Stage 7 : Aug 3, Wieliczka - Krakow (ITT), 37 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.46.36
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 0.56
3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.14
4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1.20
5 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.40
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 1.44
7 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.05
8 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2.13
9 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 2.15
10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2.17


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Nikolay Mihaylov
+9 Fabian Cancellara
+8 Vincenzo Nibali
+7 Stef Clement
+7 Marco Pinotti
+6 Thomas Dekker
+6 Tanel Kangert
+6 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+6 Mateusz Taciak
+6 Maciej Paterski

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Alex Howes
-3 Robert Kiserlovski
-2 Christophe Riblon
-2 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor
-1 Cristiano Salerno
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Oliver Zaugg
-1 Rafal Majka
-1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:21 Bradley Wiggins
+1:21 Fabian Cancellara
+1:01 Taylor Phinney
+0:51 Marco Pinotti
+0:31 Kristof Vandewalle
+0:27 Pieter Weening
+0:06 Jon Izaguirre Insausti

Biggest losers by time :
-9:25 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
-8:51 Jacob Rathe
-8:18 Steele Von Hoff
-7:29 Leigh Howard
-7:20 Ji Cheng
-7:19 Yauheni Hutarovich
-7:09 Arnaud Courteille
-6:39 Adrian Honkisz
-6:26 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor
-6:18 Lukasz Bodnar
-6:07 Leonardo Fabio Duque

Favourites by position :
+8 Vincenzo Nibali
+6 Tanel Kangert
+6 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+6 Bradley Wiggins
+4 Pieter Weening
+3 Rigoberto Uran Uran
+3 Michele Scarponi
+3 Mathias Frank
+1 Ivan Basso
-1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-1 Rafal Majka
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-3 Robert Kiserlovski

Favourites by time :
+2:21 Bradley Wiggins
+0:27 Pieter Weening
-0:06 Rafal Majka
-0:27 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-0:41 Tanel Kangert
-0:41 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:58 Ivan Basso
-1:06 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:38 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-2:00 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-2:20 Robert Kiserlovski
-2:42 Mathias Frank
-4:24 Michele Scarponi

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pieter Weening 31:58:07 (was 5th at 0:27)
2 Jon Izaguirre Insausti 0:13 (was 2nd at 0:19)
3 Christophe Riblon 0:16 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Rafal Majka 0:26 (was 3rd at 0:20)
5 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:51 (was 4th at 0:24)
6 Eros Capecchi 0:51 (was 7th at 0:33)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:14 (was 6th at 0:33)
8 Ivan Basso 1:38 (was 9th at 0:40)
9 Tanel Kangert 2:35 (was 15th at 1:54)
10 Chris Anker Sorensen 2:50 (was 10th at 0:41)
11 Robert Kiserlovski 2:56 (was 8th at 0:36)
.....
45 Michele Scarponi 46:38 (was 48th at 42:14)
46 Mathias Frank 48:34 (was 49th at 45:52)
47 Rigoberto Uran Uran 53:32 (was 50th at 51:32)
48 Bradley Wiggins 54:05 (was 54th at 56:26)
.....
53 Vincenzo Nibali 1:02:54 (was 61st at 1:01:48)
.....
67 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:14:26 (was 73rd at 1:12:48)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Rafal Majka 68 (was 2nd with 57 points)
2 Jon Izaguirre Insausti 66 (was 4th with 52 points)
3 Christophe Riblon 65 (was 1st with 58 points)
4 Pieter Weening 62 (was 7th with 47 points)
5 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 56 (was 5th with 52 points)
6 Thor Hushovd 55 (was 3rd with 55 points)
7 Diego Ulissi 51 (was 6th with 51 points)
8 Steele Von Hoff 49 (was 12th with 37 points)
9 Taylor Phinney 46 (was 17th with 28 points)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 42 (was 9th with 40 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tomasz Marczynski 86 (unchanged)
2 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado 64 (unchanged)
3 Bartosz Huzarski 58 (unchanged)
4 Sylvester Szmyd 23 (was 5th with 23 points)
5 Christophe Riblon 20 (was 6th with 20 points)
6 Alex Howes 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
7 Sergei Chernetckii 14 (was 8th with 14 points)
8 Chris Anker Sorensen 13 (was 9th with 13 points)
9 Jon Izaguirre Insausti 12 (was 10th with 12 points)
10 Georg Preidler 12 (was 11th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard 7
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-GreenEdge 6
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 6
Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 6
Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 6
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Jacek Morajko (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 6
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 6
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 6
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 6
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha 6
Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 5
Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 5
Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5
Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Poland 2
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Total retirements : 28


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