2014 Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France
66th edition: June 8 - June 15, 2014
Stage 7 Results and Photos
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Saturday, June 14: Stage 7, Ville la Grand - Finhaut Émosson, 160 km
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Rated ascents:
- Km 34: Côte des Gets, 10.3 km @ 4.9% average gradient, Category 2
- Km 64: Col du Corbier, 7.5 km @ 7.5%, Category 1
- Km 88.5: Pas de Morgins, 6 km @ 5.7%, Category 2
- Km 142: Col de la Forclaz, 12.6 km @ 8.2%, Hors Category
- Km 160: Montée de Finhaut-Émosson, 10.2 km @ 8%, Hors Category
The Race: The organizers call this the Queen Stage, and I have no argument with that. With five ascents rated Category Two or higher with the final pair of passes classed "above categorisation", this will really be a day to test Chris Froome and see if the injuries he sustained in his stage six crash will impair his climbing. The two final climbs are in Switzerland.
Early on, a fourteen-man break went clear on the Côte des Gets. Lieuwe Westra, in 25th place and down 5min 59sec was the best-placed rider in the escape. By the end of the Col du Cordier's descent the break's gap was about five and a half minutes.
Sky put several riders at the front on the Forclaz with Froome and Contador close together near the front of the peloton. Further up, Yury Trofimov had again set off alone looking for another stage win. On the descent, Egor Selin joined his Katusha teammate Trofimov to form a two-man break.
On the Finhaut-Émosson, with seven kilometers to go, Contador had only one teammate but Sky had four riders helping Froome at the front and they were setting a fiery pace. Up front the Russian duo had four and a half minutes. Kelderman and Nibali were sticking close to Froome.
With two kilometers to go the Russians still had three minutes. None of the contenders had yet tried to test Froome with an attack.
As the Katusha duo look to have sealed the stage win, out of nowhere Lieuwe Westra, a member of the original break and probably burning from his second place the day before, came out of nowhere and took the stage.
Bam! With 1.1 km to go Contador blasted off and opened a significant gap. Froome, sitting on Richie Port's wheel, looked terrible and initially didn't react. And then he went, chasing the Spaniard with obvious determination and desperation. He couldn't close enough of the gap and Contador takes over the lead.
Complete Results:
Winner's average speed: 35.18 km/hr
1 | Lieuwe Westra | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 4hr 32min 51sec |
2 | Yury Trofimov | TEAM KATUSHA | @ 7 seconds |
3 | Egor Silin | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:00:16 |
4 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:01:33 |
5 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN - SHARP | 0:01:51 |
6 | Ryder Hesjedal | GARMIN - SHARP | 0:01:53 |
7 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | |
8 | Vincenzo Nibali | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:02:11 |
9 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:02:16 |
10 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM CYCLING | 0:02:19 |
11 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:02:24 |
12 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:02:32 |
13 | Richie Porte | TEAM SKY | 0:02:54 |
14 | Leopold Konig | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:03:01 |
15 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde | TEAM SKY | 0:03:06 |
16 | Jakob Fuglsang | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:03:13 |
17 | Igor Anton | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
18 | Adam Yates | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
19 | Daniel Navarro | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | |
20 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:03:35 |
21 | Haimar Zubeldia | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:04:04 |
22 | Tanel Kangert | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:04:12 |
23 | John Gadret | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:04:29 |
24 | Tony Gallopin | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:04:48 |
25 | Kristijan Durasek | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
26 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:05:07 |
27 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | |
28 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC RACING TEAM | |
29 | Mikael Cherel | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:05:19 |
30 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:05:24 |
31 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.FR | 0:05:28 |
32 | Cyril Gautier | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:05:51 |
33 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:06:08 |
34 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:06:21 |
35 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:06:25 |
36 | Bart De Clercq | LOTTO-BELISOL | |
37 | Gustav Larsson | IAM CYCLING | |
38 | Romain Sicard | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:06:48 |
39 | Jan Bakelants | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:07:17 |
40 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:07:29 |
41 | Yoann Bagot | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:09:23 |
42 | David Lopez Garcia | TEAM SKY | 0:09:35 |
43 | Geraint Thomas | TEAM SKY | |
44 | Kevin De Weert | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:09:46 |
45 | Alessandro De Marchi | CANNONDALE | 0:09:48 |
46 | Nicolas Edet | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:09:51 |
