Stage 7 : Jul 8, Le Mans - Chateauroux, 215 km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 5.38.53 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 6 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 10 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 : Biggest gainers by position : +23 Sebastien Turgot +23 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa +23 Maciej Paterski +22 Sebastian Lang +22 Ruben Perez Moreno +22 Arthur Vichot +21 William Bonnet +21 Mickael Delage +21 Mark Cavendish +21 Marco Marcato Biggest losers by position : -106 Christopher Horner -87 Dmitriy Fofonov -72 Andrey Zeits -43 Gerald Ciolek -33 Ramunas Navardauskas -31 Edvald Boasson Hagen -31 Geraint Thomas -30 Yaroslav Popovych -25 Cyril Gautier -20 Egor Silin -19 Levi Leipheimer Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -12:41 Andrey Zeits -12:41 Christopher Horner -12:41 Dmitriy Fofonov -12:41 Gerald Ciolek -12:41 Gert Steegmans -12:41 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez -6:38 Ramunas Navardauskas -6:38 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho -6:38 Yaroslav Popovych -4:14 Blel Kadri -3:37 Wout Poels Favourites by position : +16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil +10 Alberto Contador Velasco +6 Jens Voigt +5 Ivan Basso +4 Robert Gesink +4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +3 Andy Schleck +1 David Arroyo Duran -10 Roman Kreuziger -19 Levi Leipheimer -106 Christopher Horner Favourites by time : -1:53 Jens Voigt -3:06 Roman Kreuziger -3:06 Levi Leipheimer -3:06 David Arroyo Duran -12:41 Christopher Horner Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Thor Hushovd 28:29:27 (unchanged) 2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged) 3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged) 4 David Millar 0:08 (unchanged) 5 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (unchanged) 6 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (was 9th at 0:12) 7 Andy Schleck 0:12 (was 10th at 0:12) 8 Tony Martin 0:13 (was 11th at 0:13) 9 Peter Velits 0:13 (was 12th at 0:13) 10 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 14th at 0:20) ..... 13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:39 (was 17th at 0:39) ..... 15 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 20th at 1:03) ..... 24 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 34th at 1:42) ..... 29 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:15 (was 42nd at 2:15) ..... 32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 48th at 2:36) ..... 50 Levi Leipheimer 4:29 (was 31st at 1:23) ..... 57 Roman Kreuziger 5:35 (was 47th at 2:29) ..... 119 Christopher Horner 12:59 (was 13th at 0:18) ..... 130 Jens Voigt 14:23 (was 136th at 12:30) ..... 149 David Arroyo Duran 17:21 (was 150th at 14:15) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 167 (was 2nd with 143 points) 2 Philippe Gilbert 156 (was 1st with 144 points) 3 Mark Cavendish 150 (was 5th with 94 points) 4 Thor Hushovd 130 (was 3rd with 112 points) 5 Romain Feillu 99 (was 7th with 73 points) 6 Cadel Evans 98 (was 4th with 98 points) 7 Andre Greipel 78 (was 10th with 48 points) 8 Tyler Farrar 76 (was 6th with 76 points) 9 Sebastien Hinault 60 (was 9th with 48 points) 10 Denis Galimzyanov 55 (was 18th with 35 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Johnny Hoogerland 4 (unchanged) 2 Anthony Roux 3 (unchanged) 3 Cadel Evans 2 (unchanged) 4 Philippe Gilbert 1 (unchanged) 5 Mickael Delage 1 (unchanged) 6 Lieuwe Westra 1 (was 7th with 1 points) 7 Anthony Delaplace 1 (was 6th with 1 points) 8 Alberto Contador Velasco 1 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7 <<< Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7 <<< Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7 <<< Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4 Total retirements : 8