2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 7, Friday, July 8: 
L'Isle Jourdain - Lac de Payolle

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Stage 7, Friday, July 8: L'Isle Jourdain - Lac de Payolle, 162.5 km

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Stephen Cummings crosses the line alone, to win stage 7

Rated ascents:

• Km 117.0: Côte de Capvern, 7.7 km @ 3.1% - cat 4
• Km 155.5: Col d'Aspin (1,490 m), 12 km @ 6.5% - cat 1

Weather: At Tarbes, just near where the climbing starts at 1:25 PM, it is 23C (74F) and cloudy with the wind from the WNW at 11 km/hr (7 mph). It could climb to 28C (82F). There is a potential for thunderstorms today.

The Race: The offical start was at 1:17 PM. The riders attacked the Col d'Aspin, making it 72 times that mountain has been climbed in the Tour de France since the first time in 1910.

The organizer's summary below doesn't note that the Tour's inflatable arch at the one-kilometer to go point collapsed, causing Adam Yates, who had been off the front of the main group, to crash. A spectator accidently unplugged the air compressor that inflated the arch.

It also stopped the main chasing group. The Tour said it would give the delayed riders their times at the three-kilometers to go point. And, after a protest from Orica-BikeExchange, Adam Yates (officially 73rd in the stage) was given a finishing time of 3min 30sec after winner Stephen Cummings. That made Yates second in GC and first in the Young Rider classification.

Here is the organizer's stage summary:

Stephen Cummings delivered Dimension Data's fourth stage victory in seven days as he climbed to col d'Aspin in a solo effort after riding away from his breakaway companions to avoid taking Vincenzo Nibali and Greg Van Avermaet with him. For Cummings, aged 35, it's the fourth success of the year after stages at Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour of the Basque Country and Critérium du Dauphiné. It's also his third Grand Tour stage victory after stage 13 of the 2012 Vuelta a España in Ferrol and stage 13 of the 2015 Tour de France in Mende. It's the 63rd stage victory for Great-Britain in the history of the Tour de France.

All 198 participants of the 103rd Tour de France started stage 7, a first time in the history that no abandon was recorded in the first six stages. Twelve riders rode away from the peloton in the first kilometers of racing after leaving L'Isle-Jourdain: Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling), Ramunas Navardauskas (Cannondale-Drapac), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Argon 18), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Nicolas Edet and Geoffrey Soupe (Cofidis), Chris Anker Sørensen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept). Sagan and Cavendish obviously had in mind to contest the intermediate sprint located with only 25.5km to go just before the ascent to col d'Aspin but Belgian teams Etixx-Quick Step and Lotto-Soudal successively chased hard to bring them back. The bunch was packed again at km 43.

Attacks kept going on. Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) initiated a decisive one at km 46. Sagan didn't manage to make it across. The world champion was highly marked. Several offensives led to the formation of the 29-man leading group including the yellow jersey holder at km 53: Vassil Kiryienka (Sky), G. Izagirre (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Jan Bakelants and Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R-La Mondiale), Paul Martens (LottoNL-Jumbo), Cancellara and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Oliver Naesen (IAMCycling), Matti Breschel, Alex Howes and Sebastian Langeveld (Cannondale-Drapac), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data), Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin), Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18), Kristijan Durasek and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida), Angel Vicioso (Katusha), Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal), Sylvain Chavanel and Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie), Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step), Dani Navarro, Borut Bozic and Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis), Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Vital Concept). They reached a maximum advantage of 5.52 at 76km.

With 50km to go, the time difference was 4.25 as Team Sky and Movistar didn't want to enable Nibali to move back up on GC. The winner of the 2014 Tour de France took the only point up for grabs at côte de Capvern with 45.5km to go. Two kilometers further, the leading group split into several pieces. With 27km to go, Cummings rode away solo from. Nibali, Navarro, Van Avermaet and Impey chased him down up to the col d'Aspin. Van Avermaet couldn't hold the pace at half way into the 12-km long climb while Cummings kept increasing his lead in the uphill. Thibaut Pinot was the main rider dropped from the group of the favourites who crested the col d'Aspin 3.20 behind Cummings. The Englishman stayed away whereas Nibali wasn't able to follow Impey and Navarro who took second and third places. Thanks to his very smart ride, Van Avermaet increased his lead in the overall ranking to 6.36 over runner up Julian Alaphilippe ahead of the two grueling stages in the Pyrenees.

Stage winner Cummings had this to say: “Of all my victories, I think it's the best one. The Tour is the Tour, it's special. I didn't need to win a stage this year. I had a different condition from last year as I started the Tour riding for Mark [Cavendish] who is such a winner and an inspiration. It's brilliant, it's fantastic.

"I wasn't confident in that group with Nibali and Navarro. The idea was that Navarro will cook himself before the climb, so I put pressure on Astana to chase behind. I felt if I can get in front with a smaller number of riders, I'd have more chances of winning. I cooked myself actually. I think I was riding on the flat quite a lot. Then a 5 to 6% climb like col d'Aspin is good for my characteristics, so I just carried on and I won.”

