Stage 7 - Ambri-Malbun 194.6 km 1 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 5:06:39 2 Oscar Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25 3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:38 4 Sergio Higuita (Col) BORA - hansgrohe 1:19 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 1:30 6 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 1:40 7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Israel - Premier Tech 1:48 8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:59 9 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama - FDJ 2:09 10 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 2:19 Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 : Biggest gainers by position : +11 Nicolas Prodhomme +10 Mathias Reutimann +9 Keegan Swirbul +9 Ion Izagirre +9 Benoit Cosnefroy +9 Albert Torres +8 Tim Declercq +8 Omar Fraile +8 James Knox +7 Ilan Van Wilder Biggest losers by position : -10 Daryl Impey -9 Gianni Moscon -8 Quinn Simmons -7 Krists Neilands -7 Matteo Badilatti -6 Andreas Kron -4 Andreas Leknessund -4 Felix Grosschartner -4 Nico Denz -4 Nikias Arndt -4 Philippe Gilbert Biggest gainers by time : +1:40 Thibaut Pinot +1:10 Oscar Rodriguez +0:55 Alexey Lutsenko +0:10 Sergio Higuita Biggest losers by time : -29:24 Adrien Petit -29:18 Daryl Impey -27:41 Peter Sagan -27:21 Alexander Kristoff -27:13 Anthony Turgis -27:13 Lorrenzo Manzin -27:07 Daniel Oss -27:07 Gianni Moscon -27:07 Tom Bohli -26:34 Lewis Askey -24:56 Chad Haga Favourites by position : +9 Ion Izagirre +5 Alexey Lutsenko +3 Thibaut Pinot +2 Sergio Higuita +2 Remco Evenepoel +1 Maximilian Schachmann +1 Daniel Felipe Martinez -1 Fausto Masnada -2 Jakob Fuglsang Favourites by time : +1:40 Thibaut Pinot +0:55 Alexey Lutsenko +0:10 Sergio Higuita -0:01 Geraint Thomas -0:19 Jakob Fuglsang -1:01 Remco Evenepoel -1:03 Ion Izagirre -1:24 Maximilian Schachmann -1:24 Daniel Felipe Martinez -7:51 Fausto Masnada Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Sergio Higuita 32:38:38 (was 3rd at 0:10) 2 Geraint Thomas 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:01) 3 Jakob Fuglsang 0:19 (was 1st at 0:00) 4 Neilson Powless 1:16 (was 4th at 0:26) 5 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:37 (was 9th at 1:07) 6 Sebastien Reichenbach 2:09 (was 10th at 1:29) 7 Stefan Kung 2:19 (was 7th at 0:49) 8 Bob Jungels 2:31 (was 11th at 1:36) 9 Felix Grosschartner 2:47 (was 5th at 0:34) 10 Andreas Leknessund 2:59 (was 6th at 0:46) 11 Maximilian Schachmann 3:11 (was 12th at 1:47) 12 Daniel Felipe Martinez 3:16 (was 13th at 1:52) 13 Remco Evenepoel 4:09 (was 15th at 3:08) ..... 15 Thibaut Pinot 4:40 (was 18th at 6:20) ..... 19 Alexey Lutsenko 10:29 (was 24th at 11:24) 20 Fausto Masnada 14:45 (was 19th at 6:54) ..... 36 Ion Izagirre 42:00 (was 45th at 40:57) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Michael Matthews 30 (was 1st with 22 points) 2 Andreas Leknessund 20 (unchanged) 3 Quinn Simmons 18 (unchanged) 4 Thibaut Pinot 13 (was 0 points) 5 Nico Denz 12 (unchanged) 6 Daryl Impey 12 (was 4th with 12 points) 7 Peter Sagan 12 (was 6th with 12 points) 8 Matthew Holmes 12 (was 7th with 12 points) 9 Geraint Thomas 10 (was 9th with 8 points) 10 Maximilian Schachmann 10 (was 8th with 10 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Quinn Simmons 60 (unchanged) 2 Fausto Masnada 31 (was 3rd with 19 points) 3 Thibaut Pinot 28 (was 0 points) 4 Nico Denz 20 (was 2nd with 20 points) 5 Oscar Rodriguez 16 (was 0 points) 6 Clement Champoussin 15 (was 4th with 15 points) 7 Clement Berthet 14 (was 0 points) 8 Philippe Gilbert 12 (was 5th with 12 points) 9 Andreas Leknessund 10 (was 6th with 10 points) 10 Alexander Kamp 10 (was 7th with 10 points) Teams table with previous in parens: 1 Groupama - FDJ 98:00:04 (was 2nd at 2:13) 2 BORA - hansgrohe 0:33 (was 1st at 82:32:46) 3 AG2R Citroen Team 16:03 (was 3rd at 13:18) 4 INEOS Grenadiers 33:18 (was 4th at 16:33) 5 Israel - Premier Tech 36:47 (was 5th at 21:07) 6 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 37:47 (was 6th at 30:41) 7 Movistar Team 37:47 (was 7th at 31:48) 8 Cofidis 58:26 (was 8th at 43:59) 9 Lotto Soudal 1:13:57 (was 10th at 55:34) 10 Team DSM 1:26:32 (was 9th at 45:06) 11 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:38:39 (was 11th at 1:08:34) 12 Switzerland 2:03:13 (was 14th at 1:42:53) 13 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 2:04:43 (was 13th at 1:32:47) 14 Trek - Segafredo 2:14:55 (was 12th at 1:26:01) 15 Astana Qazaqstan Team 2:14:58 (was 15th at 1:45:05) 16 TotalEnergies 2:30:49 (was 16th at 1:55:59) 17 Human Powered Health 2:36:06 (was 17th at 2:18:24) Retirements to date : Stage Lukas Ruegg (Switzerland) 7 <<< Luke Rowe (INEOS Grenadiers) 7 <<< Marco Haller (BORA - hansgrohe) 7 <<< Quentin Pacher (Groupama - FDJ) 7 <<< Sander Armee (Cofidis) 7 <<< Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) 7 <<< Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA - hansgrohe) 6 Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Alex Aranburu (Movistar Team) 6 Anton Palzer (BORA - hansgrohe) 6 Claudio Imhof (Switzerland) 6 Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain - Victorious) 6 Filip Maciejuk (Bahrain - Victorious) 6 Georg Zimmermann (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 6 Gianluca Brambilla (Trek - Segafredo) 6 Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team) 6 Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) 6 Joel Suter (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Johan Price-pejtersen (Bahrain - Victorious) 6 Kyle Murphy (Human Powered Health) 6 Louis Vervaeke (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 6 Maciej Bodnar (TotalEnergies) 6 Manuele Boaro (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 6 Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Reto Hollenstein (Israel - Premier Tech) 6 Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) 6 Sebastian Berwick (Israel - Premier Tech) 6 Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Fenix) 6 Simone Petilli (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 6 Sjoerd Bax (Alpecin-Fenix) 6 Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Fenix) 6 Stephen Williams (Bahrain - Victorious) 6 Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) 6 Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Fenix) 6 Yukiya Arashiro (Bahrain - Victorious) 6 Adam Yates (INEOS Grenadiers) 5 Cameron Meyer (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 5 Casper Pedersen (Team DSM) 5 Cees Bol (Team DSM) 5 Damien Howson (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 5 Gino Mader (Bahrain - Victorious) 5 Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain - Victorious) 5 Joey Rosskopf (Human Powered Health) 5 Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Fenix) 5 Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Otto Vergaerde (Trek - Segafredo) 5 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Robert Gesink (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Soren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) 5 Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma) 5 Tom Scully (EF Education-EasyPost) 5 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 5 Frederik Wandahl (BORA - hansgrohe) 4 Jan Maas (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 4 Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) 4 Kasper Asgreen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 4 Thymen Arensman (Team DSM) 4 Davide Villella (Cofidis) 3 Kamil Malecki (Lotto Soudal) 3 Dario Cataldo (Trek - Segafredo) 2 Leonardo Basso (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 2 Ben King (Human Powered Health) 1 Total retirements : 72