Stage 7 : August 31, 2018 Puerto Lumbreras - Pozo Alcon 185.7 km
1 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.18.20
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.05
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
5 Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Astana Pro Team
6 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
7 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
8 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+38 Jordi Simon Casulleras
+36 Victor Campenaerts
+34 Peter Sagan
+24 Nicholas Schultz
+22 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+20 Hector Saez Benito
+20 Bjorg Lambrecht
+18 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
+18 Jay McCarthy
+17 Michael Morkov
Biggest losers by position :
-39 Ian Boswell
-23 Pello Bilbao
-23 Simone Petilli
-22 Brent Bookwalter
-22 Mitchell Docker
-17 Richard Carapaz
-16 Andrey Zeits
-15 Ben Gastauer
-15 Johann Van Zyl
-15 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea
-15 Simon Clarke
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Tony Gallopin
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:03 Llus Guillermo Mas Bonet
+0:01 Gianluca Brambilla
Biggest losers by time :
-24:50 Ian Boswell
-20:13 Marcus Burghardt
-18:42 Mitchell Docker
-15:21 Jan Hirt
-15:18 Benjamin Thomas
-15:18 Lukas Postlberger
-15:18 Tiesj Benoot
-15:06 Adam Yates
-15:06 Alex Edmondson
-15:06 Antoine Duchesne
-15:06 Antonio Molina
Favourites by position :
+13 Daniel Martin
+8 Ilnur Zakarin
+3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-2 Richie Porte
-9 Adam Yates
Favourites by time :
+0:06 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:25 Ilnur Zakarin
-4:22 Vincenzo Nibali
-4:22 Daniel Martin
-15:06 Richie Porte
-15:06 Adam Yates
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rudy Molard 26:44:40 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:47 (was 5th at 0:53)
3 Emanuel Buchmann 0:48 (unchanged)
4 Simon Yates 0:51 (unchanged)
5 Tony Gallopin 0:59 (was 7th at 1:14)
6 Michal Kwiatkowski 1:06 (was 2nd at 0:41)
7 Jon Izagirre Insausti 1:11 (was 6th at 1:11)
8 Nairo Quintana 1:14 (unchanged)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 1:18 (unchanged)
10 Enric Mas 1:23 (unchanged)
11 George Bennett 1:26 (unchanged)
12 Miguel Angel Lopez 1:27 (unchanged)
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14 Rigoberto Uran 1:29 (unchanged)
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17 Wilco Kelderman 2:50 (unchanged)
18 Thibaut Pinot 3:08 (unchanged)
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34 Ilnur Zakarin 10:38 (was 42nd at 10:13)
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52 Vincenzo Nibali 17:36 (was 52nd at 13:14)
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64 Daniel Martin 24:58 (was 77th at 20:36)
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128 Adam Yates 52:32 (was 119th at 37:26)
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159 Richie Porte 1:01:55 (was 157th at 46:49)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 51 (was 3rd with 33 points)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 48 (was 1st with 48 points)
3 Peter Sagan 43 (was 12th with 23 points)
4 Elia Viviani 41 (was 2nd with 41 points)
5 Tony Gallopin 35 (was 33rd with 10 points)
6 Simon Clarke 30 (was 4th with 30 points)
7 Danny van Poppel 30 (was 5th with 30 points)
8 Ben King 29 (was 6th with 29 points)
9 Alessandro De Marchi 28 (was 7th with 28 points)
10 Wilco Kelderman 27 (was 13th with 20 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 42 (unchanged)
2 Pierre Rolland 20 (unchanged)
3 Ben King 12 (unchanged)
4 Ben Gastauer 7 (unchanged)
5 Bauke Mollema 6 (unchanged)
6 Nikita Stalnov 6 (unchanged)
7 Thomas De Gendt 5 (unchanged)
8 Simon Clarke 4 (was 12th with 3 points)
9 Nans Peters 4 (was 8th with 4 points)
10 Richie Porte 4 (was 9th with 4 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0