Vuelta a Espana, stage 6 summary

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 André Korff
+7 Tom Stamsnijder
+7 Magnus Backstedt
+7 Bert Roesems
+6 Philip Deignan
+6 Patrick Calcagni
+6 Jorge Garcia Marin
+6 Javier Megias Leal
+6 André Greipel
+5 Yannick Talabardon

Biggest losers by position :
-57 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
-54 Francisco Jose Martinez
-39 Santos González
-33 Jussi Veikkanen
-22 Maryan Hary
-13 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-9 José Antonio Lopez
-6 Davide Vigano
-5 Dimitri Champion
-2 Paolo Tiralongo
-2 Stéphane Augé

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-17:23 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-17:23 Dimitri Champion
-17:23 Francisco Jose Martinez
-17:23 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
-17:23 Jussi Veikkanen
-17:23 Santos González
-7:12 José Antonio Lopez
-7:12 Maryan Hary
-1:47 Stéphane Augé
-1:33 Paolo Tiralongo
-1:23 Addy Engels

Favourites by position :
+4 Pietro Caucchioli
+3 Santiago Perez
+3 José Luis Rubiera
+3 Damiano Cunego
+3 Andreas Klier
+1 Iñigo Cuesta

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Vladimir Efimkin 24.34.51
2 Denis Menchov 1.06
3 Carlos Sastre 1.06
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6 Leonardo Piepoli 1.06
7 Cadel Evans 1.28
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12 Manuel Beltrán 1.57
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio 1.57
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15 Franco Pellizotti 2.18
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17 Samuel Sánchez 2.29
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21 Vladimir Karpets 2.57
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32 Stefan Schumacher 4.58
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53 Iñigo Cuesta 8.20
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56 Davide Rebellin 9.22
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95 José Luis Rubiera 21.28
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110 Damiano Cunego 27.19
111 Santiago Perez 27.24
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134 Andreas Klier 35.36
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147 Pietro Caucchioli 36.40

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Giovanni Bernaudeau DNF 5
" Mathieu Claude
Crédit Agricole Rémi Pauriol DNF 5
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Sergio Paulinho DNS 5
" Tom Danielson DNF 1
T-Mobile Team Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Total retirements : 6