Stage 7 : Mar 15, San Benedetto del Tronto (ITT), 9.3 km  
            
             1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek                                           0.10.33
             2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team                                             0.09
             3 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD                                                 0.19
             4 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team                                            0.20
             5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad                                                   0.22
             6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad                                                  0.24
             7 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack                                              
             8 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              0.25
             9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team                                         0.27
            10 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard                                               0.28
            
            
           Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                  +9   Maciej Bodnar 
                  +9   Adriano Malori  
                  +8   Rick Flens 
                  +8   Christopher Sutton 
                  +8   Brett Lancaster 
                  +8   Branislau Samoilau 
                  +8   Bert Grabsch 
                  +7   Tom Boonen 
                  +7   Sebastien Rosseler 
                  +7   Olivier Kaisen 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                  -2   Angel Madrazo Ruiz 
                  -2   Damiano Cunego 
                  -2   Danilo Di Luca 
                  -2   Ivan Murillo Velasco 
                  -2   Philippe Gilbert 
                  -2   Wout Poels 
                  -1   David Arroyo Duran 
                  -1   Ivan Basso 
                  -1   Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde 
                  -1   Marco Marcato 
                  -1   Matteo Tosatto 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:31   Fabian Cancellara 
               +0:22   Lars Boom 
               +0:12   Adriano Malori  
               +0:11   Rick Flens 
               +0:09   Bert Grabsch 
               +0:07   Sebastien Rosseler 
               +0:07   Marco Pinotti 
               +0:06   Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 
               +0:04   Robert Gesink 
               +0:03   Nick Nuyens 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
               -2:16   Oscar Gatto 
               -1:44   Bernhard Eisel 
               -1:43   Mirko Selvaggi 
               -1:43   Tom Leezer 
               -1:33   Alberto Ongarato 
               -1:33   Sebastiaan Langeveld 
               -1:28   Andrea Noe' 
               -1:28   Giampaolo Caruso 
               -1:26   Matthew Wilson 
               -1:24   Mickael Cherel 
               -1:23   Gerald Ciolek 
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +7   David Zabriskie 
                  +6   Allan Davis 
                  +5   Fabian Cancellara 
                  +2   Robert Gesink 
                  +2   Joaquin Rodriguez 
                  +2   Andy Schleck 
                  +1   Stefano Garzelli 
                  +1   Alessandro Ballan 
                  -1   Thomas Lovkvist 
                  -1   Michele Scarponi 
                  -1   Ivan Basso 
                  -1   David Arroyo Duran 
                  -2   Danilo Di Luca 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +0:31   Fabian Cancellara 
               +0:04   Robert Gesink 
               -0:03   David Zabriskie 
               -0:06   Michele Scarponi 
               -0:09   Vincenzo Nibali 
               -0:11   Alessandro Ballan 
               -0:12   Thomas Lovkvist 
               -0:12   Ivan Basso 
               -0:15   Stefano Garzelli 
               -0:37   Andy Schleck 
               -0:40   Allan Davis 
               -0:45   Danilo Di Luca 
               -1:00   David Arroyo Duran 
               -1:10   Joaquin Rodriguez 
            
           Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
                   1  Cadel Evans                           27:37:37         (unchanged)
                   2  Robert Gesink                             0:11         (was 4th at 0:15)
                   3  Michele Scarponi                          0:15         (was 2nd at 0:09)
                   4  Ivan Basso                                0:24         (was 3rd at 0:12)
                   5  Vincenzo Nibali                           0:30         (was 5th at 0:21)
                   6  Marco Pinotti                             0:39         (was 10th at 0:46)
                   7  Tiago Machado                             0:42         (was 8th at 0:42)
                   8  Damiano Cunego                            0:50         (was 6th at 0:24)
                   9  Philippe Gilbert                          0:57         (was 7th at 0:33)
                  10  Thomas Lovkvist                           0:58         (was 9th at 0:46)
                   .....
                  12  Stefano Garzelli                          1:39         (was 13th at 1:24)
                  13  Danilo Di Luca                            1:41         (was 11th at 0:56)
                   .....
                  27  David Arroyo Duran                        5:01         (was 26th at 4:01)
                   .....
                  32  Alessandro Ballan                         6:09         (was 33rd at 5:58)
                   .....
                  41  Andy Schleck                             14:34         (was 43rd at 13:57)
                   .....
                  67  Joaquin Rodriguez                        37:55         (was 69th at 36:45)
                   .....
                  90  Fabian Cancellara                        47:05         (was 95th at 47:36)
                   .....
                 118  Allan Davis                            1:08:16         (was 124th at 1:07:36)
                   .....
                 128  David Zabriskie                        1:11:35         (was 135th at 1:11:32)
            
           Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
                   1  Michele Scarponi                            26         (unchanged)
                   2  Tyler Farrar                                26         (unchanged)
                   3  Cadel Evans                                 20         (unchanged)
                   4  Juan Jose Haedo                             20         (unchanged)
                   5  Damiano Cunego                              19         (unchanged)
                   6  Philippe Gilbert                            15         (unchanged)
                   7  Wout Poels                                  15         (unchanged)
                   8  Lars Boom                                   13         (was 0 points)
                   9  Ivan Basso                                  13         (was 8th with 13 points)
                  10  Vincenzo Nibali                             13         (was 9th with 13 points)
            
           Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
                   1  Davide Malacarne                            16         (unchanged)
                   2  Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente          11         (unchanged)
                   3  Gorazd Stangelj                             11         (unchanged)
                   4  Borut Bozic                                 10         (unchanged)
                   5  Fabian Wegmann                               8         (unchanged)
                   6  Michele Scarponi                             7         (unchanged)
                   7  Mikael Cherel                                6         (unchanged)
                   8  Andrey Amador Bakkazakova                    6         (unchanged)
                   9  Leonardo Giordani                            6         (unchanged)
                  10  Angel Madrazo Ruiz                           5         (unchanged)
            
           Retirements to date :                                          Stage
              Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team                            7 <<<
              Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli                  7 <<<
              Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team                     7 <<<
              Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team              7 <<<
              Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana                           7 <<<
              Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Radioshack                             7 <<<
              Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana                             7 <<<
              Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD                          6
              Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale                            6
              Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone                          6
              Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team                  6
              Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard              6
              Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling                       5
              Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team                                 5
              Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team                        5
              Davide ViganA² (Ita) Team Leopard-Trek                          4
              Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto                       4
              Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad                              3
              Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto                          2
            Total retirements : 19