Cycling & bikes - Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Jun 9, Saint-Alban-Leysse - Morzine, 166.5 km

1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 4.46.12
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.16
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0.24
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan

Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+38 Christophe Riblon
+34 Nicolas Vogondy
+33 Nicolas Edet
+30 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+26 Thierry Huppond
+25 Petr Ignatenko
+24 Alexandre Geniez
+23 Marco Marzano
+23 Guillaume Levarlet
+22 Matteo Carrara

Biggest losers by position :
-32 Gerald Ciolek
-31 Tony Gallopin
-29 Denis Menchov
-26 Simon Clarke
-25 Alessandro Vanotti
-24 Yaroslav Popovych
-20 Daniele Ratto
-20 Mickael Cherel
-19 Arthur Vichot
-18 George Hincapie
-17 Simon Gerrans

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:24 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:08 Cadel Evans

Biggest losers by time :
-27:51 Jos van Emden
-25:33 Roger Kluge
-25:09 Alan Perez Lezaun
-20:20 Alessandro Vanotti
-20:20 Daniele Ratto
-20:20 Danny Pate
-20:20 Davide Cimolai
-20:20 Frederik Willems
-20:20 Gerald Ciolek
-20:20 Kenny Dehaes
-20:20 Leigh Howard

Favourites by position :
+7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+7 David Arroyo Duran
+6 Alexander Vinokourov
+3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Janez Brajkovic
+2 Christopher Froome
+1 Michael Rogers
+1 Cadel Evans
-12 Tony Martin
-14 Vincenzo Nibali
-17 Thomas Voeckler
-29 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Cadel Evans
-0:20 Janez Brajkovic
-3:37 Tony Martin
-7:49 David Arroyo Duran
-8:50 Vincenzo Nibali
-10:12 Thomas Voeckler
-13:10 Denis Menchov
-13:10 Alexander Vinokourov
-13:30 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 23:40:59 (unchanged)
2 Michael Rogers 1:20 (was 3rd at 1:20)
3 Cadel Evans 1:36 (was 4th at 1:44)
4 Christopher Froome 1:48 (was 6th at 1:48)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:22 (was 8th at 2:22)
6 Vasili Kiryienka 2:58 (was 12th at 2:58)
7 Janez Brajkovic 3:07 (was 9th at 2:47)
8 Wilco Kelderman 3:26 (was 5th at 1:45)
9 Richie Porte 3:44 (was 17th at 3:34)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 3:51 (was 13th at 3:03)
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14 Tony Martin 4:15 (was 2nd at 0:38)
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32 Vincenzo Nibali 12:29 (was 18th at 3:39)
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45 Thomas Voeckler 16:32 (was 28th at 6:20)
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48 Denis Menchov 17:02 (was 19th at 3:52)
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61 David Arroyo Duran 22:18 (was 68th at 14:29)
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113 Alexander Vinokourov 40:22 (was 119th at 27:12)
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136 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 50:55 (was 143rd at 37:25)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Cadel Evans 56 (was 2nd with 44 points)
2 Tony Gallopin 51 (was 1st with 51 points)
3 Bradley Wiggins 47 (was 3rd with 39 points)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 43 (was 8th with 33 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 36 (was 4th with 36 points)
6 Gerald Ciolek 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
7 Julien Simon 35 (was 6th with 35 points)
8 Borut Bozic 35 (was 7th with 35 points)
9 Tony Martin 28 (unchanged)
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 25 (was 12th with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa 88 (was 1st with 47 points)
2 Blel Kadri 61 (was 2nd with 46 points)
3 David Moncoutie 61 (was 5th with 37 points)
4 Giovanni Bernaudeau 38 (was 3rd with 38 points)
5 Nicolas Edet 38 (was 4th with 38 points)
6 Christophe Kern 31 (unchanged)
7 Brice Feillu 27 (was 11th with 12 points)
8 Alberto Losada Alguacil 23 (was 9th with 19 points)
9 Egoi Martinez 23 (was 7th with 23 points)
10 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 20 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 6
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team 6
Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5
Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 5
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos-Shimano 5
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 5
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 5
Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano 5
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2
Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Total retirements : 20

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