Tour de Pologne, stage 7 summary

Stage 7 : Saturday, August 8 2009, Rabka Zdroj - Krakow, 136.5 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 2.55.39
2 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
9 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.


Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Sebastien Portal
+22 Wouter Weylandt
+22 Kilian Patour
+21 Graeme Brown
+21 Danilo Napolitano
+21 Aurelien Clerc
+20 Timothy Gudsell
+20 Romain Villa
+20 Robert Forster
+20 Michael Friedman

Biggest losers by position :
-33 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-26 Andres Sergio De Lis
-25 Jesus Del Nero
-23 Josu Agirre
-11 Bartosz Huzarski
-9 Marzio Bruseghin
-7 Arnaud Labbe
-5 David Loosli
-5 Marcin Sapa
-4 Sergey Lagutin
-3 Ivan Santaromita

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Andre Greipel
+0:06 Michael Albasini
+0:06 Christopher Sutton
+0:05 Pablo Lastras
+0:04 Wouter Weylandt
+0:04 Marco Marcato

Biggest losers by time :
-14:40 Andres Sergio De Lis
-14:40 Marcin Sapa
-14:40 Wim De Vocht
-13:41 Josu Agirre
-12:55 Biel Kadri
-10:54 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-5:48 Arnaud Labbe
-5:48 Bartosz Huzarski
-5:48 Bjorn Schroder
-5:48 Ivan Santaromita
-5:48 Jesus Del Nero

Favourites by position :
+13 Allan Davis
+5 Tadej Valjavec
+3 Ivan Basso
+1 Maxim Iglinsky
+1 David Lopez Garcia
-2 Francesco Gavazzi
-5 David Loosli
-9 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
-0:23 David Loosli
-0:35 David Lopez Garcia
-1:15 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:15 Ivan Basso

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alessandro Ballan 28.46.13
2 Daniel Moreno 0.10
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0.11
.....
7 Sylvester Szmyd 0.16
.....
10 Francesco Gavazzi 0.26
.....
12 Maxim Iglinsky 0.31
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14 David Loosli 0.49
15 Tadej Valjavec 1.07
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17 David Lopez Garcia 1.10
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21 Ivan Basso 5.35
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48 Marzio Bruseghin 10.27
.....
96 Allan Davis 31.18

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7
Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 7
Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 7
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 7
Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 7
Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 7
Francis Mourey (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7
Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 7
Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7
Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7
Herve Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7
Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 7
Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 7
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 7
Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 7
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7
Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 7
Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 6
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6
Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6
Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step 5
Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5
Sergii Matveiev (Ukr) ISD 5
Tomasz Smolen (Pol) Team Poland Bank BGZ 5
Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - HTC 2
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1
Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 1
Total retirements : 30