Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6
Biggest gainers by position :
+16 André Greipel
+13 Anthony Geslin
+12 Laurent Lefèvre
+12 Josep Jufré
+12 Christian Vande Velde
+11 Sébastien Joly
+11 Sergio Paulinho
+10 Julien Loubet
+9 Sebastian Siedler
+9 Frederik Willems
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Rubén Pérez
-13 Anthony Charteau
-11 Andriy Grivko
-9 Egoi Martínez
-9 Fabian Wegmann
-8 Gorka Verdugo
-7 Unai Uribarri
-6 Jorge Azanza
-5 Iñigo Cuesta
-5 Preben Van Hecke
-4 Bradley Wiggins
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:37 Alexander Vinokourov
Biggest losers by time :
-23:08 Andriy Grivko
-23:08 Jorge Azanza
-23:08 Magnus Backstedt
-23:08 Rubén Pérez
-23:08 Unai Uribarri
-23:08 Volodymyr Dyudya
-14:56 Anthony Charteau
-14:56 Björn Leukemans
-14:56 Bradley Wiggins
-14:56 Preben Van Hecke
-14:56 Sébastien Chavanel
Favourites by position :
+7 Levi Leipheimer
+4 David Millar
+4 Alexander Vinokourov
+2 Alberto Contador
+1 Tadej Valjavec
+1 Serguei Ivanov
+1 Oscar Pereiro
+1 Manuel Beltrán
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
-1 Haimar Zubeldia
-5 Iñigo Cuesta
Favourites by time :
+0:37 Alexander Vinokourov
-1:02 Mikel Astarloza
-1:02 Haimar Zubeldia
-4:31 David Millar
-10:33 Serguei Ivanov
-10:33 Iñigo Cuesta
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Christophe Moreau 29.50.35
2 Cadel Evans 0.14
3 Andrey Kashechkin 1.27
4 Denis Menchov 1.52
5 David Zabriskie 2.16
6 Alberto Contador 4.24
7 Mikel Astarloza 5.00
8 Manuel Beltrán 5.01
9 Tadej Valjavec 5.17
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11 Leonardo Piepoli 5.52
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19 Haimar Zubeldia 8.10
20 Alexander Vinokourov 9.47
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22 Oscar Pereiro 10.21
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24 Levi Leipheimer 12.46
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33 Iñigo Cuesta 22.10
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54 David Millar 36.08
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72 Serguei Ivanov 51.24
Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Johann Tschopp
Caisse d'Epargne Alejandro Valverde
" Francisco Pérez
" Nicolas Portal
Cofidis Geoffroy Lequatre
Crédit Agricole Christophe Le Mevel
" Rémi Pauriol
Discovery Channel George Hincapie
" Tom Danielson
Française Des Jeux Jérémy Roy
" Mathieu Ladagnous
Gerolsteiner Ronny Scholz
" Tom Stamsnijder
Lampre-Fondital Jaime Castañeda
" Massimiliano Mori
" Sylvester Szmyd
Liquigas Roberto Petito
Milram Carlo Scognamiglio
" Igor Astarloa
Predictor-Lotto Christophe Brandt
" Pieter Mertens
Quickstep-Innergetic Kevin Hulsmans
" Kevin Van Impe
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Marc De Maar
" Robert Gesink
" Theo Eltink
Saunier Duval-Prodir Raivis Belohvosciks
" Remmert Wielinga
T-Mobile André Korff
" Bert Grabsch
" Servais Knaven
Team CSC Bobby Julich
" Chris Anker Sørensen
Total retirements : 35