Changes in stage 7 compared to stage 6 Biggest gainers by position : +3 Vincent Jérôme +3 Ian McLeod +3 Dimitri Champion +3 André Korff +3 Alexandre Usov +2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo +2 Santos González +2 Pedro Horrillo Munoz +2 Patrick Calcagni +2 Mark Renshaw Biggest losers by position : -1 David López -1 Magnus Backstedt -1 Oscar Freire Gomez Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : Favourites by position : +1 Pietro Caucchioli +1 Andreas Klier Favourites by time : Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Vladimir Efimkin 28.26.56 2 Denis Menchov 1.06 3 Carlos Sastre 1.06 ..... 6 Leonardo Piepoli 1.06 7 Cadel Evans 1.28 ..... 12 Manuel Beltrán 1.57 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio 1.57 ..... 15 Franco Pellizotti 2.18 ..... 17 Samuel Sánchez 2.29 ..... 21 Vladimir Karpets 2.57 ..... 32 Stefan Schumacher 4.58 ..... 53 Iñigo Cuesta 8.20 ..... 56 Davide Rebellin 9.22 ..... 95 José Luis Rubiera 21.28 ..... 110 Damiano Cunego 27.19 111 Santiago Perez 27.24 ..... 133 Andreas Klier 35.36 ..... 146 Pietro Caucchioli 36.40 Retirements to date : Bouygues Telecom Giovanni Bernaudeau DNF 5 " Mathieu Claude Crédit Agricole Rémi Pauriol DNF 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Sergio Paulinho DNS 5 " Tom Danielson DNF 1 Predictor - Lotto Bert Roesems DNF 7 << Saunier Duval - Prodir Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla DNF 7 << T-Mobile Team Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4 Team Milram Marco Velo Total retirements : 8