Tour de France, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Jul 7, Dinan - Lisieux, 226 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5.13.37
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Grega Bole
+30 Gerald Ciolek
+26 Romain Feillu
+25 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+23 Romain Zingle
+23 Borut Bozic
+22 Pavel Brutt
+21 Maxim Iglinskiy
+20 Jonathan Hivert
+19 Tristan Valentin

Biggest losers by position :
-113 Sylvain Chavanel
-90 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-78 Richie Porte
-73 Ivan Santaromita
-60 Sylvester Szmyd
-47 Andre Greipel
-44 Jeremy Roy
-43 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-42 Mark Renshaw
-22 Jurgen Roelandts
-18 Gianni Meersman

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-12:26 Andre Greipel
-12:26 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-12:26 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-12:26 Fabio Sabatini
-12:26 Gert Steegmans
-12:26 Ivan Santaromita
-12:26 Jeremy Roy
-12:26 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-12:26 Jimmy Engoulvent
-12:26 Mark Renshaw
-12:26 Mickael Buffaz

Favourites by position :
+8 David Arroyo Duran
+5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+5 Alberto Contador Velasco
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Ivan Basso
-10 Jens Voigt
-17 Levi Leipheimer

Favourites by time :
-0:26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:05 Levi Leipheimer
-2:23 David Arroyo Duran
-3:29 Jens Voigt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thor Hushovd 22:50:34 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged)
4 David Millar 0:08 (unchanged)
5 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 0:10 (unchanged)
7 Geraint Thomas 0:12 (unchanged)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:12 (unchanged)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (unchanged)
10 Andy Schleck 0:12 (unchanged)
.....
13 Christopher Horner 0:18 (unchanged)
14 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 15th at 0:20)
.....
20 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 21st at 1:03)
.....
31 Levi Leipheimer 1:23 (was 14th at 0:18)
.....
34 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 39th at 1:42)
.....
42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:15 (was 42nd at 1:49)
.....
47 Roman Kreuziger 2:29 (was 51st at 2:29)
48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 53rd at 2:36)
.....
136 Jens Voigt 12:30 (was 126th at 9:01)
.....
150 David Arroyo Duran 14:15 (was 158th at 11:52)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 144 (was 1st with 120 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 143 (was 2nd with 112 points)
3 Thor Hushovd 112 (was 5th with 82 points)
4 Cadel Evans 98 (was 3rd with 90 points)
5 Mark Cavendish 94 (was 4th with 84 points)
6 Tyler Farrar 76 (was 6th with 68 points)
7 Romain Feillu 73 (was 8th with 47 points)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 51 (was 50th with 6 points)
9 Sebastien Hinault 48 (was 11th with 44 points)
10 Andre Greipel 48 (was 7th with 48 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johnny Hoogerland 4 (was 4th with 1 points)
2 Anthony Roux 3 (was 0 points)
3 Cadel Evans 2 (was 1st with 2 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 1 (was 2nd with 1 points)
5 Mickael Delage 1 (was 3rd with 1 points)
6 Anthony Delaplace 1 (was 5th with 1 points)
7 Lieuwe Westra 1 (was 0 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 1 (was 6th with 1 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 5


(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)

On 07/07/2011 19:25, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 6 : Jul 7, Dinan - Lisieux, 226 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5.13.37
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo

What is this, ****ing Scandinavian benefit week?

I really like your report, but I think you should add Jurgen VDB on your
favorite list...you miss the number 5 of last year in your list

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thor Hushovd 22:50:34 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged)
4 David Millar 0:08 (unchanged)
5 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 0:10 (unchanged)
7 Geraint Thomas 0:12 (unchanged)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:12 (unchanged)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (unchanged)
10 Andy Schleck 0:12 (unchanged)
.....
13 Christopher Horner 0:18 (unchanged)
14 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 15th at 0:20)
.....
20 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 21st at 1:03)
.....
31 Levi Leipheimer 1:23 (was 14th at 0:18)
.....
34 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 39th at 1:42)
.....
42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:15 (was 42nd at 1:49)
.....
47 Roman Kreuziger 2:29 (was 51st at 2:29)
48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 53rd at 2:36)
.....
136 Jens Voigt 12:30 (was 126th at 9:01)
.....
150 David Arroyo Duran 14:15 (was 158th at 11:52)

Bob Martin wrote:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5.13.37
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo

atriage wrote:
What is this, ****ing Scandinavian benefit week?

I suppose Australia is somewhere to the left of Scandinavia.

On 07/07/2011 21:36, Simply Fred wrote:
Bob Martin wrote:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5.13.37
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo

atriage wrote:
What is this, ****ing Scandinavian benefit week?

I suppose Australia is somewhere to the left of Scandinavia.

Nah, it's to the right and then down a bit as you're looking up.

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