Complete and corrected results:

Stage 7 photos | Stage 7 video

162.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.032 km/hr

1	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	3hr 48min 9sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	@ 1min 4sec
3	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
4	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 01' 58''
5	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	+ 02' 57''
6	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 03' 37''
7	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	s.t.
8	POELS Wouter	SKY	s.t.
9	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
10	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
12	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
13	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
14	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
15	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
16	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
18	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
19	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
20	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
21	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
22	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
23	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
24	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
25	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
26	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 00''
27	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 02''
28	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 09''
29	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 37''
30	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
31	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
32	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
33	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
34	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
35	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
36	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 04' 02''
37	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
38	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 04' 00''
39	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	+ 03' 37''
40	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
41	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04' 09''
42	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 29''
43	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 27''
44	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 29''
45	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 17''
46	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 04' 34''
47	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 04' 47''
48	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 04' 54''
49	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 05' 03''
51	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	+ 05' 05''
52	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 04' 58''
53	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
54	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 03''
55	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 05' 25''
56	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 48''
57	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
58	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 05' 30''
59	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	+ 06' 41''
60	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
61	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 06' 23''
62	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 06' 41''
63	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 05' 48''
64	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 06' 41''
65	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
66	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
67	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
68	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 08' 53''
69	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 07' 35''
70	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	+ 07' 35''
71	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 39''
72	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 10''
73	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 30''
74	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 06' 41''
75	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 08' 53''
76	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 41''
77	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 08' 53''
78	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
79	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 08' 59''
80	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 09' 07''
81	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 09' 17''
82	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
83	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	+ 10' 29''
84	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 15''
85	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
86	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
87	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
88	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 12' 49''
89	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
90	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
91	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
92	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 13' 21''
93	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
95	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
96	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
97	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
98	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
99	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
100	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
101	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
102	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
103	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
104	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
105	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
106	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
108	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
109	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
110	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
111	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
112	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 14' 42''
113	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
115	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 14' 59''
116	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 17' 25''
117	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
118	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
119	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
120	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
121	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
123	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
124	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
125	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
126	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
127	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
128	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	s.t.
129	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
130	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
131	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
132	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
133	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
134	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
135	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
136	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
137	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
138	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
139	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
140	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
141	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
142	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
143	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
144	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
145	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
146	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
147	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
148	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
149	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
150	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
151	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
152	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
153	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
154	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
155	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
156	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
157	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
158	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
159	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
160	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
161	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
162	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
163	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
164	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	s.t.
165	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
166	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
167	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
168	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
169	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
170	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
171	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
172	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
173	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
174	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 20' 09''
175	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
176	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
177	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
178	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
179	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
180	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
181	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
182	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
183	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
184	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	s.t.
185	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
186	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
187	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
188	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
189	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
190	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
191	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
192	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
193	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
194	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 20' 21''
195	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
196	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 23' 18''
197	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 24' 35''

GC after Stage 7:

• GC leader: Greg van Avermaet (BMC)
• Points classification leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Young rider classification leader: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)
• Team classification leader: BMC

