Stage 7 : July 11, 2014, Epernay - Nancy, 234.5 km

1 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5.18.39
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Thomas Voeckler
+33 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+33 Julien Simon
+29 Arnold Jeannesson
+26 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+26 Reto Hollenstein
+25 Michele Scarponi
+25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+25 Florian Guillou
+24 Jeremy Roy

Biggest losers by position :
-39 Kristijan Koren
-32 Bernhard Eisel
-32 Dmitriy Gruzdev
-32 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
-32 Marcus Burghardt
-32 Tom Veelers
-31 Alexandre Pichot
-30 Anthony Delaplace
-30 Mark Renshaw
-28 Daniele Bennati
-28 Johan Vansummeren

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-17:15 Edward King
-17:15 Elia Viviani
-17:15 Kristijan Koren
-13:28 Anthony Delaplace
-13:28 Bart De Clercq
-13:28 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
-12:16 Adrien Petit
-12:16 Albert Timmer
-12:16 Alessandro Vanotti
-12:16 Alexandre Pichot
-12:16 Andriy Grivko

Favourites by position :
+25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+16 Simon Spilak
+4 Rafal Majka
+4 Christopher Horner
+4 Bauke Mollema
+3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Richie Porte
+2 Andrew Talansky
+2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1 Mathias Frank
-7 Tejay van Garderen
-11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck

Favourites by time :
-1:03 Tejay van Garderen
-1:23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1:26 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-5:25 Simon Spilak
-12:16 Rafal Majka

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 29:57:04 (unchanged)
2 Jakob Fuglsang 0:02 (unchanged)
3 Peter Sagan 0:44 (unchanged)
4 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:50 (unchanged)
5 Tony Gallopin 1:45 (was 7th at 1:45)
6 Richie Porte 1:54 (was 8th at 1:54)
7 Andrew Talansky 2:05 (was 9th at 2:05)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:11 (was 10th at 2:11)
9 Romain Bardet 2:11 (was 12th at 2:11)
10 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 2:11 (was 13th at 2:11)
.....
13 Bauke Mollema 2:27 (was 17th at 2:27)
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15 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:37 (was 18th at 2:37)
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17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:08 (was 6th at 1:45)
18 Tejay van Garderen 3:14 (was 11th at 2:11)
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24 Christopher Horner 4:13 (was 28th at 4:13)
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26 Mathias Frank 4:13 (was 27th at 4:13)
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126 Simon Spilak 40:36 (was 142nd at 35:11)
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153 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 47:35 (was 178th at 46:09)
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181 Rafal Majka 1:04:59 (was 185th at 52:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 259 (was 1st with 217 points)
2 Bryan Coquard 146 (was 2nd with 137 points)
3 Marcel Kittel 137 (was 3rd with 135 points)
4 Alexander Kristoff 117 (unchanged)
5 Mark Renshaw 95 (was 6th with 87 points)
6 Andre Greipel 91 (was 5th with 91 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 60 (was 9th with 48 points)
8 Tony Gallopin 56 (was 25th with 26 points)
9 Samuel Dumoulin 55 (was 7th with 55 points)
10 Matteo Trentin 54 (was 63rd with 9 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cyril Lemoine 6 (unchanged)
2 Blel Kadri 5 (unchanged)
3 Jens Voigt 4 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Edet 4 (unchanged)
5 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 3 (unchanged)
6 Thomas Voeckler 3 (unchanged)
7 Pierre Rolland 2 (unchanged)
8 Tom Jelte Slagter 2 (unchanged)
9 Perrig Quemeneur 2 (unchanged)
10 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 2 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7
Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5
Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 12


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