Paris Nice, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : Mar 10, Sisteron - Nice, 220 km

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM 5.11.48
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne 6.18
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4i 9.24
4 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol Team
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team
10 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Thomas De Gendt
+18 Matthew Wilson
+17 Gaetan Bille
+16 Sep Vanmarcke
+16 Maarten Wijnants
+16 Jan Ghyselinck
+16 Adrian Saez
+15 Tristan Valentin
+15 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa
+14 Xabier Zandio Echaide

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Levi Leipheimer
-20 Davide Malacarne
-18 Tony Martin
-16 Andreas Klier
-16 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
-13 Kevin De Weert
-11 Dominique Nerz
-10 Yauheni Hutarovich
-9 Nikolas Maes
-6 Elia Viviani
-5 Pierrick Fedrigo

Biggest gainers by time :
+9:37 Thomas De Gendt
+3:14 Rein Taaramae
+0:04 John Degenkolb
+0:01 Tom Boonen

Biggest losers by time :
-11:02 Andreas Klier
-11:02 Damien Gaudin
-11:02 Dennis van Winden
-11:02 Edward King
-11:02 Elia Viviani
-11:02 Jacopo Guarnieri
-11:02 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
-11:02 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-11:02 Marcel Kittel
-11:02 Martijn Maaskant
-11:02 Patrick Gretsch

Favourites by position :
+10 Rein Taaramae
+4 Janez Brajkovic
+4 David Arroyo Duran
+3 Frank Schleck
+3 Andreas Kloden
+2 Thomas Voeckler
+1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1 Damiano Cunego
-18 Tony Martin
-36 Levi Leipheimer

Favourites by time :
+3:14 Rein Taaramae
-7:26 Tony Martin
-7:26 Levi Leipheimer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 27:53:04 (unchanged)
2 Lieuwe Westra 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:18 (was 4th at 0:18)
4 Simon Spilak 0:37 (was 5th at 0:37)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 0:39 (was 6th at 0:39)
6 Maxime Monfort 0:46 (was 7th at 0:46)
7 Arnold Jeannesson 1:06 (was 8th at 1:06)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 1:16 (was 9th at 1:16)
9 Robert Kiserlovski 1:21 (was 10th at 1:21)
10 Angel Vicioso Arcos 2:24 (was 11th at 2:24)
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12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:27 (was 13th at 3:27)
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16 Damiano Cunego 3:42 (was 17th at 3:42)
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24 Thomas Voeckler 4:51 (was 26th at 4:51)
25 Frank Schleck 5:05 (was 28th at 5:05)
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27 Andreas Kloden 5:13 (was 30th at 5:13)
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39 Levi Leipheimer 7:36 (was 3rd at 0:10)
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57 Janez Brajkovic 15:10 (was 61st at 15:10)
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65 Tony Martin 17:25 (was 47th at 9:59)
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70 David Arroyo Duran 19:58 (was 74th at 19:58)
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86 Rein Taaramae 27:53 (was 96th at 31:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde 74 (unchanged)
2 Bradley Wiggins 67 (unchanged)
3 Lieuwe Westra 63 (unchanged)
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 52 (unchanged)
5 Levi Leipheimer 50 (unchanged)
6 Grega Bole 49 (was 10th with 38 points)
7 Xavier Florencio Cabre 46 (was 13th with 34 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 45 (was 6th with 45 points)
9 Maxime Monfort 45 (was 7th with 45 points)
10 Thomas De Gendt 44 (was 29th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Frederik Veuchelen 64 (was 1st with 55 points)
2 Thomas De Gendt 42 (was 6th with 14 points)
3 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 28 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 David Lelay 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Rein Taaramae 20 (was 0 points)
6 Yukiya Arashiro 19 (was 4th with 19 points)
7 Bart De Clercq 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
9 Jens Voigt 12 (was 8th with 12 points)
10 Lieuwe Westra 10 (was 9th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 7
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 7
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 7
Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 7
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 7
Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 7
Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 7
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 6
Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 6
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 6
Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 6
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6
Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5
Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i 5
Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 4
Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 4
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team 3
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2
Total retirements : 31


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