Stage 7 : Aug 25, Denver, 116.5 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2.27.15
2 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia
7 Tanner Putt (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
8 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
9 Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
10 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Luka Mezgec
+8 Ryan Anderson
+8 Juraj Sagan
+7 Timothy Duggan
+7 Tanner Putt
+7 Richie Porte
+7 Nathan Brown
+7 Jonathan Patrick McCarty
+7 Fred Rodriguez
+7 Fabio Calabria
Biggest losers by position :
-18 David Lozano Riba
-17 Christopher Juul Jensen
-12 Chun Kai Feng
-9 Julio Camacho Bernal
-8 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
-7 Jarlinson Pantano
-6 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-6 Kanstantsin Siutsou
-5 Ian Burnett
-2 Tyler Wren
-1 Andreas Kloden
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-9:46 Christopher Juul Jensen
-9:38 David Lozano Riba
-9:20 Julio Camacho Bernal
-6:32 Chun Kai Feng
-4:51 Kevin De Mesmaeker
-4:48 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-4:48 Gang Xu
-4:48 Ian Burnett
-4:48 Jarlinson Pantano
-4:45 Carson Miller
-4:45 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
Favourites by position :
+7 Richie Porte
+4 Rohan Dennis
+4 David Zabriskie
+1 Andrew Talansky
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-6 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
Favourites by time :
-0:29 Richie Porte
-0:37 David Zabriskie
-0:43 Rohan Dennis
-0:45 Christian Vande Velde
-4:48 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 22:38:48 (unchanged)
2 Mathias Frank 1:30 (unchanged)
3 Thomas Danielson 1:42 (unchanged)
4 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 2:10 (unchanged)
5 Lachlan Morton 2:34 (unchanged)
6 Gregory Obando Brenes 3:25 (unchanged)
7 Lawson Craddock 3:42 (unchanged)
8 George Bennett 3:58 (unchanged)
9 Rory Sutherland 4:11 (unchanged)
10 Philip Deignan 4:12 (unchanged)
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18 Tiago Machado 6:21 (unchanged)
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22 Christian Vande Velde 7:37 (was 21st at 6:52)
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25 Michael Rogers 10:18 (unchanged)
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31 Andy Schleck 13:22 (unchanged)
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40 Andrew Talansky 20:44 (was 41st at 20:44)
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59 David Zabriskie 34:19 (was 63rd at 33:42)
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65 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 37:07 (was 59th at 32:19)
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77 Rohan Dennis 41:47 (was 81st at 41:04)
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92 Richie Porte 47:38 (was 99th at 47:09)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 70 (was 1st with 55 points)
2 Greg Van Avermaet 40 (was 2nd with 34 points)
3 Luka Mezgec 31 (was 3rd with 24 points)
4 Alessandro Bazzana 22 (was 8th with 12 points)
5 Ryan Anderson 22 (was 10th with 10 points)
6 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas 17 (was 7th with 12 points)
7 Mathias Frank 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
8 Tejay van Garderen 13 (was 5th with 13 points)
9 Lachlan David Morton 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
10 Tony Gallopin 10 (was 9th with 10 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 7 <<<
Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling 7 <<<
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 7 <<<
David Millar (GBr) Garmin Sharp 6
Michael Friedman (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 6
Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 6
Alex Candelario (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4
Michael Torckler (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling 3
Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 2
Fu Shiu Cheung (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2
Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia 1
Total retirements : 20