Tour de Suisse, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : June 20, 2014, Worb - Worb (ITT), 24.7 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.31.37
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0.22
3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0.28
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0.41
5 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0.45
6 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 0.59
7 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 1.02
8 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 1.06
9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.13
10 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Stef Clement
+13 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+13 Lawson Craddock
+13 Fabian Cancellara
+11 Thomas Degand
+11 Steve Morabito
+10 Sergei Chernetckii
+10 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff
+10 Cadel Evans
+9 Reto Hollenstein

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Davide Rebellin
-12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-12 Tom Jelte Slagter
-11 Georg Preidler
-9 Gerald Ciolek
-9 Sergio Pardilla
-7 Bauke Mollema
-7 Peter Kennaugh
-5 Christophe Riblon
-5 Olivier Zaugg
-5 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:31 Gerald Ciolek
-6:43 Juan Jose Lobato
-6:09 Jonas Van Genechten
-5:50 Matti Breschel
-5:48 Edward King
-5:32 Valentin Iglinskiy
-5:31 Mark Renshaw
-5:22 Guillaume Boivin
-5:17 Michael Morkov
-5:09 Mark Cavendish
-5:08 Andrea Palini

Favourites by position :
+13 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+10 Cadel Evans
+8 Cameron Meyer
+5 Mathias Frank
+3 Thibaut Pinot
+2 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-4 Laurens ten Dam
-5 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Christophe Riblon
-7 Bauke Mollema
-12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil

Favourites by time :
-0:28 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-0:45 Mathias Frank
-1:13 Thibaut Pinot
-1:16 Cadel Evans
-1:29 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1:36 Roman Kreuziger
-1:38 Bauke Mollema
-2:08 Laurens ten Dam
-2:08 Christophe Riblon
-2:26 Cameron Meyer
-3:12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 23:42:43 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:28 (was 2nd at 0:06)
3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 1:05 (was 16th at 0:37)
4 Mathias Frank 1:14 (was 9th at 0:29)
5 Ion Izagirre Insausti 1:33 (was 7th at 0:27)
6 Peter Sagan 1:36 (was 3rd at 0:10)
7 Lawson Craddock 1:42 (was 20th at 0:43)
8 Mattia Cattaneo 1:42 (was 10th at 0:29)
9 Davide Formolo 1:47 (was 6th at 0:27)
10 Thibaut Pinot 1:48 (was 13th at 0:35)
11 Bauke Mollema 1:55 (was 4th at 0:17)
.....
13 Roman Kreuziger 2:04 (was 8th at 0:28)
.....
15 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 2:07 (was 17th at 0:38)
16 Cadel Evans 2:07 (was 26th at 0:51)
.....
24 Christophe Riblon 2:47 (was 19th at 0:39)
.....
27 Laurens ten Dam 2:52 (was 23rd at 0:44)
.....
37 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 3:59 (was 25th at 0:47)
.....
107 Cameron Meyer 37:12 (was 115th at 34:46)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 88 (unchanged)
2 Sacha Modolo 48 (unchanged)
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 37 (unchanged)
4 Tony Martin 32 (was 16th with 17 points)
5 Matteo Trentin 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
6 Mark Cavendish 25 (was 5th with 25 points)
7 Tom Dumoulin 25 (was 21st with 13 points)
8 Bauke Mollema 24 (was 6th with 24 points)
9 Alexander Kristoff 24 (was 7th with 24 points)
10 Juan Jose Lobato 24 (was 8th with 24 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bjorn Thurau 74 (unchanged)
2 Reto Hollenstein 37 (unchanged)
3 Lawrence Warbasse 28 (unchanged)
4 Philip Deignan 24 (unchanged)
5 Jacopo Guarnieri 16 (unchanged)
6 Frederik Veuchelen 14 (unchanged)
7 Vladimir Isaychev 14 (unchanged)
8 Michael Albasini 12 (unchanged)
9 Sander Armee 12 (unchanged)
10 Nino Schurter 12 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 7
Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 7
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 7
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 6
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6
Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 6
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 6
Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 5
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 5
Michel Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 5
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 2
Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 2
Total retirements : 23


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