Giro d'Italia, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : May 13, Maddaloni - Montevergine di Mercogliano, 110 km

1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2.54.47
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
7 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
10 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Mathias Frank
+33 Ben Gastauer
+32 Bart De Clercq
+31 Simone Stortoni
+30 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+30 Johnny Hoogerland
+30 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+29 Maxim Belkov
+29 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+29 Alberto Losada Alguacil

Biggest losers by position :
-56 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-44 Oscar Gatto
-33 Peter Kennaugh
-31 Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto
-31 Davide Appollonio
-30 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
-30 Yaroslav Popovych
-28 Alessandro Petacchi
-28 Angel Vicioso Arcos
-28 David Millar
-28 Gerald Ciolek

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Bart De Clercq
+0:12 Michele Scarponi
+0:08 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by time :
-18:56 Graeme Brown
-18:11 Davide Appollonio
-16:32 Robbie McEwen
-15:09 Adam Blyth
-15:09 Alan Marangoni
-15:09 Alberto Ongarato
-15:09 Alessandro De Marchi
-15:09 Alessandro Petacchi
-15:09 Alessandro Spezialetti
-15:09 Alex Rasmussen
-15:09 Alexander Kristoff

Favourites by position :
+22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+17 Lars Ytting Bak
+14 Danilo Di Luca
+11 Carlos Sastre Candil
+5 Stefano Garzelli
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+4 Denis Menchov
+2 Michele Scarponi
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Frantisek Rabon
-10 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
+0:12 Michele Scarponi
+0:08 Roman Kreuziger
-0:10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:21 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:34 Danilo Di Luca
-7:55 Lars Ytting Bak
-15:09 Richie Porte
-15:09 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pieter Weening 23:09:59 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:02 (unchanged)
3 Marco Pinotti 0:02 (unchanged)
4 Christophe Le Mevel 0:05 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 0:14 (was 7th at 0:26)
6 Pablo Lastras Garcia 0:22 (was 5th at 0:22)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 0:24 (was 6th at 0:24)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 0:28 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:30 (unchanged)
10 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 0:33 (unchanged)
11 Thomas Lovkvist 0:39 (unchanged)
12 David Arroyo Duran 0:40 (unchanged)
.....
14 Roman Kreuziger 0:44 (was 18th at 0:52)
.....
16 Denis Menchov 0:55 (was 20th at 0:55)
.....
22 Stefano Garzelli 1:09 (was 27th at 1:09)
.....
33 Carlos Sastre Candil 2:29 (was 44th at 2:08)
.....
51 Danilo Di Luca 9:30 (was 65th at 7:56)
.....
58 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:27 (was 80th at 11:17)
.....
120 Lars Ytting Bak 31:11 (was 137th at 23:16)
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130 Richie Porte 34:56 (was 120th at 19:47)
.....
158 Frantisek Rabon 43:18 (was 155th at 28:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 7 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 0 points)
3 Martin Kohler 5 (was 2nd with 5 points)
4 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Marco Marzano 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
8 Giovanni Visconti 4 (was 0 points)
9 Jussi Veikkanen 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bart De Clercq 11 (was 12th with 2 points)
2 Martin Kohler 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
3 Federico Canuti 9 (was 0 points)
4 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (was 2nd with 8 points)
5 Michele Scarponi 7 (was 9th with 2 points)
6 Roman Kreuziger 6 (was 4th with 3 points)
7 Christophe Le Mevel 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
8 Jerome Pineau 5 (was 0 points)
9 Stefano Garzelli 3 (was 13th with 1 points)
10 Giovanni Visconti 3 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 13


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Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 7 : May 13, Maddaloni - Montevergine di Mercogliano, 110 km

1 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2.54.47
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD

That was cutting a breakaway fine, if the course was a half a meter
longer Scarponi would have had him on the line.