Volta a Catalunya stage 7 summary

Stage 7 - Barcelona-Barcelona

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:06:10
2 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious 0:22
3 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama - FDJ 1:42
4 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama - FDJ 1:46
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 1:46
6 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 1:46
7 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE-Team Emirates 1:46
8 Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck - Quick Step 1:46
9 Adam Yates (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 1:46
10 Clement Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 1:46


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Fernando Barcelo
+13 Sander Armee
+13 Juan Pedro Lopez
+12 Alexander Kamp
+11 Thomas De Gendt
+11 Sean Bennett
+11 Lukasz Owsian
+11 Frederik Wandahl
+11 Connor Brown
+11 Brent Bookwalter

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Antonio Pedrero
-13 Maxim Van Gils
-9 Gianluca Brambilla
-8 Jonathan Klever Caicedo
-6 Carlos Verona
-6 Chris Froome
-6 Michel Ries
-6 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Dario Cataldo
-5 Jonathan Castroviejo
-5 Tejay Van Garderen

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:59 Thomas De Gendt
+1:32 Matej Mohoric
+0:08 Attila Valter
+0:02 Joao Almeida

Biggest losers by time :
-12:14 Antonio Pedrero
-9:03 Alan Riou
-9:03 Antoine Duchesne
-9:03 Antonio Jesus Soto
-9:03 Antwan Tolhoek
-9:03 Artem Nych
-9:03 Ben King
-9:03 Chris Froome
-9:03 Diego Andres Camargo
-9:03 Frederik Wandahl
-9:03 Gianluca Brambilla

Favourites by position :
+6 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Simon Yates
+1 Jan Hirt
-1 Steven Kruijswijk
-1 Rohan Dennis
-1 Enric Mas
-2 Richard Carapaz
-2 Nairo Quintana
-5 Tejay Van Garderen

Favourites by time :
-2:03 Nairo Quintana
-2:25 Steven Kruijswijk
-2:42 Richard Carapaz
-2:42 Jan Hirt
-2:55 Enric Mas
-4:23 Rohan Dennis
-4:24 Wout Poels
-9:03 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 26:16:41 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 0:45 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:49 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde 1:03 (unchanged)
5 Wilco Kelderman 1:03 (unchanged)
6 Esteban Chaves 1:04 (unchanged)
7 Joao Almeida 1:05 (was 7th at 1:07)
8 Hugh Carthy 1:20 (unchanged)
9 Simon Yates 1:32 (was 10th at 1:32)
10 Lucas Hamilton 1:35 (was 11th at 1:35)
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14 Nairo Quintana 3:49 (was 12th at 1:46)
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19 Enric Mas 6:02 (was 18th at 3:07)
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21 Richard Carapaz 7:27 (was 19th at 4:45)
22 Steven Kruijswijk 8:14 (was 21st at 5:49)
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46 Rohan Dennis 32:35 (was 45th at 28:12)
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52 Rigoberto Uran 35:48 (was 58th at 35:48)
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70 Tejay Van Garderen 47:03 (was 65th at 38:00)
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79 Wout Poels 52:36 (was 79th at 48:12)
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82 Jan Hirt 54:48 (was 83rd at 52:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 16 (unchanged)
2 Thomas De Gendt 13 (was 22nd with 3 points)
3 Peter Sagan 13 (was 5th with 10 points)
4 Rohan Dennis 11 (was 4th with 10 points)
5 Adam Yates 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
6 Lennard Kamna 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
7 Remi Cavagna 9 (was 6th with 9 points)
8 Natnael Berhane 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
9 Joao Almeida 6 (was 16th with 4 points)
10 Michael Woods 6 (was 8th with 6 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 50 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 40 (unchanged)
3 Thomas De Gendt 38 (was 22nd with 8 points)
4 Koen Bouwman 35 (was 3rd with 33 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 30 (was 0 points)
6 Alejandro Valverde 28 (was 5th with 28 points)
7 Lennard Kamna 27 (was 6th with 27 points)
8 Michael Woods 26 (was 7th with 26 points)
9 Sepp Kuss 23 (was 8th with 23 points)
10 Matej Mohoric 21 (was 32nd with 3 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 78:51:04 (was 1st at 69:27:16)
2 Team BikeExchange 0:36 (was 2nd at 0:36)
3 Movistar Team 14:11 (was 3rd at 9:13)
4 Team Jumbo-Visma 26:10 (was 4th at 23:03)
5 EF Education - Nippo 26:48 (was 5th at 24:45)
6 Deceuninck - Quick Step 27:21 (was 6th at 24:57)
7 UAE-Team Emirates 31:42 (was 7th at 28:47)
8 BORA - hansgrohe 35:41 (was 8th at 29:01)
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 41:26 (was 9th at 31:00)
10 Trek - Segafredo 42:47 (was 11th at 37:02)
11 Bahrain - Victorious 44:21 (was 15th at 43:48)
12 Lotto Soudal 45:02 (was 10th at 34:25)
13 Astana - Premier Tech 45:10 (was 12th at 40:34)
14 Israel Start-Up Nation 46:15 (was 13th at 43:21)
15 Team Arkea Samsic 49:04 (was 14th at 43:41)
16 Groupama - FDJ 56:37 (was 16th at 53:59)
17 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:18:04 (was 17th at 1:14:23)
18 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:31:11 (was 18th at 1:25:08)
19 AG2R Citroen Team 1:42:03 (was 20th at 1:37:27)
20 Team DSM 1:44:02 (was 19th at 1:32:00)
21 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:58:47 (was 21th at 1:44:24)
22 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 2:33:16 (was 22th at 2:25:22)
23 Rally Cycling 3:23:48 (was 23th at 3:04:46)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexander Cataford (Israel Start-Up Nation) 7
Jeremy Bellicaud (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 7
Joan Bou (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 7
Jordi Meeus (BORA - hansgrohe) 7
Louis Meintjes (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 7
Luke Rowe (INEOS Grenadiers) 7
Nickolas Zukowsky (Rally Cycling) 7
Robert Power (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 7
Steff Cras (Lotto Soudal) 7
Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto Soudal) 7
William Bonnet (Groupama - FDJ) 7
Giulio Ciccone (Trek - Segafredo) 6
Jose Herrada (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 6
Nathan Brown (Rally Cycling) 6
Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 6
Daniel Alejandro Mendez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Denis Nekrasov (Gazprom - RusVelo) 5
Francisco Galvan (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Jaime Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Marti Marquez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Roger Adria (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Savva Novikov (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Alexander Evans (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4
Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) 4
Domen Novak (Bahrain - Victorious) 4
George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma) 4
Ilnur Zakarin (Gazprom - RusVelo) 4
Jai Hindley (Team DSM) 4
Karel Vacek (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 4
Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 4
Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroen Team) 3
Jan Bakelants (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 2
Nicolas Roche (Team DSM) 2
Pieter Serry (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 1
Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates) 1
Total retirements : 36


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