Stage 6 : Jun 11, Les Gets - Le Collet d'Allevard, 192.5 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 5.12.47
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.31
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.39
4 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0.41
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0.50
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.54
7 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1.00
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.06
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.09
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1.58


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Robert Gesink
+36 Jason McCartney
+32 Karsten Kroon
+31 Grischa Niermann
+29 Marco Marzano
+29 Jeremy Roy
+29 Ivan Murillo Velasco
+26 Julien Vermote
+26 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+25 Ivan Basso

Biggest losers by position :
-53 Arnold Jeannesson
-43 Geraint Thomas
-34 Santo Anza
-32 Peio Bilbao
-31 Pim Ligthart
-31 Yukiya Arashiro
-27 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-26 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-24 Brian Vandborg
-24 Paul Martens
-23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:54 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver
+0:23 Robert Gesink
+0:15 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+0:13 Christophe Kern
+0:04 Alexander Vinokourov

Biggest losers by time :
-28:50 Pim Ligthart
-28:45 Andreas Klier
-28:45 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-28:45 Cyril Bessy
-28:45 Daniel Lloyd
-28:45 Frederik Willems
-28:45 Jan Ghyselinck
-28:45 John Degenkolb
-28:45 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
-28:45 Jurgen Roelandts
-28:45 Maarten Tjallingii

Favourites by position :
+41 Robert Gesink
+26 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+25 Ivan Basso
+24 Daniel Martin
+16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Tony Martin
+1 Alexander Vinokourov
-1 David Zabriskie
-4 Rein Taaramae
-6 Janez Brajkovic

Favourites by time :
+0:23 Robert Gesink
+0:04 Alexander Vinokourov
-0:15 Cadel Evans
-2:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3:01 Janez Brajkovic
-3:28 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-3:34 Ivan Basso
-4:04 Daniel Martin
-4:19 Rein Taaramae
-6:26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-12:12 Tony Martin
-12:12 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 23:16:11 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:26 (was 2nd at 1:11)
3 Alexander Vinokourov 1:52 (was 4th at 1:56)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:13 (was 6th at 2:28)
5 Christophe Kern 2:52 (was 11th at 3:05)
6 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 3:01 (was 15th at 3:55)
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud 3:30 (was 12th at 3:18)
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou 4:14 (was 10th at 2:52)
9 Janez Brajkovic 4:22 (was 3rd at 1:21)
10 Thomas Voeckler 4:27 (was 13th at 3:23)
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16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:31 (was 18th at 4:15)
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20 Rein Taaramae 8:28 (was 16th at 4:09)
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33 Ivan Basso 14:15 (was 58th at 10:41)
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38 Robert Gesink 16:20 (was 79th at 16:43)
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42 Daniel Martin 17:44 (was 66th at 13:40)
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44 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 18:25 (was 60th at 11:59)
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55 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 20:42 (was 81st at 17:14)
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65 David Zabriskie 25:49 (was 64th at 13:37)
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72 Tony Martin 27:38 (was 73rd at 15:26)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 71 (was 2nd with 56 points)
2 Bradley Wiggins 60 (was 3rd with 55 points)
3 Alexandre Vinokourov 59 (was 4th with 53 points)
4 John Degenkolb 58 (was 1st with 58 points)
5 Thomas Voeckler 48 (was 5th with 47 points)
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 47 (was 8th with 37 points)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 47 (was 6th with 47 points)
8 Cadel Evans 41 (was 7th with 39 points)
9 Christophe Kern 36 (was 11th with 28 points)
10 Samuel Dumoulin 35 (was 9th with 35 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Leonardo Fabio Duque 45 (was 1st with 39 points)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 36 (was 3rd with 16 points)
3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 30 (was 12th with 9 points)
4 Mauro Finetto 29 (was 7th with 12 points)
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers 26 (was 0 points)
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 26 (was 8th with 10 points)
7 Alexandre Vinokourov 25 (was 5th with 13 points)
8 Christophe Kern 24 (was 9th with 10 points)
9 Robert Gesink 24 (was 0 points)
10 Juan Manuel Garate 21 (was 20th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 6
Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD 6
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 6
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 6
Jan Tratnik (Slo) Quickstep Cycling Team 6
John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 6
Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard 6
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 6
Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 6
Andy Cappelle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 4
Total retirements : 21


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