47 | Carlos Verona | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:09:59 |
48 | Amaël Moinard | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:10:16 |
49 | Bartosz Huzarski | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:10:41 |
50 | Lars Boom | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:11:17 |
51 | Peter Velits | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:11:30 |
52 | Elia Favilli | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:11:30 |
53 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:12:58 |
54 | Giovanni Visconti | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:13:06 |
55 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:13:43 |
56 | Blel Kadri | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
57 | Matthias Brandle | IAM CYCLING | 0:13:54 |
58 | Peter Stetina | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:15:31 |
59 | Lars-Peter Nordhaug | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:15:31 |
60 | Martijn Keizer | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | |
61 | Andrey Zeits | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:15:44 |
62 | George Bennett | CANNONDALE | 0:16:31 |
63 | Vasil Kiryienka | TEAM SKY | 0:16:54 |
64 | Christian Meier | ORICA GREENEDGE | 0:16:59 |
65 | Natnael Berhane | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:16:59 |
66 | Christophe Le Mevel | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | |
67 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.FR | 0:17:21 |
68 | Thomas Voeckler | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
69 | Daniel Schorn | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:17:55 |
70 | Michal Golas | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:19:06 |
71 | Thomas Damuseau | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
72 | Jens Voigt | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:19:46 |
73 | Imanol Erviti Ollo | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:21:20 |
74 | Yannick Martinez | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
75 | Alex Howes | GARMIN - SHARP | |
76 | José Ivan Gutierrez | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
77 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:21:51 |
78 | Rein Taaramae | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:25:02 |
79 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:26:39 |
80 | Markel Irizar | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
81 | Enrique Sanz Unzue | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
82 | Nicky Van Der Lijke | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | |
83 | Andriy Grivko | ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
84 | Pierrick Fedrigo | FDJ.FR | |
85 | Ralf Matzka | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | |
86 | Michael Valgren Andersen | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
87 | Jan Barta | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | |
88 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
89 | Bram Tankink | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | |
90 | Pim Ligthart | LOTTO-BELISOL | |
91 | Johannes Fröhlinger | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
92 | Jack Bauer | GARMIN - SHARP | |
93 | Nicki Sorensen | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:27:20 |
94 | Nikias Arndt | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 0:27:23 |
95 | Yaroslav Popovych | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:27:50 |
96 | Alessandro Vanotti | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:28:24 |
97 | Bruno Pires | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:28:27 |
98 | Edwald Suarez Beltran | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
99 | Sergio Paulinho | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:33:45 |
100 | Filippo Pozzato | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
101 | Marco Marcato | CANNONDALE | |
102 | Valerio Conti | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
103 | Chad Haga | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
104 | Frederik Willems | LOTTO-BELISOL | |
105 | Jens Keukeleire | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
106 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM CYCLING | |
107 | Kristijan Koren | CANNONDALE | |
108 | Zdenek Stybar | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | |
109 | Frantisek Padour | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | |
110 | Daryl Impey | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
111 | Scott Thwaites | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | |
112 | Anton Vorobyev | TEAM KATUSHA | |
113 | Simon Gerrans | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
114 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM CYCLING | |
115 | Damien Howson | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
116 | Cesare Benedetti | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | |
117 | Rory Sutherland | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
118 | Stig Broeckx | LOTTO-BELISOL | |
119 | Simon Spilak | TEAM KATUSHA | |
120 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
121 | Alexander Rybakov | TEAM KATUSHA | |
122 | Xabier Zandio | TEAM SKY | |
123 | Bob Jungels | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
124 | Maciej Bodnar | CANNONDALE | |
125 | Julien Simon | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | |
126 | Sebastian Langeveld | GARMIN - SHARP | |
127 | Alexei Tcatevich | TEAM KATUSHA | |
