Vuelta a Espana, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Friday, September 4 2009, Xativa, 186 km

1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 4.40.50
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
4 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
7 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-HTC
10 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+46 Borut Bozic
+31 Jesus Hernandez
+31 Davide Vigano
+31 Daniel Moreno
+30 Manuel Calvente
+30 Jesus Del Nero
+30 Dominik Roels
+30 David Moncoutie
+29 Linus Gerdemann
+29 Leonardo Duque

Biggest losers by position :
-95 Christophe Riblon
-93 Dominique Rollin
-92 Jurgen Roelandts
-92 Michael Albasini
-89 Bert Grabsch
-87 William Bonnet
-75 Olivier Kaisen
-73 Gabriel Rasch
-68 Rein Taaramae
-67 Michael Schar
-63 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Borut Bozic
+0:12 Tyler Farrar
+0:08 Daniele Bennati

Biggest losers by time :
-13:17 Damien Gaudin
-13:17 Gerald Ciolek
-13:17 Julian Sanchez
-13:17 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria
-10:30 Franck Bouyer
-10:30 Frantisek Rabon
-10:30 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-10:30 Jens Mouris
-10:30 Martijn Maaskant
-10:30 Sergey Lagutin
-10:30 Timothy Gudsell

Favourites by position :
+29 Linus Gerdemann
+28 Andy Schleck
+27 Samuel Sanchez
+27 Damiano Cunego
+23 Frank Schleck
+20 Xavier Tondo
+12 Alexander Vinokourov
+9 Haimar Zubeldia
+9 Ezequiel Mosquera
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Cadel Evans
+2 Alejandro Valverde
+1 Robert Gesink
-2 Fabian Cancellara
-63 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Xavier Tondo
-0:06 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:09 Robert Gesink
-0:09 Frank Schleck
-0:09 Fabian Cancellara
-0:09 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:09 Damiano Cunego
-0:09 Andy Schleck
-0:09 Alexander Vinokourov
-0:46 Roman Kreuziger

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Andre Greipel 24.21.13
2 Tom Boonen 0.06
3 Daniele Bennati 0.09
.....
5 Fabian Cancellara 0.18
.....
7 Ivan Basso 0.27
8 Alejandro Valverde 0.27
9 Cadel Evans 0.28
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19 Robert Gesink 0.42
.....
23 Haimar Zubeldia 0.43
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29 Linus Gerdemann 0.46
.....
40 Samuel Sanchez 0.51
41 Ezequiel Mosquera 0.51
42 Alexander Vinokourov 0.54
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49 Xavier Tondo 0.57
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66 Frank Schleck 1.11
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70 Roman Kreuziger 1.12
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80 Damiano Cunego 1.20
.....
86 Andy Schleck 1.26

Retirements to date : Stage
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 6

Bob Martin wrote:
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream

I wonder if there is a record for this. Tyler should get to
be first at something.

Bob Schwartz

Bob Schwartz wrote:
Bob Martin wrote:
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream

I wonder if there is a record for this. Tyler should get to
be first at something.

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