Stage 7 : Gandia - Balcon de Alicante 152 km

1 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 4:10:13
2 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21
3 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:59
4 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:16
5 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain - Victorious 1:24
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 1:32
7 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 1:32
8 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 1:37
9 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:17
10 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 2:29

Changes in GC, stage 7 compared to stage 6 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+91 Jay Vine
+82 Romain Bardet
+71 Jesus Herrada
+67 Ben Zwiehoff
+63 Chris Hamilton
+62 Oier Lazkano
+55 Pavel Sivakov
+55 Lawson Craddock
+53 Mikel Nieve
+53 Harm Vanhoucke

Biggest losers by position :
-50 Antonio Jesus Soto
-38 Julen Amezqueta
-33 Mark Padun
-33 Simon Carr
-33 Tobias Bayer
-32 Damien Touze
-32 Rein Taaramae
-31 Angel Madrazo
-29 Gotzon Martin
-29 Michael Matthews
-29 Wout Poels

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:45 Michael Storer
+3:18 Carlos Verona
+2:41 Pavel Sivakov
+2:17 Sepp Kuss
+2:09 Jack Haig
+2:01 Romain Bardet
+2:01 Felix Grosschartner
+1:56 Andreas Kron
+1:16 Steff Cras
+1:04 Jan Polanc

Biggest losers by time :
-26:38 Bert Van Lerberghe
-26:28 Fabio Jakobsen
-26:28 Jacopo Guarnieri
-26:28 Josef Cerny
-26:28 Martin Laas
-26:24 Alberto Dainese
-26:24 Jordi Meeus
-26:16 Davide Cimolai
-25:35 Antonio Jesus Soto
-25:35 Julen Amezqueta
-25:16 Sacha Modolo

Favourites by position :
+30 Ion Izagirre
+23 Rafal Majka
+18 Steven Kruijswijk
+17 Damiano Caruso
+2 Richard Carapaz
+1 Adam Yates
-1 Miguel Angel Lopez
-1 Enric Mas
-1 Egan Bernal
-3 Mikel Landa
-3 Aleksandr Vlasov
-13 Maximilian Schachmann

Favourites by time :
-0:13 Aleksandr Vlasov
-0:30 Richard Carapaz
-0:30 Mikel Landa
-0:39 Rafal Majka
-0:39 Damiano Caruso
-1:26 Steven Kruijswijk
-5:53 Ion Izagirre
-22:56 Maximilian Schachmann

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Primoz Roglic 25:18:35 (unchanged)
2 Felix Grosschartner 0:08 (was 15th at 2:09)
3 Enric Mas 0:25 (was 2nd at 0:25)
4 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:36 (was 3rd at 0:36)
5 Jan Polanc 0:38 (was 12th at 1:42)
6 Egan Bernal 0:41 (was 5th at 0:41)
7 Jack Haig 0:57 (was 26th at 3:06)
8 Sepp Kuss 0:59 (was 27th at 3:16)
9 Aleksandr Vlasov 1:06 (was 6th at 0:53)
10 Adam Yates 1:22 (was 11th at 1:22)
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12 Mikel Landa 1:42 (was 9th at 1:12)
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16 Richard Carapaz 2:48 (was 18th at 2:18)
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24 Damiano Caruso 6:47 (was 41st at 6:08)
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28 Steven Kruijswijk 9:40 (was 46th at 8:14)
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31 Rafal Majka 13:47 (was 54th at 13:08)
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48 Ion Izagirre 23:22 (was 78th at 17:29)
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100 Maximilian Schachmann 41:58 (was 87th at 19:02)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jasper Philipsen 131 (unchanged)
2 Fabio Jakobsen 130 (unchanged)
3 Magnus Cort 67 (unchanged)
4 Michael Matthews 58 (unchanged)
5 Primoz Roglic 54 (unchanged)
6 Alex Aranburu 52 (unchanged)
7 Arnaud Demare 50 (unchanged)
8 Alberto Dainese 43 (unchanged)
9 Piet Allegaert 37 (unchanged)
10 Juan Sebastian Molano 36 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pavel Sivakov 16 (was 0 points)
2 Michael Storer 12 (was 0 points)
3 Jack Haig 11 (was 0 points)
4 Romain Bardet 11 (was 0 points)
5 Rein Taaramae 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
6 Kenny Elissonde 10 (was 2nd with 7 points)
7 Sepp Kuss 9 (was 5th with 3 points)
8 Jan Polanc 6 (was 0 points)
9 Carlos Verona 6 (was 0 points)
10 Joe Dombrowski 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Movistar Team 75:54:12 (was 1st at 63:16:06)
2 INEOS Grenadiers 2:10 (was 2nd at 1:32)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 4:19 (was 4th at 2:07)
4 UAE-Team Emirates 4:26 (was 3rd at 1:39)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 7:41 (was 7th at 5:20)
6 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 13:59 (was 13th at 10:48)
7 Team DSM 17:42 (was 19th at 20:44)
8 AG2R Citroen Team 18:11 (was 5th at 3:57)
9 Trek - Segafredo 18:26 (was 8th at 5:59)
10 Astana - Premier Tech 21:15 (was 9th at 6:04)
11 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 25:00 (was 17th at 20:13)
12 Lotto Soudal 28:02 (was 18th at 20:15)
13 Burgos-BH 40:29 (was 14th at 11:15)
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 43:06 (was 11th at 8:25)
15 EF Education - Nippo 44:30 (was 6th at 5:19)
16 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 48:36 (was 10th at 8:20)
17 BORA - hansgrohe 52:38 (was 20th at 23:22)
18 Team Qhubeka NextHash 54:16 (was 16th at 19:44)
19 Team BikeExchange 1:03:10 (was 15th at 12:10)
20 Alpecin-Fenix 1:10:20 (was 22th at 38:31)
21 Deceuninck - Quick Step 1:13:02 (was 12th at 9:28)
22 Groupama - FDJ 1:16:14 (was 21th at 24:58)
23 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:36:44 (was 23th at 41:47)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 7 <<<
Emmanuel Morin (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 7 <<<
Hugh Carthy (EF Education - Nippo) 7 <<<
Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start-Up Nation) 7 <<<
Oscar Rodriguez (Astana - Premier Tech) 7 <<<
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 7 <<<
Alexander Cataford (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Frederik Frison (Lotto Soudal) 3
Total retirements : 8

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