128 | Jonathan Hivert | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | |
129 | Jean Marc Marino | CANNONDALE | |
130 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM CYCLING | |
131 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | TEAM KATUSHA | |
132 | Ivan Santaromita | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
133 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GREENEDGE | |
134 | Ramunas Navardauskas | GARMIN - SHARP | |
135 | Dries Devenyns | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
136 | David Millar | GARMIN - SHARP | |
137 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.FR | |
138 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.FR | |
139 | Danny Pate | TEAM SKY | |
140 | Davide Cimolai | LAMPRE - MERIDA | |
141 | Kris Boeckmans | LOTTO-BELISOL |
GC after Stage 7: 1055.9 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.012 km/hr
1 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | 27hr 46min 51sec |
2 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | @ 8 seconds |
3 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN - SHARP | 0:00:39 |
4 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:00:59 |
5 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:01:14 |
6 | Vincenzo Nibali | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:01:16 |
7 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:02:11 |
8 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM CYCLING | 0:02:14 |
9 | Jakob Fuglsang | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:02:50 |
10 | Adam Yates | ORICA GREENEDGE | 0:02:52 |
11 | Leopold Konig | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:03:00 |
12 | Daniel Navarro | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:03:11 |
13 | Haimar Zubeldia | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:03:41 |
14 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde | TEAM SKY | 0:03:57 |
15 | Tanel Kangert | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:04:02 |
16 | Lieuwe Westra | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:04:04 |
17 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:04:32 |
18 | Egor Silin | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:04:58 |
19 | Kristijan Durasek | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:05:35 |
20 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:05:44 |
21 | Yury Trofimov | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:06:06 |
22 | John Gadret | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:06:45 |
23 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:06:53 |
24 | Bart De Clercq | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:07:27 |
25 | Jan Bakelants | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:07:30 |
26 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:08:48 |
27 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.FR | 0:09:52 |
28 | Ryder Hesjedal | GARMIN - SHARP | 0:11:05 |
29 | Gustav Larsson | IAM CYCLING | 0:11:07 |
30 | Richie Porte | TEAM SKY | 0:12:17 |
31 | Tony Gallopin | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:12:38 |
32 | Mikael Cherel | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:12:44 |
33 | Bartosz Huzarski | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:12:52 |
34 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:12:58 |
35 | Cyril Gautier | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:16:01 |
36 | Nicolas Edet | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:16:34 |
37 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:16:35 |
38 | Yoann Bagot | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:18:49 |
39 | Amaël Moinard | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:18:54 |
40 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:19:33 |
41 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:19:35 |
42 | Igor Anton | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:19:38 |
43 | Peter Velits | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:21:35 |
44 | Peter Stetina | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:23:05 |
45 | Romain Sicard | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:23:06 |
46 | Carlos Verona | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:23:33 |
47 | David Lopez Garcia | TEAM SKY | 0:26:39 |
48 | Thomas Voeckler | TEAM EUROPCAR | 0:29:08 |
49 | Lars-Peter Nordhaug | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:29:09 |
50 | Geraint Thomas | TEAM SKY | 0:29:17 |
51 | George Bennett | CANNONDALE | 0:29:37 |
52 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:29:43 |
53 | Giovanni Visconti | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:30:54 |
54 | Kevin De Weert | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:31:55 |
55 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:32:29 |
56 | Alex Howes | GARMIN - SHARP | 0:33:57 |
57 | Christophe Le Mevel | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:35:24 |
58 | Imanol Erviti Ollo | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:37:49 |
59 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.FR | 0:38:05 |
60 | Thomas Damuseau | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 0:39:39 |
61 | Valerio Conti | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:42:21 |
62 | Alexander Rybakov | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:42:27 |
63 | Christian Meier | ORICA GREENEDGE | 0:42:33 |
64 | Ivan Santaromita | ORICA GREENEDGE | 0:42:35 |
65 | Sylvain Chavanel | IAM CYCLING | 0:43:23 |
66 | Jens Voigt | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:43:40 |
