Tirreno Adriatico, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Mar 17, Bucchianico - Porto Sant'Elpidio, 189 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4.16.15
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
4 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
5 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
6 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka
8 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp - Endura
9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
10 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Mark Renshaw
+16 Mark Cavendish
+14 Davide Cimolai
+14 Alessandro Petacchi
+13 Matteo Trentin
+13 Bernhard Eisel
+11 Marco Canola
+10 Tom Leezer
+10 Jay Robert Thomson
+9 Robert Wagner

Biggest losers by position :
-28 Dominic Klemme
-25 Matthias Brandle
-17 Cadel Evans
-17 Martin Elmiger
-17 Zakkari Dempster
-14 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-10 Ignatas Konovalovas
-10 Maxim Belkov
-6 Manuele Boaro
-6 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-5 Kanstantsin Siutsou

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Yukiya Arashiro
+0:06 Tony Hurel
+0:06 Robert Wagner
+0:06 Mark Renshaw
+0:06 Kristian Sbaragli
+0:06 Davide Appollonio
+0:06 Bartosz Huzarski

Biggest losers by time :
-11:55 Andreas Stauff
-11:55 Dominic Klemme
-11:55 Martin Elmiger
-11:55 Matteo Pelucchi
-11:55 Matthias Brandle
-11:55 Nicola Ruffoni
-6:45 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-5:44 Alex Dowsett
-5:44 Cadel Evans
-5:44 Frederik Willems
-5:44 Ignatas Konovalovas

Favourites by position :
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+2 Daniel Martin
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Ivan Basso
+1 Damiano Cunego
+1 Bauke Mollema
+1 Andrew Talansky
-17 Cadel Evans

Favourites by time :
-1:32 Daniel Martin
-1:51 Rigoberto Uran
-2:30 Bradley Wiggins
-5:44 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 25:17:51 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:08 (unchanged)
3 Roman Kreuziger 2:15 (unchanged)
4 Julian Arredondo 2:39 (unchanged)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:40 (unchanged)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 2:50 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:51 (unchanged)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 2:56 (unchanged)
9 Giampaolo Caruso 2:58 (unchanged)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 3:06 (unchanged)
11 Michele Scarponi 3:07 (was 12th at 3:07)
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17 Andrew Talansky 5:25 (was 18th at 5:25)
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20 Bauke Mollema 6:13 (was 21st at 6:13)
21 Ivan Basso 6:23 (was 22nd at 6:23)
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26 Damiano Cunego 7:11 (was 27th at 7:11)
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31 Rigoberto Uran 13:32 (was 33rd at 11:41)
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53 Daniel Martin 28:20 (was 55th at 26:48)
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56 Bradley Wiggins 29:19 (was 56th at 26:49)
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70 Cadel Evans 31:47 (was 53rd at 26:03)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 26
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 24
3 Matthias Brandle 20
4 Arnaud Demare 17
5 Simon Geschke 15
6 Michal Kwiatkowski 14
7 Benjamin King 14
8 Mark Cavendish 12
9 Matteo Pelucchi 12
10 Cesare Benedetti 12

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Marco Canola 25
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 11
3 Peter Kennaugh 10
4 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 9
5 Alexey Lutsenko 8
6 Daniel Teklehaimanot 8
7 Benjamin King 7
8 Cesare Benedetti 7
9 Filippo Fortin 5
10 Simon Geschke 5

Retirements to date : Stage
Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 6
Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 6
Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 6
Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 6
Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 6
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 5
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 5
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 4
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 3
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 3
Total retirements : 13


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