Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+76 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
+66 Hubert Schwab
+43 Marco Pinotti
+41 Christophe Kern
+39 Daniele Contrini
+34 Pierre Drancourt
+34 Dmitry Kozontchouk
+33 Michael Rasmussen
+33 Matthew White
+32 Maximiliano Richeze

Biggest losers by position :
-52 Julien Loubet
-33 Christophe Riblon
-33 Fabian Cancellara
-33 Ivan Rovny
-33 Mikhail Ignatiev
-31 Alexei Markov
-31 Giovanni Visconti
-29 Robbie McEwen
-27 Thomas Voeckler
-26 Alberto Ongarato
-25 Lloyd Mondory

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:17 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
+3:11 Marco Pinotti
+1:41 Christophe Kern
+1:23 Hubert Schwab

Biggest losers by time :
-18:59 Julien Loubet
-18:59 Timothy Gudsell
-15:04 Danilo Napolitano
-14:54 Gabriele Balducci
-14:44 Aaron Olson
-14:44 Alberto Ongarato
-14:44 Alexei Markov
-14:44 Anton Luengo Celaya
-14:44 Christophe Riblon
-14:44 Dario Andriotto
-14:44 Elio Aggiano

Favourites by position :
+1 Paolo Bettini
-2 Pietro Caucchioli
-2 Franco Pellizotti
-2 Davide Rebellin
-2 Danilo Di Luca
-2 Andrea Noe'
-3 Yaroslav Popovych
-3 Stefano Garzelli
-3 Riccardo Ricco
-3 Paolo Savoldelli
-3 Leonardo Piepoli
-3 Iban Mayo Diez
-3 Gilberto Simoni
-3 Dario David Cioni
-3 Damiano Cunego
-27 Thomas Voeckler
-33 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-4:12 Yaroslav Popovych
-4:12 Stefano Garzelli
-4:12 Riccardo Ricco
-4:12 Pietro Caucchioli
-4:12 Paolo Savoldelli
-4:12 Paolo Bettini
-4:12 Leonardo Piepoli
-4:12 Iban Mayo Diez
-4:12 Gilberto Simoni
-4:12 Franco Pellizotti
-4:12 Davide Rebellin
-4:12 Dario David Cioni
-4:12 Danilo Di Luca
-4:12 Damiano Cunego
-4:12 Andrea Noe'
-14:44 Thomas Voeckler
-14:44 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Marco Pinotti 23.44.32
2 Hubert Schwab 3.30
3 Danilo Di Luca 4.12
4 Franco Pellizotti 4.38
5 Andrea Noe' 4.47
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9 Damiano Cunego 5.06
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11 Paolo Savoldelli 5.19
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20 Stefano Garzelli 5.37
21 Riccardo Ricco 5.45
22 Yaroslav Popovych 5.55
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26 Gilberto Simoni 6.12
27 Leonardo Piepoli 6.12
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29 Iban Mayo Diez 6.31
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31 Dario David Cioni 6.34
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61 Pietro Caucchioli 8.17
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66 Davide Rebellin 8.44
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79 Paolo Bettini 10.47
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141 Fabian Cancellara 28.50
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151 Thomas Voeckler 30.34

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne Joan Horrach Rippoll
Crédit Agricole Patrice Halgand
Française des Jeux Ian McLeod
Gerolsteiner Volker Ordowski
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Total retirements : 10