Stage 6 : August 29, 2019 Mora del Rubielos - Ares del Maestart 198.9 km

1 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 4.43.55
2 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0.07
3 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.21
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
5 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0.37
6 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.39
7 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0.45
8 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0.47
9 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Ineos 0.50
10 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 2.35


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+49 Nelson Oliveira
+49 Dorian Godon
+48 Pawel Poljanski
+38 Bruno Armirail
+29 Michael Storer
+28 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+27 Willem Jakobus Smit
+26 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+26 Gianluca Brambilla
+25 Robert Gesink

Biggest losers by position :
-46 Tejay van Garderen
-38 Jacopo Mosca
-34 Davide Formolo
-30 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-27 Yukiya Arashiro
-26 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela
-25 Logan Owen
-24 Jesus Ezquerra Muela
-22 Edward Theuns
-20 Silvan Dillier
-17 Fabio Jakobsen

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:54 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+4:43 Dylan Teuns
+4:28 Dorian Godon
+4:23 Robert Gesink
+4:09 Bruno Armirail
+4:05 Pawel Poljanski
+3:59 Nelson Oliveira
+3:57 Gianluca Brambilla
+3:57 David de la Cruz
+2:09 Tsgabu Grmay

Biggest losers by time :
-20:01 Tejay van Garderen
-19:00 Fernando Gaviria
-19:00 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-18:31 Phil Bauhaus
-18:08 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro
-18:08 Casper Pedersen
-18:08 Edward Theuns
-18:08 Fabio Jakobsen
-18:08 Heinrich Haussler
-18:08 Jelle Wallays
-18:08 Jon Aberasturi Izaga

Favourites by position :
+24 Dylan Teuns
+12 Marc Soler
+5 Ion Izagirre Insausti
+4 Jakob Fuglsang
+3 Wout Poels
+1 George Bennett
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Rafal Majka
-2 Primoz Roglic
-2 Nairo Quintana
-2 Miguel Angel Lopez
-3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-46 Tejay van Garderen

Favourites by time :
+4:43 Dylan Teuns
-1:00 Wilco Kelderman
-1:00 Rafal Majka
-1:00 Primoz Roglic
-1:00 Nairo Quintana
-1:00 Miguel Angel Lopez
-1:00 Marc Soler
-1:00 George Bennett
-1:00 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:16 Ion Izagirre Insausti
-1:54 Jakob Fuglsang
-7:31 Wout Poels
-20:01 Tejay van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Dylan Teuns 23:44:00 (was 25th at 4:43)
2 David de la Cruz 0:38 (was 23rd at 4:35)
3 Miguel Angel Lopez 1:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Primoz Roglic 1:14 (was 2nd at 0:14)
5 Nairo Quintana 1:23 (was 3rd at 0:23)
6 Robert Gesink 1:23 (was 31st at 5:46)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:28 (was 4th at 0:28)
8 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 2:17 (was 7th at 1:17)
9 Rafal Majka 2:18 (was 8th at 1:18)
10 Tadej Pogacar 2:47 (was 9th at 1:49)
11 Wilco Kelderman 2:50 (was 10th at 1:50)
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14 George Bennett 3:29 (was 15th at 2:29)
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28 Jakob Fuglsang 7:44 (was 32nd at 5:50)
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30 Ion Izagirre Insausti 8:53 (was 35th at 7:37)
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40 Marc Soler 12:09 (was 52nd at 11:09)
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66 Wout Poels 23:30 (was 69th at 15:59)
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79 Tejay van Garderen 26:14 (was 33rd at 6:13)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sam Bennett 45 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Quintana 36 (was 3rd with 33 points)
3 Fabio Jakobsen 34 (was 2nd with 34 points)
4 Primoz Roglic 28 (unchanged)
5 Angel Madrazo Ruiz 26 (unchanged)
6 Jesus Herrada Lopez 25 (was 0 points)
7 Luka Mezgec 25 (was 6th with 25 points)
8 Jetse Bol 24 (was 7th with 24 points)
9 Tadej Pogacar 22 (was 14th with 17 points)
10 Edward Theuns 22 (was 9th with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Angel Madrazo Ruiz 33 (unchanged)
2 Jetse Bol 11 (unchanged)
3 Wout Poels 8 (was 0 points)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
5 Jose Herrada 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
6 Jesus Herrada Lopez 5 (was 0 points)
7 Sander Armee 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
8 Tsgabu Grmay 3 (was 0 points)
9 Jelle Wallays 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
10 Pierre Latour 3 (was 7th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Domingos Goncalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6
Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 6
Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 6
Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 6
Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6
Victor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team 6
Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 5
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 4
Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3
Total retirements : 9


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