Tour of California, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : May 18, Livermore - Mt. Diablo, 147.1 km

1 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 3.54.17
2 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman 0.07
3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.12
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
5 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.23
6 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard 0.29
7 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team 0.32
8 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) 5-hour Energy p/b Kenda 0.38
9 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 0.44
10 Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Thomas De Gendt
+17 James Stemper
+16 Chris Butler
+14 Rohan Dennis
+13 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
+13 Christopher Jones
+11 Marco Pinotti
+11 Gregor Gazvoda
+11 Caleb Fairly
+10 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes

Biggest losers by position :
-22 Peter Sagan
-22 Ryan Roth
-20 Luis Romero Amaran
-20 Mitchell Docker
-15 Michael Torckler
-14 Alexander Candelario
-14 Jeremy Vennell
-12 Nathan Brown
-11 Michael Matthews
-9 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-9 Boy van Poppel

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Leopold Konig
+0:05 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle

Biggest losers by time :
-24:30 Carson Miller
-19:13 Aldo Ino Ilesic
-19:13 Jacobe Keough
-19:13 John Murphy
-16:51 Ken Hanson
-16:51 Marsh Cooper
-14:44 Alexander Candelario
-14:44 Bertjan Lindeman
-14:44 Bobbie Traksel
-14:44 Boy van Poppel
-14:44 Cesare Benedetti

Favourites by position :
+20 Thomas De Gendt
+4 Sylvain Chavanel
-2 Lieuwe Westra
-2 Cameron Meyer
-2 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:11 Mathias Frank
-0:36 Cameron Meyer
-1:10 Thomas De Gendt
-3:14 Sylvain Chavanel
-4:27 Lieuwe Westra
-6:07 Andy Schleck

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 26:38:53 (unchanged)
2 Michael Rogers 1:47 (unchanged)
3 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 3:26 (was 5th at 3:31)
4 Mathias Frank 3:32 (was 4th at 3:21)
5 Cameron Meyer 3:33 (was 3rd at 2:57)
6 Matthew Busche 3:50 (was 6th at 3:33)
7 Francisco Mancebo Perez 4:52 (was 7th at 4:26)
8 Lawson Craddock 5:24 (was 10th at 5:04)
9 Philip Deignan 5:33 (was 8th at 4:52)
10 Chad Haga 5:52 (was 9th at 5:02)
.....
20 Lieuwe Westra 14:59 (was 18th at 10:32)
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25 Andy Schleck 20:11 (was 23rd at 14:04)
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38 Sylvain Chavanel 27:46 (was 42nd at 24:32)
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48 Thomas De Gendt 33:57 (was 68th at 32:47)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Carter Jones 47
2 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 20
3 Andy Schleck 20
4 Marsh Cooper 18
5 Tejay van Garderen 17
6 James Stemper 17
7 Leopold Konig 12
8 Chad Beyer 12
9 Christopher Baldwin 12
10 Michael Rogers 12

Retirements to date : Stage
Chun Kai Feng (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 6
Chun Kai Feng (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 6
David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 5
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 17


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