Mark Cavendish took his 17th win of a Tour stage today into Chateauroux on the 218 km mostly flat stage with a massive lead out train from his HTC Highroad team.

Cavendish won this stage for the first time in 2008 and was said this morning to be looking for a symbolic anniversary win.

Behind him at the finish line was Alessandro Petacchi of Team Lampre, and Andre Greipel of Omega Pharma Lotto. Cavendish is now close in points to Jose Joaquin Rojas for the Green Jersey, which Rojas took back today from Phillipe Gilbert.

Thor Hushovd retained his Yellow Jersey and first place in the overall classification, as did Cadel Evans and Frank Schleck retain their second and third positions overall.

Ranking fourth at the end of today’s stage was David Millar (GBR) GRM, followed by Andreas Klöden (GER) RSH, Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) LEO, Andy Schleck (LUX) LEO, Tony Martin (GER) THR, Peter Velits (SVK) THR and Robert Gesink (NED) RAB.

But other riders in the top 10 who got caught behind the crash lost their positions. They included Chris Horner (RSH), Pauriol (FDJ) who also had to abandon because of his injuries, Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY), the winner of yesterday’s stage 6, and Tyler Farrar (GRM).

The stage also claimed two high profile riders. Tom Boonen of QuickStep abandoned the Tour at about 90 km after sustaining painful injuries to his thigh, collarbone and elbow in stage 5.

Then after  the damaging crash at 36 km to the finish today, Bradley Wiggins, leader of Team Sky, abandoned the race with a suspected broken collarbone. Levi Leipheimer also experienced a mechanical problem and dropped down to 50th position.

Crashing with Boonen in Stage 5 was Sylvain Chavanel who looked like he would quit, but stayed in the big French Tour, and now appears to be feeling better, but he has also slipped down to 125th position.

Because so much was at stake in today’s finish for Cavendish, and because the first six stages of this Tour have beaten down some of the best sprinters, at  first it looked like the major sprinters would be saving their legs by skipping the intermediate sprint as the peloton slumbered at an average of 33 km per hour in the fourth hour of pedaling.

But that slumber and perhaps that strategy was disrupted when the major crash that took out Bradley Wiggins occurred, splitting the peloton in two, and leaving top sprinters Mark Cavendish among others in a lead group of 50 riders.

That left sprinters in the lead peloton with a two-prong strategy, to take the intermediate and the final sprints for today’s stage.

Left behind after the crash was sprinter Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin Cervelo, who could not make up the time for the final push to the line in Chateauroux.

Though they followed a break group that passed through the intermediate sprint first, the lead peloton sprinted for intermediate points with Cavendish winning handily and gaining 11 points, followed by Rojas (MOV) with 10 points, Mark Renshaw (THR) who gained 9 points, Phillipe Gilbert (OLO) with 8 points, Maxime Monfort (LEO) with 7 points, followed by Linus Gerdemann (LEO), Tony Martin (THR), Frank Schleck (LEO), Brughardt (BMC), Gutierrez (MOV) and Cancellara (LEO).

Ahead of them by about 2 minutes and 55 seconds was a break that had stayed away for most of the stage. Those four men picked up the first intermediate sprint points and included Delage (FDJ) with 20 points, Meersman (FDJ) with 17 points, Talabardon (SAU) with 15 points, and Urtasun with 13 points.

Everything today appeared to suggest that Cavendish would be saving himself for the final sprint, including a broadcast of an early morning HTC Highroad meeting broadcast on Versus where the rider appeared to be sleeping. In that meeting, one of his teammates on the HTC Highroad team Danny Pate was instructed to protect the Manxman from the wind today.

The entire HTC-Highroad team were prepped for a Cav’ sprint. ”We want to go for the win in the stage and when there are only three flat days we’ve got to make the most of that….As we’ve seen in the last six stages and this weekend we’ve got two uphill finishes again… so, for the real sprinters, there’s not really a lot of opportunities,” said Alain Peiper , Directeur Sportif for the HTC Columbia to LeTour.fr.

“The climbers seem to have the advantage this year, so on a day like today we’ve just got to go to the finish and get it in the bag for Cav without any distractions.”

Peta Todd, the alleged girlfriend of Cavendish continued to Tweet up a storm for her amorcito-corazon:” #FF @MarkCavendish all round good egg. Pretty darn sweet on a bicycle as well as making me breathtakingly happy,” she wrote this morning.

