Vuelta a Espana, stage 7 summary

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+57 Matti Breschel
+56 Marc De Maar
+52 Martin Velits
+47 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez
+44 Javier Moreno Bazan
+42 Gianni Meersman
+40 Amets Txurruka
+37 Damiano Cunego
+36 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz
+36 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga

Biggest losers by position :
-81 Daniele Bennati
-81 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-77 Erik Zabel
-54 Greg Van Avermaet
-54 Tom Boonen
-48 Filippo Pozzato
-40 Grischa Niermann
-39 Stefan Schumacher
-34 Alexandr Kolobnev
-34 Julien Loubet
-32 Andry Grivko

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:30 Alessandro Ballan

Biggest losers by time :
-28:49 Danilo Napolitano
-28:10 Assan Bazayev
-28:08 Dmitriy Muravyev
-28:08 Kevin Van Impe
-28:07 Jeremy Hunt
-28:05 Arnaud Labbe
-28:05 Artur Gajek
-28:05 Philippe Gilbert
-28:05 Tom Boonen
-27:55 Alan Perez Lezaun
-27:55 Alexandre Pichot

Favourites by position :
+37 Damiano Cunego
+31 Andreas Kloden
+12 Alessandro Ballan
+6 Marzio Bruseghin
+6 Davide Rebellin
+4 Robert Gesink
+4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+2 Igor Anton Hernandez
-1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-24 Yaroslav Popovych
-31 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-39 Stefan Schumacher

Favourites by time :
+2:30 Alessandro Ballan
-0:30 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
-0:37 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:50 Levi Leipheimer
-0:50 Igor Anton Hernandez
-0:50 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:11 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:11 Davide Rebellin
-1:31 Robert Gesink
-1:40 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2:13 Andreas Kloden
-2:20 Damiano Cunego
-14:07 Yaroslav Popovych
-15:12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-27:55 Stefan Schumacher

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alessandro Ballan 23.53.26
2 Levi Leipheimer 1.00
3 Sylvain Chavanel 1.21
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 1.34
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2.06
6 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.27
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8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 2.59
9 Igor Anton Hernandez 3.17
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11 Marzio Bruseghin 3.51
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13 Davide Rebellin 3.54
14 Robert Gesink 4.11
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23 Andreas Kloden 7.40
24 Damiano Cunego 8.24
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50 Yaroslav Popovych 17.11
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53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 18.06
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98 Stefan Schumacher 33.55

Retirements to date : Stage
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 8