Tour de Suisse, stage 7 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Benoit Vaugrenard
+8 Robbie McEwen
+8 Pieter Jacobs
+8 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+8 Murilo Fischer
+8 Mark Renshaw
+8 Herve Duclos-Lassalle
+8 Gert Steegmans
+8 Gerald Ciolek
+8 Francisco Perez Sanchez

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Hubert Schwab
-13 Bram Tankink
-13 Jorge Azanza Soto
-12 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-11 Dmitriy Muravyev
-11 Massimiliano Mori
-10 Christophe Mengin
-10 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-10 Johan Van Summeren
-10 Matteo Bono
-9 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Fabian Cancellara
+0:06 Erik Zabel
+0:04 Robbie McEwen

Biggest losers by time :
-6:05 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-6:05 Andoni Lafuente
-6:05 Bram Tankink
-6:05 Christophe Mengin
-6:05 Darren Lill
-6:05 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-6:05 Dmitriy Muravyev
-6:05 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-6:05 Frank Hoj
-6:05 Gregory Rast
-6:05 Hector Gonzalez Baeza

Favourites by position :
+5 Erik Zabel
+5 Alessandro Ballan
+4 Stuart O'Grady
+4 Bobby Julich
+3 Jens Voigt
+2 Sylvain Chavanel
+2 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Thomas Dekker
-8 Stefan Schumacher

Favourites by time :
+0:12 Fabian Cancellara
+0:06 Erik Zabel
-6:05 Thomas Dekker
-6:05 Stefan Schumacher

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Kim Kirchen 30.41.42
2 Roman Kreuziger 0.27
3 Igor Anton Hernandez 0.33
4 Stijn Devolder 0.46
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6 Andreas Kloden 0.58
7 Andy Schleck 1.04
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11 Damiano Cunego 1.44
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21 Frank Schleck 4.36
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41 Jens Voigt 17.10
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48 Stefan Schumacher 20.32
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56 Sylvain Chavanel 26.02
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59 Bobby Julich 27.01
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62 Erik Zabel 28.16
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88 Fabian Cancellara 40.10
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93 Stuart O'Grady 42.37
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110 Alessandro Ballan 50.13
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137 Thomas Dekker 1.03.10

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5
Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 6
Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 <<<
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 7 <<<
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 5
Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 5
Total retirements : 20