Later she wrote “@HTCHighroad doing a freakin’ sweet effort at the front. The only pace I’m going to need to set is my paceMAKER cause my hearts giving out.” She also posted a picture of herself with a HTC Highroads bicycle cap on.

The weariness of yesterday’s cold, pounding rain, and stage five’s multiple crashes appears to have had an effect on the riders.

Average speeds were almost 10 km per hour slower than yesterday’s, slowing down to 33.1 km per hour in the fourth hour of racing–an indication that on this seventh day of racing many of the riders needed a rest.

Even riders like Thor Hushovd and his teammates from Garmin Cervelo who have been defending the Yellow Jersey since stage 2 appear to have tired of the pace they have had to maintain to keep the jersey.

And Phillipe Gilbert (OLO) who led the points classification at the beginning of today’s stage had team orders to work for the squad’s German sprinter André Greipel.

Taking advantage of the slow pace in the peloton, four riders Urtasun Perez (EUS), Delage (FDJ), Meersman (FDJ) and Talabardon (SAU), established an early break at the 3 km mark.

They managed to stay ahead for the majority of the race, with a 4 minute and 30 second lead on the peloton at the 134 km mark.

Every year Tour organizers invite “wildcard” teams to the Tour, with the hopes of adding a little interest to stages that almost formulaicly go to the stars like Cavendish and Hushovd.

The hope is those teams will add a little excitement, and this year they have by sending out riders in breakaways on just about every stage except stage 2, the team time trial.

Of those wildcard teams, every single one has a rider in a break since the start, inclduing Duque and Valentin from Team Cofidis, Hoogerland and Westra of Team Vacansoleil, Jeremy Roy, Delage, Meersman and Roux from Team Francais de Jeux,  Quemeneur, Turgot and Voeckler from Team Europcar, and  Talabardon and Delaplace of Saur-Sojasun.

Dutchman Johnny Hoogerland of Vacansoleil is leading the climbing classification after wining points in stages four and six.

