Tour de France, stage 6 summary

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+87 Leonardo Piepoli
+82 Sylvester Szmyd
+77 John Gadret
+73 Johann Tschopp
+72 Volodimir Gustov
+71 David Arroyo
+69 Christophe Le Mevel
+67 David Le Lay
+66 Paolo Tiralongo
+65 Remy Di Gregorio

Biggest losers by position :
-89 Sebastian Lang
-81 Robert Hunter
-78 Fabian Cancellara
-78 Romain Feillu
-77 Paolo Longo Borghini
-72 Thor Hushovd
-71 Oscar Freire
-70 Philippe Gilbert
-69 Benoit Vaugrenard
-69 William Frischkorn
-67 Robert Forster

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Riccardo Ricco
+0:15 Cadel Evans
+0:15 Alejandro Valverde
+0:12 Kim Kirchen
+0:12 Frank Schleck
+0:09 Roman Kreuziger
+0:09 Moises Duenas
+0:09 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:09 Denis Menchov
+0:09 Carlos Sastre

Biggest losers by time :
-17:30 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-17:30 Arnaud Coyot
-17:30 Arnaud Gerard
-17:30 Baden Cooke
-17:30 Benoit Vaugrenard
-17:30 Bjorn Schroder
-17:30 Brett Lancaster
-17:30 Christophe Riblon
-17:30 Daniele Righi
-17:30 David De La Fuente
-17:30 Florent Brard

Favourites by position :
+38 Christophe Moreau
+28 Riccardo Ricco
+12 Manuel Beltran
+11 Frank Schleck
+11 Carlos Sastre
+9 Alejandro Valverde
+8 Samuel Sanchez
+7 Vladimir Efimkin
+4 Stijn Devolder
+4 Oscar Pereiro
+4 Denis Menchov
+2 Damiano Cunego
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Kim Kirchen
-8 George Hincapie
-15 Jens Voigt

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Riccardo Ricco
+0:15 Cadel Evans
+0:15 Alejandro Valverde
+0:12 Kim Kirchen
+0:12 Frank Schleck
+0:09 Denis Menchov
+0:09 Carlos Sastre
+0:04 Samuel Sanchez
+0:04 Manuel Beltran
+0:01 Oscar Pereiro
-0:03 Stijn Devolder
-0:11 Vladimir Efimkin
-0:16 Damiano Cunego
-0:25 Christophe Moreau
-0:29 Andy Schleck
-1:04 George Hincapie
-1:48 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Kim Kirchen 24.30.41
2 Cadel Evans 0.06
3 Stefan Schumacher 0.16
.....
7 Denis Menchov 1.03
8 Alejandro Valverde 1.12
9 Stijn Devolder 1.21
10 Oscar Pereiro 1.21
11 Samuel Sanchez 1.27
12 Carlos Sastre 1.34
.....
14 Damiano Cunego 1.42
15 George Hincapie 1.45
.....
17 Frank Schleck 1.56
18 Andy Schleck 1.58
.....
24 Vladimir Efimkin 2.36
25 Manuel Beltran 2.53
.....
27 Jens Voigt 3.01
.....
31 Riccardo Ricco 3.52
.....
42 Christophe Moreau 5.44

Retirements to date : Stage
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Total retirements : 4

Bob Martin wrote:

Its all about interpretation. I was amused by the
Australian tv postwrap where the expert guy said
he didn't think Valverde was at top form which
was good for Cadel Evans.. Which was kind of weird
as Valverde gapped Evans at the top just before
the finish but slowed when he realised he couldn't
get Ricco.


I didn't think anything would change at the top
but then again you wouldn't think the guy in
yellow would be able to fall off like that..

I thought Valverde would win and you could
probably say he seemed to think that too but
what I haven't read anywhere is he seemed somewhat
****ed off about the way Pereiro fell off right
at the top I thought.

So stage 7, the king of the mountains decider
type of stage and another day of no GC interest
I guess.

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Bounty Bob wrote:

Bob Martin wrote:

Its all about interpretation. I was amused by the
Australian tv postwrap where the expert guy said
he didn't think Valverde was at top form which
was good for Cadel Evans.. Which was kind of weird
as Valverde gapped Evans at the top just before
the finish but slowed when he realised he couldn't
get Ricco.


I didn't think anything would change at the top
but then again you wouldn't think the guy in
yellow would be able to fall off like that..

I thought Valverde would win and you could
probably say he seemed to think that too but
what I haven't read anywhere is he seemed somewhat
****ed off about the way Pereiro fell off right
at the top I thought.

So stage 7, the king of the mountains decider
type of stage and another day of no GC interest
I guess.

The contenders watched each other, letting the
non-threats get up the road knowing that they
would come back to them. The elimination of
time bonuses works for me, whatever reason
the organizers had.

I can still see Ricco putting himself back into the mix.

--
Michael Press