Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : Mar 27, Parets del Valles - Barcelona (Pla de Palau), 124.5 km

1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2.33.55
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
3 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
6 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural
7 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack
10 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Lukasz Bodnar
+22 Marcel Wyss
+20 Patrick Gretsch
+20 Michel Kreder
+20 Mauro Da Dalto
+20 Martin Pedersen
+20 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
+20 Kenny De Haes
+20 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+18 Nicki Sorensen

Biggest losers by position :
-12 Alex Cano Ardila
-11 Chris Anker Sorensen
-11 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado
-11 Marco Marzano
-11 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
-10 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-10 Johnny Hoogerland
-9 Mathias Frank
-8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-6 Daniele Pietropolli
-6 David Moncoutie

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-4:33 Mariusz Witecki
-4:16 Ben Gastauer
-4:16 Brice Feillu
-4:16 Christophe Riblon
-4:16 Nicolas Vogondy
-4:16 William Clarke
-3:58 Nairo Quintana Rojas
-3:21 Thimothy Roe
-3:17 Alex Cano Ardila
-3:02 Johnny Hoogerland
-2:57 Adrian Honkisz

Favourites by position :
+14 Carlos Sastre Candil
+11 Denis Menchov
+10 Vladimir Karpets
+7 Linus Gerdemann
+5 Frantisek Rabon
+3 Christian Vande Velde
+2 Xavier Tondo Volpini
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Daniel Martin

Favourites by time :
-2:57 Frantisek Rabon
-2:57 Denis Menchov
-2:57 Carlos Sastre Candil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 29:24:42 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 0:23 (was 3rd at 0:23)
3 Daniel Martin 0:35 (was 4th at 0:35)
4 Christopher Horner 0:35 (was 5th at 0:35)
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:38 (was 6th at 0:38)
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:38 (was 8th at 0:38)
7 Ivan Basso 0:38 (unchanged)
8 Cadel Evans 0:50 (was 9th at 0:50)
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers 1:12 (was 10th at 1:12)
10 Bauke Mollema 1:12 (was 11th at 1:12)
.....
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 1:12 (unchanged)
16 Janez Brajkovic 1:20 (was 17th at 1:20)
.....
19 Christian Vande Velde 1:37 (was 22nd at 1:37)
.....
47 Linus Gerdemann 7:44 (was 54th at 7:44)
.....
57 Vladimir Karpets 9:01 (was 67th at 9:01)
.....
111 Denis Menchov 26:19 (was 122nd at 23:22)
.....
130 Frantisek Rabon 32:41 (was 135th at 29:44)
.....
148 Carlos Sastre Candil 39:14 (was 162nd at 36:17)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nairo Quintana Rojas 47 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 42 (unchanged)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 41 (unchanged)
4 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 39 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 37 (unchanged)
6 Gatis Smukulis 28 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Horner 22 (was 8th with 22 points)
8 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman 20 (was 9th with 20 points)
9 Francesco Masciarelli 20 (was 10th with 20 points)
10 Ben Gastauer 20 (was 11th with 20 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Arturo Mora Ortiz (Spa) Caja Rural 7
Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 7
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 7
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
John Edibberto Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia 7
Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7
Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural 7
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team 7
Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 7
Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Procycling 7
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 7
Travis Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 6
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek 6
Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team 5
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia Es Pasion - Cafe De Colombia 5
Frederique Robert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Jan Tratnik (Slo) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 5
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4
Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural 3
Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 3
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 35


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