67 | Andriy Grivko | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:44:10 |
68 | Bram Tankink | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:45:14 |
69 | Lars Boom | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:45:31 |
70 | Blel Kadri | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:46:01 |
71 | Michal Golas | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:46:03 |
72 | Julien Simon | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 0:46:17 |
73 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:47:12 |
74 | Pim Ligthart | LOTTO-BELISOL | 0:47:18 |
75 | Andrey Zeits | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 0:48:15 |
76 | Edwald Suarez Beltran | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:50:31 |
77 | Jens Keukeleire | ORICA GREENEDGE | 0:51:03 |
78 | Kristijan Koren | CANNONDALE | 0:51:19 |
79 | Markel Irizar | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:51:21 |
80 | José Ivan Gutierrez | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:51:46 |
81 | Pierrick Fedrigo | FDJ.FR | 0:51:58 |
82 | Alessandro De Marchi | CANNONDALE | 0:52:49 |
83 | Chad Haga | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 0:53:04 |
84 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:53:37 |
85 | Zdenek Stybar | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 0:54:05 |
86 | Jan Barta | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 0:55:55 |
87 | Sergio Paulinho | TINKOFF-SAXO | 0:56:13 |
88 | Simon Spilak | TEAM KATUSHA | 0:57:50 |
89 | Elia Favilli | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 0:58:10 |
90 | Martijn Keizer | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 0:59:41 |
91 | Bob Jungels | TREK FACTORY RACING | 0:59:46 |
92 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:59:51 |
93 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 1:01:48 |
94 | Daryl Impey | ORICA GREENEDGE | 1:02:36 |
95 | Bruno Pires | TINKOFF-SAXO | 1:02:46 |
96 | Nikias Arndt | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 1:03:18 |
97 | Simon Gerrans | ORICA GREENEDGE | 1:05:18 |
98 | Nicky Van Der Lijke | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 1:06:49 |
99 | Damien Howson | ORICA GREENEDGE | 1:06:54 |
100 | David Millar | GARMIN - SHARP | 1:07:45 |
101 | Matthias Brandle | IAM CYCLING | 1:08:04 |
102 | Maciej Bodnar | CANNONDALE | 1:08:29 |
103 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | 1:08:59 |
104 | Marco Marcato | CANNONDALE | 1:09:29 |
105 | Johannes Fröhlinger | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 1:09:36 |
106 | Cesare Benedetti | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 1:11:27 |
107 | Enrique Sanz Unzue | MOVISTAR TEAM | 1:11:49 |
108 | Yannick Martinez | TEAM EUROPCAR | 1:14:50 |
109 | Nicki Sorensen | TINKOFF-SAXO | 1:15:38 |
110 | Alessandro Vanotti | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 1:16:47 |
111 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM CYCLING | 1:16:48 |
112 | Frantisek Padour | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 1:17:50 |
113 | Michael Valgren Andersen | TINKOFF-SAXO | 1:17:57 |
114 | Yaroslav Popovych | TREK FACTORY RACING | 1:19:48 |
115 | Stig Broeckx | LOTTO-BELISOL | 1:21:59 |
116 | Jean Marc Marino | CANNONDALE | 1:22:52 |
117 | Rory Sutherland | TINKOFF-SAXO | 1:23:40 |
118 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM CYCLING | 1:23:57 |
119 | Natnael Berhane | TEAM EUROPCAR | 1:24:02 |
120 | Ralf Matzka | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 1:26:16 |
121 | Daniel Schorn | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 1:26:58 |
122 | Ramunas Navardauskas | GARMIN - SHARP | 1:27:09 |
123 | Scott Thwaites | TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA | 1:28:41 |
124 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.FR | 1:28:44 |
125 | Filippo Pozzato | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 1:32:00 |
126 | Anton Vorobyev | TEAM KATUSHA | 1:32:44 |
127 | Sebastian Langeveld | GARMIN - SHARP | 1:33:10 |
128 | Rein Taaramae | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | 1:33:33 |
129 | Davide Cimolai | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 1:34:00 |
130 | Vasil Kiryienka | TEAM SKY | 1:34:10 |
131 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.FR | 1:35:37 |
132 | Frederik Willems | LOTTO-BELISOL | 1:35:55 |
133 | Dries Devenyns | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 1:36:10 |
134 | Jack Bauer | GARMIN - SHARP | 1:37:43 |
135 | Alexei Tcatevich | TEAM KATUSHA | 1:38:40 |
136 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 1:39:32 |
137 | Kris Boeckmans | LOTTO-BELISOL | 1:46:23 |
138 | Danny Pate | TEAM SKY | 1:46:38 |
139 | Jonathan Hivert | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 1:55:12 |
140 | Xabier Zandio | TEAM SKY | 2:09:57 |
141 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GREENEDGE | 2:11:09 |
The break that almost won, Egor Selin and Yury Trofimov.
But Lieuwe Westra, chasing like a fiend, ruined the Selin-Trofimov party.
Alberto Contador on his late attack, grabbing the time he needs to become the GC leader.
Chris Froome chases with Ryder Hesjedal and Andrew Talansky close behind.
Vincenzo Nibali
Jurgen Van den Broucke and Sébastien Reichenbach. Romain Bardet is hidden behind Van den Broucke.
Lieuwe Westra gets help after winning the stage.
Westra gasps for air.
Alberto Contador finishes the stage with enough of a gap to take over the lead.
Chris Froome and Ryder Hesjedal stagger across the line. Today was a day for the big men to go deep.
Stage winner Lieuwe Westra
New GC leader Alberto Contador
Stage 7 profile