OVERALL STANDINGS AT THE END OF STAGE 7 TOUR DE FRANCE 2011: Source: ASO

1.	HUSHOVD Thor	51	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 29′ 27″
2.	EVANS Cadel	141	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 29′ 28″	+ 00′ 01″
3.	SCHLECK Frank	18	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 29′ 31″	+ 00′ 04″
4.	MILLAR David	56	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 29′ 35″	+ 00′ 08″
5.	KLÖDEN Andréas	74	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 29′ 37″	+ 00′ 10″
6.	FUGLSANG Jakob	13	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 29′ 39″	+ 00′ 12″
7.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 29′ 39″	+ 00′ 12″
8.	MARTIN Tony	175	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 29′ 40″	+ 00′ 13″
9.	VELITS Peter	179	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 29′ 40″	+ 00′ 13″
10.	GESINK Robert	41	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 29′ 47″	+ 00′ 20″
11.	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	61	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 29′ 59″	+ 00′ 32″
12.	GILBERT Philippe	32	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 30′ 00″	+ 00′ 33″
13.	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	31	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 30′ 06″	+ 00′ 39″
14.	BARREDO Carlos	42	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 30′ 07″	+ 00′ 40″
15.	BASSO Ivan	91	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 30′ 30″	+ 01′ 03″
16.	DE WEERT Kevin	124	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 30′ 31″	+ 01′ 04″
17.	GERDEMANN Linus	14	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 30′ 33″	+ 01′ 06″
18.	ROCHE Nicolas	101	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 30′ 39″	+ 01′ 12″
19.	CUNEGO Damiano	161	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 30′ 39″	+ 01′ 12″
20.	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	88	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 30′ 42″	+ 01′ 15″
21.	VOECKLER Thomas	181	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 30′ 42″	+ 01′ 15″
22.	PINEAU Jérôme	127	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 30′ 48″	+ 01′ 21″
23.	KARPETS Vladimir	191	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 30′ 56″	+ 01′ 29″
24.	CONTADOR Alberto	1	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 31′ 09″	+ 01′ 42″
25.	DANIELSON Tom	52	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 31′ 24″	+ 01′ 57″
26.	VANDE VELDE Christian	58	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 31′ 24″	+ 01′ 57″
27.	MONFORT Maxime	15	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 31′ 27″	+ 02′ 00″
28.	TAARAMAE Rein	151	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 31′ 40″	+ 02′ 13″
29.	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	47	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 31′ 42″	+ 02′ 15″
30.	LEUKEMANS Bjorn	205	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 31′ 46″	+ 02′ 19″
31.	ZUBELDIA Haimar	79	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 31′ 51″	+ 02′ 24″
32.	SANCHEZ Samuel	21	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 32′ 03″	+ 02′ 36″
33.	JEANNESSON Arnold	134	FDJ	28h 32′ 04″	+ 02′ 37″
34.	TROFIMOV Yury	199	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 32′ 10″	+ 02′ 43″
35.	RUIJGH Rob	208	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 32′ 19″	+ 02′ 52″
36.	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	108	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 32′ 34″	+ 03′ 07″
37.	COPPEL Jérôme	211	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 32′ 43″	+ 03′ 16″
38.	THOMAS Geraint	117	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 32′ 45″	+ 03′ 18″
39.	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	114	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 32′ 45″	+ 03′ 18″
40.	KOREN Kristjan	93	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 32′ 51″	+ 03′ 24″
41.	HINAULT Sébastien	105	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 32′ 57″	+ 03′ 30″
42.	TURGOT Sébastien	189	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 33′ 27″	+ 04′ 00″
43.	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto	83	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 33′ 29″	+ 04′ 02″
44.	GAUTIER Cyril	183	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 33′ 31″	+ 04′ 04″
45.	SILIN Egor	198	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 33′ 45″	+ 04′ 18″
46.	PATERSKI Maciej	96	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 33′ 47″	+ 04′ 20″
47.	URAN Rigoberto	118	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 33′ 51″	+ 04′ 24″
48.	HESJEDAL Ryder	55	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 33′ 55″	+ 04′ 28″
49.	VICHOT Arthur	139	FDJ	28h 33′ 55″	+ 04′ 28″
50.	LEIPHEIMER Levi	75	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 33′ 56″	+ 04′ 29″
51.	MOLLEMA Bauke	45	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 34′ 07″	+ 04′ 40″
52.	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	197	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 34′ 18″	+ 04′ 51″
53.	GOSS Matthew Harley	174	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 34′ 21″	+ 04′ 54″
54.	GUSEV Vladimir	194	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 34′ 32″	+ 05′ 05″
55.	HINCAPIE George	144	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 34′ 43″	+ 05′ 16″
56.	DEVENYNS Dries	125	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 34′ 51″	+ 05′ 24″
57.	KREUZIGER Roman	66	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 35′ 02″	+ 05′ 35″
58.	ROELANDTS Jurgen	35	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 35′ 26″	+ 05′ 59″
59.	CAVENDISH Mark	171	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 35′ 33″	+ 06′ 06″
60.	BONNET William	132	FDJ	28h 35′ 40″	+ 06′ 13″
61.	DELAGE Mickaël	133	FDJ	28h 35′ 41″	+ 06′ 14″
62.	ROLLAND Pierre	188	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 35′ 43″	+ 06′ 16″
