Stage 6 : Jun 13, Leuggern - Meilen, 186.1 km

1 Gregory Rast (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 4.23.53
2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0.25
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha
4 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0.28
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10.43
6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Bert Grabsch
+35 Mathew Hayman
+32 Alexandr Kolobnev
+26 Gregory Rast
+7 Sam Bewley
+6 Romain Feillu
+6 Ben Swift
+5 Jonas Ahlstrand
+5 Enrique Sanz
+5 Aidis Kruopis

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Martin Kohler
-8 Ricardo Mestre
-3 Gatis Smukulis
-3 Hayden Roulston
-3 Patrick Gretsch
-2 Andy Schleck
-2 Jean-Marc Marino
-2 Jorge Azanza Soto
-2 Kristof Vandewalle
-2 Marcus Burghardt
-2 Martin Elmiger

Biggest gainers by time :
+10:43 Gregory Rast
+10:18 Mathew Hayman
+10:18 Alexandr Kolobnev
+10:15 Bert Grabsch

Biggest losers by time :
-4:54 Alex Rasmussen
-4:54 Arman Kamyshev
-4:54 Kenny Dehaes
-4:54 Mark Renshaw
-4:54 Martin Kohler
-4:54 Olivier Kaisen
-4:54 Ricardo Mestre
-0:50 Fabian Cancellara
-0:41 Gatis Smukulis
-0:39 Cedric Pineau
-0:32 Jean-Marc Marino

Favourites by position :
+1 Michael Albasini
-1 Michele Scarponi
-2 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:32 Michele Scarponi

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathias Frank 20:31:06 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:35 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:57 (unchanged)
5 Bauke Mollema 1:08 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 1:23 (unchanged)
7 Tanel Kangert 1:26 (unchanged)
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:28 (unchanged)
9 Tejay van Garderen 1:39 (unchanged)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:42 (unchanged)
11 Simon Spilak 1:50 (unchanged)
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13 Janez Brajkovic 2:24 (unchanged)
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20 Maxime Monfort 3:00 (unchanged)
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22 Wilco Kelderman 4:45 (unchanged)
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33 Michael Albasini 7:59 (was 34th at 7:59)
34 Michele Scarponi 8:26 (was 33rd at 7:54)
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54 Steven Kruijswijk 14:21 (unchanged)
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69 Andy Schleck 21:14 (was 67th at 21:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 55 (was 1st with 44 points)
2 Arnaud Demare 50 (was 2nd with 41 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 41 (was 3rd with 36 points)
4 Matthew Harley Goss 30 (was 5th with 30 points)
5 Gregory Rast 27 (was 40th with 2 points)
6 Bauke Mollema 23 (unchanged)
7 John Degenkolb 23 (was 16th with 13 points)
8 Davide Cimolai 23 (was 9th with 16 points)
9 Mathias Frank 22 (was 7th with 22 points)
10 Mathew Hayman 20 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Robert Vrecer 19 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 12 (unchanged)
3 Serge Pauwels 12 (unchanged)
4 Jens Voigt 12 (unchanged)
5 Alexandr Kolobnev 10 (was 0 points)
6 Olivier Kaisen 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
7 Mathias Frank 8 (was 6th with 8 points)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 8 (was 7th with 8 points)
9 Thibaut Pinot 6 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Peter Sagan 6 (was 9th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 6
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 5
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 10


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