Tour de France, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : Jul 5, Montpellier - Albi, 205.5 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4.54.12
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
8 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Romain Sicard
+33 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+33 Jeremy Roy
+33 Blel Kadri
+29 Rohan Dennis
+28 Ramunas Navardauskas
+26 John Degenkolb
+25 Fabio Sabatini
+24 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+24 Hubert Dupont

Biggest losers by position :
-64 Adam Hansen
-37 Alexandre Geniez
-35 Julien Simon
-34 Brice Feillu
-32 Thomas Voeckler
-29 Christophe Le Mevel
-29 Jean Marc Marino
-28 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti
-28 Michael Schar
-27 Cyril Lemoine
-24 Pavel Brutt

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-15:03 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-15:03 Lars Ytting Bak
-14:53 Adam Hansen
-14:53 Albert Timmer
-14:53 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-14:53 Alexander Kristoff
-14:53 Alexandre Geniez
-14:53 Alexey Lutsenko
-14:53 Andre Greipel
-14:53 Anthony Delaplace
-14:53 Assan Bazayev

Favourites by position :
+10 Robert Gesink
+5 Damiano Cunego
+1 Tejay Van Garderen
+1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+1 Cadel Evans
+1 Bauke Mollema
+1 Andy Schleck
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Daryl Impey 27:12:29 (unchanged)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:03 (unchanged)
3 Simon Gerrans 0:05 (unchanged)
4 Michael Albasini 0:05 (unchanged)
5 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:06 (unchanged)
6 Sylvain Chavanel 0:06 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Froome 0:08 (unchanged)
8 Richie Porte 0:08 (unchanged)
9 Nicholas Roche 0:14 (unchanged)
10 Roman Kreuziger 0:14 (unchanged)
11 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:14 (unchanged)
12 Michael Rogers 0:14 (unchanged)
.....
14 Ryder Hesjedal 0:22 (unchanged)
.....
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:25 (was 18th at 0:25)
18 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:25 (was 19th at 0:25)
.....
22 Cadel Evans 0:31 (was 23rd at 0:31)
.....
24 Tejay Van Garderen 0:31 (was 25th at 0:31)
.....
33 Andy Schleck 0:34 (was 34th at 0:34)
.....
37 Bauke Mollema 0:42 (was 38th at 0:42)
.....
51 Damiano Cunego 1:24 (was 56th at 1:24)
.....
72 Robert Gesink 9:08 (was 82nd at 9:08)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 224 (was 1st with 159 points)
2 Andre Greipel 130 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 119 (unchanged)
4 Alexander Kristoff 111 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 88 (was 7th with 66 points)
6 Marcel Kittel 87 (was 5th with 87 points)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 75 (was 10th with 49 points)
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 69 (was 11th with 46 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 66 (was 6th with 71 points)
10 Danny van Poppel 65 (was 8th with 65 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Blel Kadri 12 (was 3rd with 5 points)
2 Pierre Rolland 11 (was 1st with 10 points)
3 Simon Clarke 5 (was 2nd with 5 points)
4 Thomas De Gendt 4 (unchanged)
5 Jens Voigt 4 (was 0 points)
6 Jan Bakelants 3 (was 0 points)
7 Cyril Gautier 3 (was 6th with 2 points)
8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
9 Lars Boom 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
10 Lars Petter Nordhaug 2 (was 8th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 10


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