63.	VERDUGO Gorka	29	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 35′ 53″	+ 06′ 26″
64.	GUTIERREZ José Ivan	85	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 35′ 53″	+ 06′ 26″
65.	MEERSMAN Gianni	135	FDJ	28h 35′ 55″	+ 06′ 28″
66.	CASAR Sandy	131	FDJ	28h 35′ 56″	+ 06′ 29″
67.	HONDO Danilo	165	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 35′ 56″	+ 06′ 29″
68.	EL FARES Julien	155	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 36′ 07″	+ 06′ 40″
69.	MARCATO Marco	206	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 36′ 14″	+ 06′ 47″
70.	SWIFT Ben	116	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 36′ 23″	+ 06′ 56″
71.	PETACCHI Alessandro	169	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 36′ 24″	+ 06′ 57″
72.	CHARTEAU Anthony	182	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 36′ 25″	+ 06′ 58″
73.	ROUX Anthony	137	FDJ	28h 36′ 42″	+ 07′ 15″
74.	BOUET Maxime	102	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 36′ 47″	+ 07′ 20″
75.	MONCOUTIE David	157	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 36′ 55″	+ 07′ 28″
76.	POELS Wouter	207	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 37′ 01″	+ 07′ 34″
77.	TXURRUKA Amets	26	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 37′ 20″	+ 07′ 53″
78.	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	178	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 37′ 33″	+ 08′ 06″
79.	O’GRADY Stuart	16	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 38′ 00″	+ 08′ 33″
80.	VANENDERT Jelle	38	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 38′ 07″	+ 08′ 40″
81.	OSS Daniel	95	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 38′ 16″	+ 08′ 49″
82.	DUQUE Leonardo	154	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 38′ 28″	+ 09′ 01″
83.	TALABARDON Yannick	219	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 38′ 30″	+ 09′ 03″
84.	BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo	162	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 38′ 35″	+ 09′ 08″
85.	TEN DAM Laurens	48	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 38′ 44″	+ 09′ 17″
86.	GERRANS Simon	113	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 38′ 49″	+ 09′ 22″
87.	MARTINEZ Egoi	23	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 38′ 53″	+ 09′ 26″
88.	FEILLU Romain	201	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 38′ 55″	+ 09′ 28″
89.	PEREZ MORENO Ruben	25	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 39′ 08″	+ 09′ 41″
90.	HOOGERLAND Johnny	204	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 39′ 09″	+ 09′ 42″
91.	LOOSLI David	167	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 39′ 15″	+ 09′ 48″
92.	DUPONT Hubert	103	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 39′ 15″	+ 09′ 48″
93.	IRIZAR Markel	73	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 39′ 17″	+ 09′ 50″
94.	QUINZIATO Manuel	147	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 39′ 18″	+ 09′ 51″
95.	TJALLINGII Maarten	49	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 39′ 21″	+ 09′ 54″
96.	CANCELLARA Fabian	12	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 39′ 22″	+ 09′ 55″
97.	GARATE Juan Manuel	44	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 39′ 24″	+ 09′ 57″
98.	VANOTTI Alessandro	99	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 39′ 46″	+ 10′ 19″
99.	VALENTIN Tristan	158	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 40′ 13″	+ 10′ 46″
100.	GALLAND Jeremie	215	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 40′ 15″	+ 10′ 48″
101.	BOZIC Borut	202	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 40′ 30″	+ 11′ 03″
102.	LANG Sebastian	34	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 40′ 42″	+ 11′ 15″
103.	MALORI Adriano	168	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 40′ 43″	+ 11′ 16″
104.	FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio	112	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 40′ 47″	+ 11′ 20″
105.	MORABITO Steve	146	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 41′ 07″	+ 11′ 40″
106.	KNEES Christian	115	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 41′ 13″	+ 11′ 46″
107.	GADRET John	104	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 41′ 14″	+ 11′ 47″
108.	TOSATTO Matteo	8	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 41′ 18″	+ 11′ 51″
109.	BOLE Grega	163	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 41′ 30″	+ 12′ 03″
110.	GALLOPIN Tony	156	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 41′ 32″	+ 12′ 05″
111.	NIERMANN Grischa Jan	46	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 41′ 41″	+ 12′ 14″
112.	GALIMZYANOV Denis	193	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 41′ 44″	+ 12′ 17″
113.	GENE Yohann	184	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 41′ 48″	+ 12′ 21″
114.	SCHÄR Michael	149	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 41′ 50″	+ 12′ 23″
115.	SIEBERG Marcel	36	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 41′ 56″	+ 12′ 29″
116.	PEREZ LEZAUN Alan	24	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 42′ 09″	+ 12′ 42″
117.	ERVITI Imanol	84	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 42′ 11″	+ 12′ 44″
118.	SORENSEN Nicki	7	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 42′ 14″	+ 12′ 47″
119.	HORNER Christopher	72	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 42′ 26″	+ 12′ 59″
120.	DI GREGORIO Rémy	62	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 42′ 31″	+ 13′ 04″
121.	BOOM Lars	43	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	28h 42′ 38″	+ 13′ 11″
122.	WILLEMS Frederik	39	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 42′ 51″	+ 13′ 24″
123.	VAITKUS Tomas	68	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 42′ 59″	+ 13′ 32″
124.	VANDBORG Brian	9	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 43′ 03″	+ 13′ 36″
125.	CHAVANEL Sylvain	121	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 43′ 14″	+ 13′ 47″
