Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6
Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Andoni Aranaga
+39 Thomas Fothen
+37 Wilfried Cretskens
+36 Ralf Grabsch
+36 Mathew Hayman
+36 Juan Antonio Flecha
+35 Nicolas Vogondy
+35 Cyril Dessel
+34 Steven De Jongh
+31 Rubén Pérez
Biggest losers by position :
-11 Joost Posthuma
-9 Gorka Verdugo
-9 Thomas Voeckler
-6 Bernhard Kohl
-6 Sylvain Chavanel
-6 Sébastien Joly
-5 David Millar
-4 Jurgen Van den Broeck
-4 Jérôme Pineau
-4 Roman Kreuziger
-4 Yuriy Krivtsov
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Alberto Contador
Biggest losers by time :
-17:12 Alan Pérez
-17:12 Mathew Hayman
-17:12 Matthias Russ
-17:12 Ralf Grabsch
-17:12 Steven De Jongh
-17:12 Thomas Fothen
-17:12 Wilfried Cretskens
-13:37 Alberto Ongarato
-13:37 Andoni Aranaga
-13:37 Benoît Salmon
-13:37 Bert Roesems
Favourites by position :
+39 Thomas Fothen
+25 Igor Astarloa
+6 Yaroslav Popovych
+6 Joaquím Rodríguez
+4 Samuel Sánchez
+4 Chris Horner
+4 Bobby Julich
+3 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Fränk Schleck
+1 Alberto Contador
-1 Davide Rebellin
-5 David Millar
-9 Thomas Voeckler
Favourites by time :
+0:06 Alberto Contador
-0:19 Joaquím Rodríguez
-0:26 Tadej Valjavec
-0:26 Samuel Sánchez
-0:26 Fränk Schleck
-0:26 Franco Pellizotti
-0:26 Davide Rebellin
-0:26 Cadel Evans
-1:04 Yaroslav Popovych
-1:04 Levi Leipheimer
-1:04 David Millar
-1:04 Chris Horner
-1:49 Igor Astarloa
-1:49 Bobby Julich
-13:37 Thomas Voeckler
-17:12 Thomas Fothen
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador 29.55.22
2 Davide Rebellin 0.26
3 Luis León Sánchez 0.42
4 Tadej Valjavec 0.49
5 Franco Pellizotti 0.57
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7 Cadel Evans 1.01
8 Fränk Schleck 1.08
9 Samuel Sánchez 1.12
10 Joaquím Rodríguez 1.22
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13 David Millar 1.46
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20 Yaroslav Popovych 2.55
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23 Bobby Julich 3.41
24 Chris Horner 4.02
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26 Levi Leipheimer 5.52
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42 Thomas Voeckler 19.45
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51 Igor Astarloa 26.50
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81 Thomas Fothen 58.51
Retirements to date :
Ag2r Prévoyance Jean-Patrick Nazon
" Simon Gerrans
" Sylvain Calzati
Agritubel Aivaras Baranauskas
" Eduardo Gonzalo
" Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria
" Nicolas Jalabert
" Romain Feillu
Astana Aaron Kemps
" Guennadi Mikhailov
" Igor Abakoumov
" José Antonio Redondo
" Thomas Frei
Bouygues Telecom Didier Rous
" Laurent Lefèvre
" Nicolas Crosbie
" Xavier Florencio
" Yoann Le Boulanger
Caisse d'Epargne Aitor Pérez Arrieta
" José Vicente Garcia
" Nicolas Portal
" Vicente Reynes
Cofidis Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
" Stéphane Augé
" Tyler Farrar
Crédit Agricole Angelo Furlan
" Anthony Charteau
" Pietro Caucchioli
" William Bonnet
Discovery Channel Matthew White
" Sergio Paulinho
" Tomas Vaitkus
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Velasco Murillo
Française Des Jeux Benoît Vaugrenard
" Christophe Detilloux
" Thierry Marichal
" Thomas Lövkvist
Gerolsteiner Heinrich Haussler
" Marcus Zberg
" Oliver Zaugg
" Volker Ordowski
Lampre-Fondital Claudio Corioni
" Daniele Bennati
" Daniele Righi
" Fabio Baldato
" Massimiliano Mori
Liquigas Alessandro Vanotti
" Luca Paolini
" Matej Mugerli
" Murilo Fischer
Milram Björn Schröder
" Brett Lancaster
" Martin Müller
" Mirco Lorenzetto
" Sebastian Siedler
Predictor-Lotto Johan Van Summeren
" Roy Sentjens
Quickstep-Innergetic Gert Steegmans
" Jurgen Van de Walle
" Matteo Tosatto
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Gerben Löwik
" Kai Reus
" Koos Moerenhout
" Thorwald Veneberg
Saunier Duval-Prodir Alberto Fernández De La Puebla
" Francisco José Ventoso
" Iban Mayo
" Remmert Wielinga
T-Mobile Axel Merckx
" Bert Grabsch
" Gregory Henderson
" Jakob Piil
" Michael Barry
Team CSC Alexandr Kolobnev
" Christian Vande Velde
" David Zabriskie
" Kasper Klostergård
" Luke Roberts
Total retirements : 79