Tour of California, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : May 18, Palmdale - Big Bear Lake, 186.3 km

1 Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.07.06
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.28
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos - Shimano
5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos - Shimano
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Sebastian Salas
+24 Michael Rodriguez Galindo
+24 Jeremy Vennell
+23 Gregory Rast
+22 Michael Creed
+19 Ben King
+17 Thomas Peterson
+15 Dries Devenyns
+15 Alexandre Geniez
+14 David Boily

Biggest losers by position :
-51 Nathan Brown
-41 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-22 Joshua Atkins
-22 Thimothy Roe
-13 Hugo Houle
-13 Koen de Kort
-13 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales
-12 Jasper Stuyven
-12 Maxime Bouet
-9 Heinrich Haussler
-9 Leigh Howard

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:43 Sylvain Georges
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Peter Velits
+0:02 Pieter Weening
+0:01 Wilco Kelderman

Biggest losers by time :
-29:54 Logan Loader
-29:54 Roger Kluge
-29:44 Bert Grabsch
-29:44 Bradley White
-29:44 Carlos Quintero
-29:44 Carter Jones
-29:44 Christophe Riblon
-29:44 Edward King
-29:44 Frank Pipp
-29:44 Frantisek Rabon
-29:44 Gerald Ciolek

Favourites by position :
+9 Jens Voigt
+6 Christopher Horner
+3 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Peter Velits
+1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1 Frantisek Rabon
-7 Michael Matthews

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Peter Velits
-29:44 Michael Matthews
-29:44 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Zabriskie 25:37:05 (unchanged)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 0:34 (unchanged)
3 Robert Gesink 0:39 (unchanged)
4 Peter Velits 0:45 (was 5th at 0:49)
5 Andrew Talansky 0:48 (was 4th at 0:48)
6 Luke Durbridge 1:01 (unchanged)
7 Thomas Danielson 1:07 (unchanged)
8 Rory Sutherland 1:10 (unchanged)
9 Cameron Meyer 1:26 (unchanged)
10 Lawson Craddock 1:30 (was 11th at 1:30)
.....
13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:40 (was 14th at 1:40)
14 Levi Leipheimer 1:44 (was 16th at 1:44)
15 Vincenzo Nibali 1:52 (was 18th at 1:52)
.....
26 Christopher Horner 2:50 (was 32nd at 2:50)
.....
48 Jens Voigt 7:19 (was 57th at 7:19)
.....
82 Michael Matthews 47:27 (was 75th at 17:43)
.....
101 Frantisek Rabon 1:09:13 (was 102nd at 39:29)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 72 (was 1st with 60 points)
2 Heinrich Haussler 48 (unchanged)
3 Leigh Howard 24 (unchanged)
4 Sylvain Georges 23 (was 0 points)
5 Fred Rodriguez 21 (was 4th with 21 points)
6 Tom Boonen 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 16 (was 7th with 11 points)
8 Michael Matthews 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
9 Peter Velits 11 (was 32nd with 1 points)
10 Alexander Candelario 10 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Sebastian Salas 65 (was 1st with 40 points)
2 David Boily 48 (was 2nd with 32 points)
3 Jeremy Vennell 22 (was 4th with 16 points)
4 Alex Howes 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
5 Andrew Bajadali 15 (was 0 points)
6 Alexandre Geniez 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
7 Carlos Julian Quintero 11 (unchanged)
8 Sylvain Georges 10 (was 0 points)
9 Gregory Rast 10 (was 0 points)
10 Josh Atkins 10 (was 8th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 6
Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 6
Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 6
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy 4
Javier Alberto Gonzalez Barrera (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 4
Michael Friedman (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 4
Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling 3
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3
Steven Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3
Eric Young (USA) Bissell Cycling 2
Partick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling 2
Total retirements : 14


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