Stage 7 : Mar 10, Nice - Col da€™Aˆze, 9.6 km
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0.19.16
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.23
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.27
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.32
5 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.52
6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha 0.55
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1.00
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1.03
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.05
10 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06
Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+6 Laurent Didier
+6 Jeremy Roy
+5 Arnold Jeannesson
+4 Romain Sicard
+4 Mattia Cattaneo
+4 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+3 Rein Taaramae
+3 Michele Scarponi
+3 Markel Irizar Aranburu
Biggest losers by position :
-9 Andriy Grivko
-5 Bjorn Leukemans
-5 David Tanner
-5 Jens Debusschere
-4 Guillaume Bonnafond
-4 Lieuwe Westra
-4 Marcel Kittel
-3 Baden Cooke
-3 Bertjan Lindeman
-3 Borut Bozic
-3 Davide Malacarne
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-6:10 Yauheni Hutarovich
-5:54 Bjorn Leukemans
-5:36 Fabian Wegmann
-5:30 David Tanner
-5:30 Jens Debusschere
-5:24 Tom Boonen
-5:22 Baden Cooke
-5:01 Edward King
-5:01 William Bonnet
-4:59 Alex Howes
-4:38 Johan Vansummeren
Favourites by position :
+3 Michele Scarponi
+3 Denis Menchov
+2 Tejay van Garderen
+2 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+2 Andreas Kloden
+1 Thomas Voeckler
+1 Maxime Monfort
-1 Steven Kruijswijk
-2 Michael Albasini
-3 Peter Velits
-4 Lieuwe Westra
Favourites by time :
-0:32 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:52 Tejay van Garderen
-1:03 Michele Scarponi
-1:16 Andreas Kloden
-1:32 Denis Menchov
-1:35 Peter Velits
-1:35 Lieuwe Westra
-1:51 Maxime Monfort
-2:24 Ivan Basso
-2:41 Thomas Voeckler
-2:52 Steven Kruijswijk
-3:53 Michael Albasini
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Richie Porte 29:59:47 (unchanged)
2 Andrew Talansky 0:55 (was 2nd at 0:32)
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:21 (was 5th at 0:49)
4 Tejay van Garderen 1:44 (was 6th at 0:52)
5 Sylvain Chavanel 1:47 (was 3rd at 0:42)
6 Simon Spilak 1:48 (was 8th at 0:53)
7 Diego Ulissi 1:54 (was 9th at 0:54)
8 Lieuwe Westra 2:17 (was 4th at 0:42)
9 Andreas Kloden 2:22 (was 11th at 1:06)
10 Peter Velits 2:28 (was 7th at 0:53)
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14 Denis Menchov 3:13 (was 17th at 1:41)
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25 Maxime Monfort 5:32 (was 26th at 3:41)
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30 Michele Scarponi 10:37 (was 33rd at 9:34)
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48 Ivan Basso 19:22 (was 48th at 16:58)
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50 Thomas Voeckler 21:04 (was 51st at 18:23)
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52 Michael Albasini 22:07 (was 50th at 18:14)
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76 Steven Kruijswijk 36:19 (was 75th at 33:27)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sylvain Chavanel 88 (was 1st with 76 points)
2 Andrew Talansky 83 (was 2nd with 61 points)
3 Richie Porte 68 (was 8th with 43 points)
4 Borut Bozic 60 (was 3rd with 60 points)
5 Elia Viviani 55 (was 4th with 55 points)
6 Diego Ulissi 55 (was 10th with 41 points)
7 Peter Velits 50 (was 5th with 50 points)
8 Lieuwe Westra 46 (was 7th with 45 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 46 (was 6th with 46 points)
10 Tejay van Garderen 43 (was 23rd with 27 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johann Tschopp 64 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 27 (was 3rd with 17 points)
3 Thierry Hupond 24 (was 2nd with 24 points)
4 Thomas Voeckler 17 (unchanged)
5 Cyril Lemoine 14 (unchanged)
6 Andrew Talansky 14 (was 18th with 6 points)
7 Egor Silin 13 (was 6th with 13 points)
8 Arnold Jeannesson 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Simon Clarke 11 (was 8th with 11 points)
10 Jens Voigt 11 (was 9th with 11 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 6
Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin Sharp 6
Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 6
Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 6
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Blanco 6
Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Blanco 6
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Blanco 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 6
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 6
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 5
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Sky Procycling 5
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 5
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 5
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4
Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 4
Stef Clement (Ned) Team Blanco 4
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 2
Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin Sharp 2
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 2
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 2
Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel Euskadi 1
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 1
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 33