Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : May 14, Fidenza - Marina di Carrara, 166 km

1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4.24.20
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli 1.06
3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini 1.15
4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox
8 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+59 Matthew Lloyd
+58 Federico Canuti
+57 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+57 Rigoberto Uran Uran
+55 Hubert Dupont
+52 Mauro Santambrogio
+52 Enrico Gasparotto
+51 Yury Trofimov
+51 Steven Kruijswijk
+51 Kalle Kriit

Biggest losers by position :
-103 Matthew Harley Goss
-89 Tiziano Dall'antonia
-84 Alessandro Vanotti
-83 Frantisek Rabon
-82 Adam Blyth
-81 Christopher Sutton
-77 Michael Albasini
-76 Olivier Kaisen
-71 Michael Morkov
-67 Matthias Brandle
-66 Julien Fouchard

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:39 Matthew Lloyd
+0:27 Rubens Bertogliati
+0:08 Danilo Hondo

Biggest losers by time :
-14:21 Adam Blyth
-14:21 Alberto Loddo
-14:21 Andrea Masciarelli
-14:21 Arnold Jeannesson
-14:21 Christopher Sutton
-14:21 Damien Gaudin
-14:21 Dario Andriotto
-14:21 Eros Capecchi
-14:21 Frantisek Rabon
-14:21 Gabriel Rasch
-14:21 Guillaume Blot

Favourites by position :
+17 Bradley Wiggins
+15 Damiano Cunego
+14 Stefano Garzelli
+14 Michele Scarponi
+9 Carlos Sastre Candil
+9 Cadel Evans
+4 Linus Gerdemann
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+2 David Millar
-45 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
-14:21 Marzio Bruseghin

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 18.55.38
2 Ivan Basso 0.13
3 Valerio Agnoli 0.20
.....
5 Vladimir Karpets 0.39
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7 David Millar 0.45
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9 Linus Gerdemann 1.04
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16 Cadel Evans 1.59
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20 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.13
21 Michele Scarponi 2.35
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23 Stefano Garzelli 2.49
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26 Damiano Cunego 3.45
.....
31 Bradley Wiggins 4.36
.....
167 Marzio Bruseghin 26.18

Retirements to date : Stage
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon - Servetto 6
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 6
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
Total retirements : 5

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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Favourites by position :
+17 Bradley Wiggins
+15 Damiano Cunego
+14 Stefano Garzelli
+14 Michele Scarponi
+9 Carlos Sastre Candil
+9 Cadel Evans
+4 Linus Gerdemann
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+2 David Millar
-45 Marzio Bruseghin



Dumbass -

Vinokorov should be on the favorites list.

thanks,

Fred. presented by Gringioni.