126.	NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin	4	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 43′ 14″	+ 13′ 47″
127.	POSTHUMA Joost	17	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 43′ 19″	+ 13′ 52″
128.	IGNATYEV Mikhail	195	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 43′ 25″	+ 13′ 58″
129.	BODNAR Maciej	92	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 43′ 45″	+ 14′ 18″
130.	VOIGT Jens	19	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	28h 43′ 50″	+ 14′ 23″
131.	HIVERT Jonathan	216	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 44′ 27″	+ 15′ 00″
132.	FOFONOV Dmitriy	63	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 44′ 30″	+ 15′ 03″
133.	BRUTT Pavel	192	KATUSHA TEAM	28h 44′ 39″	+ 15′ 12″
134.	DEAN Julian	53	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 44′ 42″	+ 15′ 15″
135.	VENTOSO Francisco	89	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 44′ 46″	+ 15′ 19″
136.	DELAPLACE Anthony	213	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 44′ 53″	+ 15′ 26″
137.	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	57	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 45′ 11″	+ 15′ 44″
138.	MINARD Sébastien	107	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 45′ 20″	+ 15′ 53″
139.	KOSTYUK Denys	166	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 45′ 21″	+ 15′ 54″
140.	GRIVKO Andriy	64	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 45′ 28″	+ 16′ 01″
141.	LONGO BORGHINI Paolo	94	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 45′ 34″	+ 16′ 07″
142.	FARRAR Tyler	54	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 45′ 39″	+ 16′ 12″
143.	RIBLON Christophe	109	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 46′ 09″	+ 16′ 42″
144.	MOINARD Amaël	145	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 46′ 12″	+ 16′ 45″
145.	PATE Danny	176	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 46′ 14″	+ 16′ 47″
146.	DE GENDT Thomas	203	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 46′ 23″	+ 16′ 56″
147.	ZINGLE Romain	159	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 46′ 33″	+ 17′ 06″
148.	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	78	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 46′ 41″	+ 17′ 14″
149.	ARROYO David	81	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 46′ 48″	+ 17′ 21″
150.	BOOKWALTER Brent	142	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 47′ 11″	+ 17′ 44″
151.	MANGEL Laurent	218	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 47′ 12″	+ 17′ 45″
152.	COYOT Arnaud	212	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 47′ 56″	+ 18′ 29″
153.	IGLINSKIY Maxim	65	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 47′ 57″	+ 18′ 30″
154.	INTXAUSTI Benat	86	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 48′ 05″	+ 18′ 38″
155.	EISEL Bernhard	173	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 48′ 12″	+ 18′ 45″
156.	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	217	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 48′ 24″	+ 18′ 57″
157.	ZEITS Andrey	69	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 48′ 37″	+ 19′ 10″
158.	WESTRA Lieuwe	209	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	28h 48′ 49″	+ 19′ 22″
159.	SZMYD Sylvester	98	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 49′ 11″	+ 19′ 44″
160.	SORENSEN Chris Anker	6	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 49′ 23″	+ 19′ 56″
161.	PORTE Richie	5	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 49′ 24″	+ 19′ 57″
162.	SANTAROMITA Ivan	148	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 49′ 32″	+ 20′ 05″
163.	BURGHARDT Marcus	143	BMC RACING TEAM	28h 49′ 41″	+ 20′ 14″
164.	DUMOULIN Samuel	153	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	28h 50′ 29″	+ 21′ 02″
165.	GREIPEL André	33	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	28h 50′ 45″	+ 21′ 18″
166.	RENSHAW Mark	177	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 51′ 10″	+ 21′ 43″
167.	BAK Lars	172	HTC – HIGHROAD	28h 52′ 33″	+ 23′ 06″
168.	CIOLEK Gerald	123	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 53′ 46″	+ 24′ 19″
169.	ROY Jérémy	138	FDJ	28h 54′ 00″	+ 24′ 33″
170.	BONO Matteo	164	LAMPRE – ISD	28h 54′ 18″	+ 24′ 51″
171.	NAVARRO Daniel	3	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	28h 54′ 41″	+ 25′ 14″
172.	IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka	22	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 55′ 09″	+ 25′ 42″
173.	ZABRISKIE David	59	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	28h 56′ 11″	+ 26′ 44″
174.	URTASUN PEREZ Pablo	27	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	28h 56′ 16″	+ 26′ 49″
175.	PAULINHO Sergio	77	TEAM RADIOSHACK	28h 57′ 51″	+ 28′ 24″
176.	ZANDIO Xabier	119	SKY PROCYCLING	28h 58′ 15″	+ 28′ 48″
177.	TIRALONGO Paolo	67	PRO TEAM ASTANA	28h 58′ 15″	+ 28′ 48″
178.	QUEMENEUR Perrig	187	TEAM EUROPCAR	28h 58′ 20″	+ 28′ 53″
179.	SABATINI Fabio	97	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	28h 58′ 40″	+ 29′ 13″
180.	ENGOULVENT Jimmy	214	SAUR-SOJASUN	28h 59′ 11″	+ 29′ 44″
181.	TERPSTRA Niki	129	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	28h 59′ 17″	+ 29′ 50″
182.	AMADOR Andrey	82	MOVISTAR TEAM	28h 59′ 40″	+ 30′ 13″
183.	KADRI Blel	106	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28h 59′ 40″	+ 30′ 13″
184.	MURAVYEV Dmitriy	76	TEAM RADIOSHACK	29h 00′ 11″	+ 30′ 44″
185.	BUFFAZ Mickaël	152	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	29h 00′ 59″	+ 31′ 32″
186.	ISAICHEV Vladimir	196	KATUSHA TEAM	29h 01′ 06″	+ 31′ 39″
187.	ENGELS Addy	126	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	29h 04′ 32″	+ 35′ 05″
188.	STEEGMANS Gert	128	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	29h 11′ 34″	+ 42′ 07″
189.	HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus	2	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	29h 17′ 12″	+ 47′ 45″
190.	JEROME Vincent	185	TEAM EUROPCAR	29h 18′ 56″	+ 49′ 29″

