Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6 summary
 

Stage 6 : June 13, 2014, Grenoble - Posiy, 168 km

1 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma Quick Step Cycling Team 4.07.20
2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
3 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma Quick Step Cycling Team 0.24
4 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol
5 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
7 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale
8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits.


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Lieuwe Westra
+17 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+14 Valerio Conti
+11 Julien Simon
+11 Jens Keukeleire
+11 Jan Bakelants
+11 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+10 Thomas Damuseau
+9 Zdenek Stybar
+9 Jens Voigt

Biggest losers by position :
-21 George Bennett
-14 Michal Kwiatkowski
-10 Alessandro Vanotti
-9 Frederik Willems
-9 Michal Golas
-8 Tony Gallopin
-7 Alessandro De Marchi
-7 Ivan Santaromita
-6 Arthur Vichot
-6 Bob Jungels
-6 Damiano Caruso

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:05 Jan Bakelants
+4:01 Lieuwe Westra
+3:35 Zdenek Stybar
+3:31 Valerio Conti
+3:31 Thomas Damuseau
+3:31 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+3:31 Maciej Bodnar
+3:31 Julien Simon
+3:31 Jens Voigt
+3:31 Jens Keukeleire

Biggest losers by time :
-11:34 Leigh Howard
-11:34 Sylvester Szmyd
-11:34 Vincent Jerome
-11:34 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-11:21 Frederik Willems
-9:16 Danny Pate
-8:40 Alessandro Vanotti
-8:40 Kris Boeckmans
-8:06 Alessandro De Marchi
-8:06 Daniel Schorn
-8:06 George Bennett

Favourites by position :
+17 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+3 Richie Porte
-1 Tejay van Garderen
-1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-5 Simon Spilak
-14 Michal Kwiatkowski

Favourites by time :
+3:31 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-2:59 Simon Spilak
-4:33 Michal Kwiatkowski

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 23:12:15 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:12 (unchanged)
3 Wilco Kelderman 0:12 (unchanged)
4 Andrew Talansky 0:33 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:35 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 0:50 (unchanged)
7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 1:22 (unchanged)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 1:22 (unchanged)
9 Adam Yates 1:24 (unchanged)
10 Tanel Kangert 1:35 (unchanged)
.....
16 Tejay van Garderen 2:22 (was 15th at 2:22)
.....
19 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:42 (was 18th at 2:42)
.....
31 Jean-Christophe Peraud 8:20 (was 48th at 11:51)
.....
42 Richie Porte 11:08 (was 45th at 11:08)
.....
44 Michal Kwiatkowski 11:18 (was 30th at 6:45)
.....
78 Simon Spilak 25:50 (was 73rd at 22:51)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 30 (unchanged)
2 Jan Bakelants 29 (was 14th with 9 points)
3 Wilco Kelderman 28 (was 2nd with 28 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 24 (was 3rd with 24 points)
5 Yury Trofimov 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
6 Simon Spilak 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
7 Nikias Arndt 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
8 Andrew Talansky 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
9 Adam Yates 13 (was 8th with 13 points)
10 Zdenek Stybar 13 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro De Marchi 72 (unchanged)
2 Kevin Reza 44 (unchanged)
3 Thomas Damuseau 36 (was 3rd with 33 points)
4 Damiano Caruso 31 (unchanged)
5 Jan Bakelants 25 (was 9th with 19 points)
6 Blel Kadri 23 (was 5th with 23 points)
7 Alexis Gougeard 23 (was 6th with 23 points)
8 Christopher Froome 22 (was 7th with 22 points)
9 Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin 20 (was 8th with 20 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 19 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 6
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 6
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 5
Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 5
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing 5
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 5
Jerome Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 5
Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 5
Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 3
Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 3
Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp 3
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 3
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 2
Total retirements : 18


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