Dauphine Libere, stage 7 summary

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Simon Gerrans
+5 Sebastian Lang
+5 Samuel Sanchez
+4 Thomas Voeckler
+4 Stephane Goubert
+4 Matteo Carrara
+4 Jurgen Van de Walle
+4 Juan Antonio Flecha
+4 Iouri Trofimov
+4 Daniele Righi

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Cyrille Monnerais
-12 Fabian Wegmann
-8 Jose Luis Rubiera
-8 Juan Manuel Garate
-6 Stef Clement
-5 Oscar Pereiro
-4 Grischa Niermann
-4 Josep Jufre
-4 Koos Moerenhout
-4 Ruben Lobato
-3 Daniel Navarro

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:21 Jurgen Van de Walle
+2:21 Iouri Trofimov
+2:21 Dmitriy Fofonov
+2:10 Matteo Carrara
+2:10 Daniele Righi
+0:50 Sandy Casar
+0:50 Charles Wegelius
+0:47 Pierre Rolland

Biggest losers by time :
-17:51 Jose Luis Rubiera
-17:51 Josep Jufre
-13:44 Fabian Wegmann
-13:42 Cyrille Monnerais
-12:38 Stef Clement
-7:16 Jerome Coppel
-7:16 Ruben Lobato
-6:10 Grischa Niermann
-5:00 Andriy Grivko
-5:00 Juan Manuel Garate
-5:00 Oscar Pereiro

Favourites by position :
+5 Samuel Sanchez
+2 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Vladimir Efimkin
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 George Hincapie
-3 Manuel Beltran
-5 Oscar Pereiro
-8 Jose Luis Rubiera

Favourites by time :
-0:19 Vladimir Efimkin
-0:19 Janez Brajkovic
-0:19 Carlos Sastre
-5:00 Oscar Pereiro
-17:51 Jose Luis Rubiera

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 27.34.39
2 Cadel Evans 0.39
3 Levi Leipheimer 1.24
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5 Haimar Zubeldia 3.19
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7 Mikel Astarloza 4.25
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11 Michael Rogers 5.33
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15 Manuel Beltran 6.47
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20 Carlos Sastre 12.20
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24 Vladimir Efimkin 15.03
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31 George Hincapie 18.51
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45 Samuel Sanchez 31.06
46 Janez Brajkovic 31.10
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60 Oscar Pereiro 42.43
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71 Jose Luis Rubiera 1.01.16
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73 Thor Hushovd 1.01.44

Retirements to date : Stage
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 3
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 6
Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6
Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 7
Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 4
Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 6
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 5
Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4
Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4
Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6
Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 6
Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 5
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 5
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 5
Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 5
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 5
Andre Greipel (Ger) High Road 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 4
Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6
Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 6
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5
Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7
Javier Mejias (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Team Milram 6
Total retirements : 35