STAGE STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 7: Source: ASO

1.	CAVENDISH Mark	171	HTC – HIGHROAD	5h 38′ 53″
2.	PETACCHI Alessandro	169	LAMPRE – ISD	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
3.	GREIPEL André	33	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
4.	FEILLU Romain	201	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
5.	BONNET William	132	FDJ	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
6.	GALIMZYANOV Denis	193	KATUSHA TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
7.	HUSHOVD Thor	51	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
8.	TURGOT Sébastien	189	TEAM EUROPCAR	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
9.	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	88	MOVISTAR TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
10.	HINAULT Sébastien	105	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
11.	PINEAU Jérôme	127	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
12.	JEANNESSON Arnold	134	FDJ	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
13.	BOZIC Borut	202	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
14.	GILBERT Philippe	32	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
15.	ROCHE Nicolas	101	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
16.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
17.	O’GRADY Stuart	16	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
18.	MILLAR David	56	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
19.	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	31	OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
20.	RENSHAW Mark	177	HTC – HIGHROAD	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
21.	FUGLSANG Jakob	13	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
22.	EVANS Cadel	141	BMC RACING TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
23.	SCHÄR Michael	149	BMC RACING TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
24.	DE WEERT Kevin	124	QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
25.	RUIJGH Rob	208	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
26.	VANDE VELDE Christian	58	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
27.	DEAN Julian	53	TEAM GARMIN – CERVELO	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
28.	HONDO Danilo	165	LAMPRE – ISD	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
29.	TJALLINGII Maarten	49	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
30.	KLÖDEN Andréas	74	TEAM RADIOSHACK	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
31.	SCHLECK Frank	18	TEAM LEOPARD-TREK	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
32.	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	61	PRO TEAM ASTANA	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
33.	CONTADOR Alberto	1	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
34.	GUTIERREZ José Ivan	85	MOVISTAR TEAM	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″
35.	BOLE Grega	163	LAMPRE – ISD	5h 38′ 53″	+ 00′ 00″

Tags: Alessandro Petachhi, Andre Greipel, Bradley Wiggins, Cadel Evans, Frank Schleck, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Mark Cavendish, Mark Renshaw, Phillippe Gilbert, Stage 7, Sylvain Chavanel, Team HTC Highroads, Thor Hushovd, Tom Boonen, Tour de France 2011