Stage 7 : March 15, 2015 Nice - Col d'Eze (ITT) 9.5 km 1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0.20.23 2 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0.13 3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0.24 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 0.29 5 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0.37 7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0.39 8 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0.50 9 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0.54 10 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0.55 Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 : Biggest gainers by position : +19 Gorka Izagirre Insausti +6 Alexander Kristoff +5 Anthony Roux +4 Simon Spilak +4 Andrew Talansky +3 Simon Yates +3 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho +3 Riccardo Zoidl +3 Rein Taaramae +3 Laurent Pichon Biggest losers by position : -7 Borut Bozic -5 Ben Swift -5 George Bennett -5 Tony Gallopin -4 Giacomo Nizzolo -3 Thomas Voeckler -2 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas -2 Florian Vachon -2 Jakob Fuglsang -2 Johan Vansummeren -2 Lars Petter Nordhaug Biggest gainers by time : +15:34 Gorka Izagirre Insausti +0:36 Richie Porte +0:23 Simon Spilak +0:12 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa +0:07 Tony Martin +0:07 Michal Kwiatkowski Biggest losers by time : -5:39 Borut Bozic -5:22 Ben Swift -4:00 Simon Clarke -3:55 Vicente Reynes Mimo -3:41 Dominique Rollin -3:37 Eugenio Alafaci -3:35 Cyril Lemoine -3:34 Giacomo Nizzolo -3:24 Mickael Delage -3:14 Florian Senechal -3:14 Gregory Henderson Favourites by position : +4 Andrew Talansky +2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa +1 Richie Porte +1 Nicolas Roche +1 Michal Kwiatkowski +1 Mathias Frank -1 Fabio Aru -2 Jakob Fuglsang Favourites by time : +0:36 Richie Porte +0:12 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa +0:07 Michal Kwiatkowski -0:01 Andrew Talansky -0:27 Jakob Fuglsang -0:42 Tejay van Garderen -0:43 Rafal Majka -1:09 Romain Bardet -1:09 Nicolas Roche -1:18 Mathias Frank -1:19 Fabio Aru -1:53 Wilco Kelderman Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Richie Porte 29:10:41 (was 2nd at 0:36) 2 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:30 (was 3rd at 0:37) 3 Simon Spilak 0:30 (was 7th at 0:53) 4 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:30 (was 6th at 0:42) 5 Geraint Thomas 0:41 (was 4th at 0:38) 6 Tony Gallopin 1:03 (was 1st at 0:00) 7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:05 (was 5th at 0:38) 8 Rafael Valls Ferri 1:24 (was 8th at 1:01) 9 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 1:38 (was 28th at 17:12) 10 Tim Wellens 2:18 (was 10th at 2:00) ..... 14 Romain Bardet 4:02 (was 14th at 2:53) 15 Wilco Kelderman 5:21 (was 15th at 3:28) 16 Tejay van Garderen 5:41 (was 16th at 4:59) ..... 28 Nicolas Roche 18:44 (was 29th at 17:35) ..... 34 Mathias Frank 21:17 (was 35th at 19:59) ..... 39 Fabio Aru 24:48 (was 38th at 23:29) ..... 50 Andrew Talansky 30:22 (was 54th at 30:21) ..... 68 Rafal Majka 40:19 (was 68th at 39:36) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Michael Matthews 38 (unchanged) 2 Alexander Kristoff 32 (was 0 points) 3 Richie Porte 30 (was 8th with 15 points) 4 Michal Kwiatkowski 30 (was 3rd with 24 points) 5 Simon Spilak 25 (was 12th with 13 points) 6 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 25 (was 0 points) 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 23 (was 0 points) 8 Tony Gallopin 22 (was 5th with 22 points) 9 Geraint Thomas 18 (was 11th with 14 points) 10 John Degenkolb 18 (was 0 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Thomas De Gendt 78 (unchanged) 2 Philippe Gilbert 21 (unchanged) 3 Chris Anker Sorensen 21 (unchanged) 4 Lars Boom 20 (unchanged) 5 Richie Porte 16 (unchanged) 6 Andrew Talansky 14 (unchanged) 7 Geraint Thomas 12 (unchanged) 8 Jakob Fuglsang 12 (unchanged) 9 Dylan Van Baarle 12 (unchanged) 10 Tony Gallopin 11 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 7 <<< Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 6 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 6 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 6 Bryan Naulleau (Fra) Team Europcar 6 Daniel McLay (GBr) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 6 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 6 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 6 Edward King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 6 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 6 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 6 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 6 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team 6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 6 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 6 Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 6 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 6 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 6 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 5 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 4 Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 1 Total retirements : 55