Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary
 

Stage 6 - Thursday, May 14: Bressanone/Brixen - Mayrhofen (Aut), 248km

First 10 finishers :
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.49.55 (42.524km/h)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Robert Hunter
+43 Paolo Longo Borghini
+42 Ricardo Serrano
+39 Gonzalo Rabunal
+36 Steve Morabito
+36 Kasper Klostergaard
+31 Mathieu Perget
+26 Anders Lund
+25 Pieter Jacobs
+24 David Zabriskie

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Ignatas Konovalovas
-36 Serge Pauwels
-34 Eros Capecchi
-26 Ronny Scholz
-26 Serafin Martinez
-25 Addy Engels
-24 Francesco Failli
-24 Ruggero Marzoli
-24 Tom Stamsnijder
-24 Tyler Farrar
-23 Mark Cavendish

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:56 Michele Scarponi
+0:16 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+0:12 Allan Davis
+0:04 Philippe Gilbert
+0:04 Matthew Goss
+0:04 Filippo Pozzato
+0:04 Enrico Gasparotto

Biggest losers by time :
-14:59 Evgeny Sokolov
-14:39 Addy Engels
-14:39 Alessandro Bertolini
-14:39 Alessandro Donati
-14:39 Bjorn Schroder
-14:39 Bram De Groot
-14:39 Dario Andriotto
-14:39 Davide Vigano
-14:39 Eros Capecchi
-14:39 Fabian Cancellara
-14:39 Francesco Failli

Favourites by position :
+6 Jens Voigt
-3 Lance Armstrong
-9 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-0:39 Lance Armstrong
-14:39 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 22.11.15
2 Thomas Lovkvist 0.05
3 Michael Rogers 0.36
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.43
5 Denis Menchov 0.50
6 Ivan Basso 1.06
7 Carlos Sastre 1.16
.....
9 Franco Pellizotti 1.27
.....
11 Gilberto Simoni 2.01
.....
19 Marzio Bruseghin 3.16
.....
21 Damiano Cunego 3.29
.....
25 Lance Armstrong 4.13
.....
40 Stefano Garzelli 6.41
.....
81 Jens Voigt 23.09
.....
171 Fabian Cancellara 58.02

Retirements to date : Stage
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Total retirements : 4

Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary
 

In article ,
Bob Martin wrote:


Stage 6 - Thursday, May 14: Bressanone/Brixen - Mayrhofen (Aut), 248km

First 10 finishers :
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.49.55 (42.524km/h)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

[...]

The top ten finishers is an excellent addition. Thanks, again.

--
Michael Press

Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary
 

in 71837 20090515 004217 Michael Press wrote:
In article ,
Bob Martin wrote:


Stage 6 - Thursday, May 14: Bressanone/Brixen - Mayrhofen (Aut), 248km

First 10 finishers :
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.49.55 (42.524km/h)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

[...]

The top ten finishers is an excellent addition. Thanks, again.

My son's suggestion, as was the original idea. He's a keen cyclist : he has climbed
Alpe d'Huez and Col du Tourmalet and is off to tackle Mont Ventoux next month.