1,401 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.932 km/hr

1	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	34hr 9min 44sec
2	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	@ 5min 50sec
3	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 05' 51''
4	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 53''
5	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	+ 05' 54''
6	FROOME Christopher	SKY	+ 05' 57''
7	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
9	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
10	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
12	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
13	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
14	BARDET Romain	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
15	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
16	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
17	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	+ 06' 06''
18	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	+ 06' 08''
19	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
20	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	+ 06' 08''
21	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	+ 06' 37''
22	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 07' 13''
23	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 07' 18''
24	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 07' 42''
25	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 08' 41''
26	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 08' 52''
27	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	+ 09' 12''
28	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 09' 42''
29	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 09' 49''
30	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 09' 56''
31	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 09' 56''
32	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 10' 34''
33	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 10' 38''
34	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 10' 44''
35	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 10' 52''
36	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 31''
37	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 12' 15''
38	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 12' 51''
39	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 13' 07''
40	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 09''
41	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 13' 20''
42	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	+ 14' 25''
43	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	+ 14' 47''
44	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 15' 27''
45	LANDA Mikel	SKY	+ 16' 54''
46	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 17' 20''
47	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 17' 30''
48	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	+ 17' 46''
49	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 17' 56''
50	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	+ 18' 33''
51	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 18' 49''
52	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	+ 18' 50''
53	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 18' 59''
54	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 19' 13''
55	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 19' 20''
56	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 19' 28''
57	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 19' 46''
58	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 19' 48''
59	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 20' 50''
60	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 20' 55''
61	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 23''
62	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 23' 14''
63	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 23' 28''
64	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 25' 22''
65	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 26' 18''
66	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 27' 27''
67	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 28' 00''
68	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 28' 06''
69	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 28' 23''
70	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 36''
71	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 28' 44''
72	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 46''
73	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 28' 56''
74	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 29' 09''
75	POELS Wouter	SKY	+ 29' 41''
76	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 30' 08''
77	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 30' 44''
78	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 04''
79	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 31' 05''
80	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 31' 21''
81	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	+ 32' 34''
82	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 32' 46''
83	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 33' 03''
84	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 34' 08''
85	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	+ 34' 19''
86	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 34' 19''
87	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 34' 37''
88	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 35' 03''
89	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 35' 26''
90	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 35' 38''
91	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 35' 47''
92	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 36' 34''
93	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 36' 34''
94	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 37' 02''
95	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 37' 09''
96	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	+ 38' 45''
97	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 39' 07''
98	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 39' 32''
99	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 39' 41''
100	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 39' 52''
101	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	+ 39' 53''
102	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 40' 01''
103	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 40' 29''
104	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 40' 37''
105	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 40' 41''
106	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	+ 40' 41''
107	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 40' 42''
108	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 40' 45''
109	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	+ 40' 50''
110	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	+ 41' 10''
111	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 41' 10''
112	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 41' 14''
113	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 14''
114	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 41' 16''
115	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 41' 21''
116	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 41' 27''
117	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 41' 30''
118	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	+ 41' 37''
119	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 42' 32''
120	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 42' 32''
121	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 42' 44''
122	BONNET William	FDJ	+ 42' 44''
123	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 43' 25''
124	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 43' 31''
125	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	+ 43' 41''
126	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 43' 43''
127	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 43' 55''
128	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 43' 55''
129	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 43' 55''
130	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 43' 59''
131	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 44' 11''
132	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 44' 19''
133	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 44' 33''
134	KIRYIENKA Vasili	SKY	+ 45' 30''
135	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 45' 39''
136	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 46' 17''
137	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 46' 37''
138	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 46' 39''
139	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 47' 07''
140	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 47' 07''
141	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	+ 47' 33''
142	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 47' 54''
143	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 47' 57''
144	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 48' 04''
145	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 48' 04''
146	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 48' 12''
147	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 48' 16''
148	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	+ 48' 41''
149	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	+ 48' 44''
150	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 48' 59''
151	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 49' 03''
152	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 49' 39''
153	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	+ 49' 40''
154	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 49' 43''
155	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 49' 56''
156	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 50' 00''
157	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 50' 01''
158	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 50' 03''
159	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 50' 12''
160	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 50' 41''
161	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 50' 41''
162	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 50' 43''
163	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 51' 06''
164	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 51' 16''
165	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 51' 16''
166	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 51' 19''
167	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 51' 23''
168	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 51' 23''
169	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 51' 32''
170	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	+ 51' 56''
171	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 51' 59''
172	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	+ 52' 11''
173	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 52' 18''
174	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 52' 39''
175	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 52' 51''
176	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 53' 35''
177	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 54' 00''
178	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 54' 23''
179	STANNARD Ian	SKY	+ 54' 45''
180	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	+ 55' 04''
181	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 55' 10''
182	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	+ 55' 18''
183	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 55' 40''
184	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	+ 56' 02''
185	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 56' 21''
186	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 56' 22''
187	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	+ 57' 06''
188	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	+ 57' 16''
189	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 57' 19''
190	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 57' 35''
191	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 59' 08''
192	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 00' 10''
193	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 00' 13''
194	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	+ 01h 00' 29''
195	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 01' 04''
196	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 15' 48''
197	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 19' 43''
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 01h 38' 25''

Stage 7 map and profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 7 video

Stage 7 photos from Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Today's stage finished with a descnt off the Col d'Aspin

Our Fotoreporter Sirotti caught the riders on their hair-raising ride to the finish.

It wasn't for the faint of heart

Sergio Henao

Fabrice Jeandesboz

Rafal Majka

Daniel Moreno

Vincenzo Nibali

BMC rider Richie Porte

Nairo Quintana

Adam Yates

GC leader Greg van Avermaet

Stephen Cummings racing for the finish

Cummings wins the stage...

and earns some time on the podium.

And Greg van Avermaet will start tomrrow in yellow.

Organizer's preview:

The run in to the mountains is radically different from last year when Chris Froome put an end to the eventual suspense atop the first climb of the Tour de France at La Pierre-Saint-Martin. The first mountain stage is quite light with only the col d'Aspin on the menu, preceding a 7-km downhill to the unprecedented finish at Lac de Payolle.

Col d'Aspin is one of the giants of the Pyrenees but definitely not the hardest with 12km of climbing at an average gradient of 6.5%. Is it too hard for Greg Van Avermaet to keep the yellow jersey? It all depends on how much the GC contenders will fight, possibly way behind the long breakaway. Up to the Pas de Peyrol on Wednesday, Movistar showed they're in a hurry to challenge Chris Froome and Team Sky. They might be inspired to put pressure on the defending champion without waiting for the two grueling Pyrenean stages as the downhill of col d'Aspin is likely to shake up the overall classification even more than the uphill.

It's just a taste of the high mountains but it could give a bitter after taste to some of the protagonists and it'll say more about Alberto Contador's recovery after he badly crashed twice in the first two stages.

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