Giro d'Italia, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 - Friday, May 15: Innsbruck (Aut) - Chiavenna, 244km

First 10 finishers :
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.56.53 (40.685km/h)
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha
4 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.31
7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.40
8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
9 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha


Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Davide Vigano
+10 Pedro Horrillo
+10 Jos Van Emden
+10 Alessandro Bertolini
+8 Julian Dean
+8 Juan Jose Haedo
+8 Francesco Reda
+8 Fabian Cancellara
+8 Delio Ferandez
+8 Bram De Groot

Biggest losers by position :
-20 Julien Belgy
-17 Addy Engels
-17 Cameron Meyer
-17 Diego Caccia
-17 Guillaume Le Floch
-16 Giuseppe Palumbo
-16 Riccardo Chiarini
-15 Mauro Facci
-12 Bjorn Schroder
-12 Jelle Vanendert
-12 Ronny Scholz

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:00 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+0:52 Robert Hunter
+0:48 Pavel Brutt
+0:40 Davide Vigano
+0:40 Alessandro Bertolini
+0:09 Andriy Grivko

Biggest losers by time :
-8:02 Cameron Meyer
-7:58 Bartosz Huzarski
-6:31 Julien Belgy
-5:29 Julien Loubet
-5:10 Addy Engels
-5:10 Alberto Fernandez
-5:10 Alessandro Spezialetti
-5:10 Anders Lund
-5:10 Angel Gomez
-5:10 Anthony Charteau
-5:10 Bjorn Schroder

Favourites by position :
+8 Fabian Cancellara
+4 Jens Voigt
+1 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
-0:18 Lance Armstrong

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 28.08.48
2 Thomas Lovkvist 0.05
3 Michael Rogers 0.36
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.43
5 Denis Menchov 0.50
6 Ivan Basso 1.06
7 Carlos Sastre 1.16
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9 Franco Pellizotti 1.27
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11 Gilberto Simoni 2.01
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19 Marzio Bruseghin 3.16
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21 Damiano Cunego 3.29
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25 Lance Armstrong 4.31
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39 Stefano Garzelli 6.41
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77 Jens Voigt 23.09
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163 Fabian Cancellara 58.02

Retirements to date : Stage
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Total retirements : 5