Stage 7: De Rooy 1st, Loprais 2nd, Kolomy 6th; climbs to 3rd place overall!

The stage victory has gone to Dutchman Gerard de Rooy, with a time of 2:02′21″, building on the first place obtained on the first half of the stage. In second place, Ales Loprais (Tatra) finished 1′09″ behind, but in front of Andrey Karginov’s Kamaz (1′38″ behind De Rooy) and Pieter Versluis (Man), 2′11” behind the Dutch Iveco driver. Miki Biasion completes the top 5, 2′21″ behind the stage leader, followed by Martin Kolomy (2′54″ behind De Rooy), Eduard Nikolaev and MArcel Van Vliet.
Even if the gaps are not dizzying between the leaders, Gerard De Rooy (Iveco) gave himself some room for manoeuvre today. He boasts a lead of 22′08″ over Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz) and 41′25″ over Martin Kolomy (Tatra). 1:24′10″ behind the Dutchman, Andrey Karginov (Kamaz) is himself in front of Czech Tatra driver Ales Loprais (1:57′19″ behind the general standings leader).
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The stage victory today has gone to Dutchman Gerard de Rooy, with a time of 2:02′21″, building on the first place obtained on the first half of the stage. In second place, Ales Loprais (Tatra) finished 1′09″ behind, but in front of Andrey Karginov’s Kamaz (1′38″ behind De Rooy) and Pieter Versluis (Man), 2′11” behind the Dutch Iveco driver. Miki Biasion completes the top 5, 2′21″ behind the stage leader, followed by Martin Kolomy (2′54″ behind De Rooy), Eduard Nikolaev and MArcel Van Vliet.
Even if the gaps are not dizzying between the leaders, Gerard De Rooy (Iveco) gave himself some room for manoeuvre today. He boasts a lead of 22′08″ over Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz) and 41′25″ over Martin Kolomy (Tatra). 1:24′10″ behind the Dutchman, Andrey Karginov (Kamaz) is himself in front of Czech Tatra driver Ales Loprais (1:57′19″ behind the general standings leader).
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