Stage 7 : March 26, 2017 Barcelona - Barcelona 132.7 km 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 3.08.50 2 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 3 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 6 Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon 7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 9 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 : Biggest gainers by position : +13 Bart De Clercq +11 Alexis Vuillermoz +10 Lennard Kamna +10 Jan Barta +9 Thomas De Gendt +9 Pawel Poljanski +8 Janez Brajkovic +8 Guillaume Martin +8 Ben O'Connor +8 Axel Domont Biggest losers by position : -15 Ondrej Cink -7 Mikel Nieve -7 Natnael Berhane -7 Xandro Meurisse -6 Enric Mas -5 Chris Hamilton -4 Damien Howson -4 Sindre Skjostad Lunke -3 Hugh Carthy -3 Jakob Fuglsang -3 Jeremy Maison Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -11:16 Chris Hamilton -9:57 Hugh Carthy -9:57 Sam Bewley -9:56 Alex Howes -9:56 Johannes Frohlinger -8:36 Damien Howson -8:36 Daniel Teklehaimanot -8:36 Eduard Prades -8:36 Enric Mas -8:36 Jakob Fuglsang -8:36 Jeremy Maison Favourites by position : +4 Louis Meintjes +1 Robert Gesink +1 Christopher Froome -2 Geraint Thomas Favourites by time : -0:10 Tejay Van Garderen -0:10 Steven Kruijswijk -0:10 Romain Bardet -0:10 Rafal Majka -0:10 Daniel Martin -0:10 Alberto Contador -0:10 Adam Yates -0:26 Robert Gesink -0:26 Louis Meintjes -1:14 Christopher Froome -4:07 Geraint Thomas Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Alejandro Valverde 25:27:15 (unchanged) 2 Alberto Contador 1:03 (was 2nd at 0:53) 3 Marc Soler 1:16 (was 3rd at 1:06) 4 Adam Yates 1:31 (was 4th at 1:21) 5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:34 (was 5th at 1:24) 6 Daniel Martin 2:29 (was 6th at 2:19) 7 Steven Kruijswijk 2:56 (was 7th at 2:46) 8 Carlos Verona 3:00 (was 8th at 2:50) 9 George Bennett 3:01 (was 9th at 2:51) 10 Romain Bardet 3:05 (was 10th at 2:55) 11 Rafal Majka 3:33 (was 11th at 3:23) ..... 29 Robert Gesink 27:15 (was 30th at 26:49) 30 Christopher Froome 28:19 (was 31st at 27:05) ..... 34 Geraint Thomas 32:25 (was 32nd at 28:18) 35 Louis Meintjes 32:48 (was 39th at 32:22) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Alejandro Valverde 105 (unchanged) 2 Christopher Froome 50 (unchanged) 3 Marc Soler 49 (was 6th with 43 points) 4 Alberto Contador 49 (was 3rd with 47 points) 5 Daniel Martin 46 (was 4th with 46 points) 6 Adam Yates 44 (was 5th with 44 points) 7 David Gaudu 40 (was 0 points) 8 Thomas De Gendt 36 (was 0 points) 9 Natnael Berhane 32 (was 7th with 32 points) 10 Romain Bardet 27 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 7 <<< Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 7 <<< Leo Vincent (Fra) FDJ 7 <<< Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 7 <<< Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 7 <<< Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 7 <<< Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 7 <<< Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 6 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 6 Annas Ait el Abdia (Mor) UAE Team Emirates 6 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 6 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 6 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 6 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 6 Caio Godoy (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 6 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 6 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 6 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 6 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 6 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Hector Saez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Hernan Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon 6 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 6 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 6 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 6 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Jose Goncalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 6 Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon 6 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 6 Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 6 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 6 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 6 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 6 Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 6 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 6 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 6 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 6 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 6 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 6 Murilo Affonso (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 6 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 6 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 6 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 6 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 6 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott 6 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 6 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott 5 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 5 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 5 Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 5 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 5 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 5 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 5 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 5 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 5 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 5 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 4 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 3 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 3 Flavio Cardoso (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3 Gabriel Machado (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3 Pedro Nicacio (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3 Raphael Pires (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 3 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 3 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 3 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Manzana Postobon 2 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) Manzana Postobon 2 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 1 Total retirements : 93