Volta a Catalunya, stage 6 summary

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Samuel Dumoulin
+23 Tom Stamsnijder
+23 Juan Jose Haedo
+20 Nicolas Crosbie
+20 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
+20 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez
+19 Pedro Horrillo Munoz
+19 Dominik Roels
+19 Andry Grivko
+18 Volodymyr Diudia

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Javier Megias Leal
-25 Jelle Vanendert
-18 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-18 Leonardo Duque
-14 Pieter Jacobs
-12 Anthony Ravard
-12 Christophe Moreau
-11 Amael Moinard
-10 Christophe Riblon
-10 Christophe Rinero
-10 Dimitri Champion

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz
+0:08 Gustavo Cesar

Biggest losers by time :
-9:19 Anthony Ravard
-9:19 Raul Alarcon Garcia
-7:28 Nicolas Portal
-7:25 Dimitri Champion
-7:25 Dmytro Grabovskyy
-7:25 Emanuele Bindi
-7:25 Jelle Vanendert
-7:25 Johan Van Summeren
-7:25 Joost Posthuma
-7:25 Mario Aerts
-7:25 Pieter Jacobs

Favourites by position :
+17 Thor Hushovd
+14 Maxime Monfort
+11 Cyril Dessel
+10 Alessandro Ballan
+9 Thomas Danielson
+9 Sebastian Lang
+9 Michael Rogers
+6 Vladimir Efimkin
+4 Sandy Casar
+4 George Hincapie
-3 Janez Brajkovic
-10 Thomas Voeckler
-12 Christophe Moreau

Favourites by time :
-0:03 Vladimir Efimkin
-0:21 Thomas Danielson
-0:21 Sebastian Lang
-0:21 Sandy Casar
-0:21 Michael Rogers
-0:21 Maxime Monfort
-0:21 Janez Brajkovic
-0:21 George Hincapie
-0:21 Cyril Dessel
-0:21 Alessandro Ballan
-0:37 Thor Hushovd
-7:17 Thomas Voeckler
-7:17 Christophe Moreau

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Gustavo Cesar 24.29.22
2 Rigoberto Uran 0.16
3 Remi Pauriol 0.21
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7 Janez Brajkovic 0.29
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11 Vladimir Efimkin 0.45
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20 George Hincapie 2.01
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22 Sandy Casar 2.08
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28 Cyril Dessel 2.47
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33 Maxime Monfort 5.23
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42 Christophe Moreau 9.12
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72 Thomas Voeckler 20.10
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85 Sebastian Lang 24.54
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87 Thomas Danielson 25.04
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90 Michael Rogers 25.53
91 Alessandro Ballan 26.11
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111 Thor Hushovd 39.18

Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 6
Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 4
Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 6
John Devine (USA) Team High Road 1
Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 6
Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 6
Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 6
Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6
Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 6
Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5
Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 2
Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 6
Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6
Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 6
Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2
Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 6
Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 6
Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2
Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4
Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6
Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 6
Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6
Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 6
Total retirements : 35