38 (was 9th with 26 points)
7 Christopher Froome 37 (was 4th with 37 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 34 (was 11th with 24 points)
9 Simon Clarke 30 (was 7th with 27 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 30 (was 6th with 29 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 11 (unchanged)
3 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 9 (unchanged)
6 Tony Martin 8 (unchanged)
7 Philippe Gilbert 6 (unchanged)
8 Assan Bazayev 5 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 4 (unchanged)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 4 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 2


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