Stage 7 : July 11, 2014, Epernay - Nancy, 234.5 km 1 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5.18.39 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 6 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 : Biggest gainers by position : +33 Thomas Voeckler +33 Luis Angel Mate Mardones +33 Julien Simon +29 Arnold Jeannesson +26 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho +26 Reto Hollenstein +25 Michele Scarponi +25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +25 Florian Guillou +24 Jeremy Roy Biggest losers by position : -39 Kristijan Koren -32 Bernhard Eisel -32 Dmitriy Gruzdev -32 Jon Izaguirre Insausti -32 Marcus Burghardt -32 Tom Veelers -31 Alexandre Pichot -30 Anthony Delaplace -30 Mark Renshaw -28 Daniele Bennati -28 Johan Vansummeren Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -17:15 Edward King -17:15 Elia Viviani -17:15 Kristijan Koren -13:28 Anthony Delaplace -13:28 Bart De Clercq -13:28 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes -12:16 Adrien Petit -12:16 Albert Timmer -12:16 Alessandro Vanotti -12:16 Alexandre Pichot -12:16 Andriy Grivko Favourites by position : +25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +16 Simon Spilak +4 Rafal Majka +4 Christopher Horner +4 Bauke Mollema +3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa +3 Alberto Contador Velasco +2 Richie Porte +2 Andrew Talansky +2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +1 Mathias Frank -7 Tejay van Garderen -11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck Favourites by time : -1:03 Tejay van Garderen -1:23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -1:26 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver -5:25 Simon Spilak -12:16 Rafal Majka Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Vincenzo Nibali 29:57:04 (unchanged) 2 Jakob Fuglsang 0:02 (unchanged) 3 Peter Sagan 0:44 (unchanged) 4 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:50 (unchanged) 5 Tony Gallopin 1:45 (was 7th at 1:45) 6 Richie Porte 1:54 (was 8th at 1:54) 7 Andrew Talansky 2:05 (was 9th at 2:05) 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:11 (was 10th at 2:11) 9 Romain Bardet 2:11 (was 12th at 2:11) 10 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 2:11 (was 13th at 2:11) ..... 13 Bauke Mollema 2:27 (was 17th at 2:27) ..... 15 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:37 (was 18th at 2:37) ..... 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:08 (was 6th at 1:45) 18 Tejay van Garderen 3:14 (was 11th at 2:11) ..... 24 Christopher Horner 4:13 (was 28th at 4:13) ..... 26 Mathias Frank 4:13 (was 27th at 4:13) ..... 126 Simon Spilak 40:36 (was 142nd at 35:11) ..... 153 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 47:35 (was 178th at 46:09) ..... 181 Rafal Majka 1:04:59 (was 185th at 52:43) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 259 (was 1st with 217 points) 2 Bryan Coquard 146 (was 2nd with 137 points) 3 Marcel Kittel 137 (was 3rd with 135 points) 4 Alexander Kristoff 117 (unchanged) 5 Mark Renshaw 95 (was 6th with 87 points) 6 Andre Greipel 91 (was 5th with 91 points) 7 Greg Van Avermaet 60 (was 9th with 48 points) 8 Tony Gallopin 56 (was 25th with 26 points) 9 Samuel Dumoulin 55 (was 7th with 55 points) 10 Matteo Trentin 54 (was 63rd with 9 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Cyril Lemoine 6 (unchanged) 2 Blel Kadri 5 (unchanged) 3 Jens Voigt 4 (unchanged) 4 Nicolas Edet 4 (unchanged) 5 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 3 (unchanged) 6 Thomas Voeckler 3 (unchanged) 7 Pierre Rolland 2 (unchanged) 8 Tom Jelte Slagter 2 (unchanged) 9 Perrig Quemeneur 2 (unchanged) 10 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 2 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7 <<< Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7 <<< Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7 <<< Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2 Total retirements : 12