USA Pro Cycling Challenge, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Aug 28, Golden - Denver, 115.9 km

1 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2.27.08
2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy
4 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0.02
6 Robert Forster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioq
9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Adrian Hegyvary
+23 Ryan Roth
+23 Ben Hermans
+22 Bernard Van Ulden
+19 Bradley White
+18 Robert Forster
+18 Craig Lewis
+16 Martin Reimer
+14 Michael Morkov
+13 Frank Pipp

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Sebastien Salas
-9 Jeffry Louder
-3 Ivan Basso
-2 Jens Voigt
-2 Patrick Gretsch
-2 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon
-1 Alex Hagman
-1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1 Timothy Duggan
-1 Vladimir Efimkin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Daniel Oss
+0:08 Elia Viviani
+0:06 Fred Rodriguez
+0:03 Oscar Sevilla Ribera
+0:02 Daniel Summerhill

Biggest losers by time :
-6:25 Bradley White
-6:25 Patrick Gretsch
-6:25 Sebastien Salas
-3:27 Thimothy Roe
-3:22 Bernard Van Ulden
-2:24 Davide Cimolai
-2:24 Erik Slack
-1:47 Craig Lewis
-1:47 Hayden Roulston
-1:36 Jeffry Louder
-1:09 Ivan Basso

Favourites by position :
+3 Peter Velits
+3 Laurens Ten Dam
+2 Robert Gesink
+1 Frank Schleck
+1 Andy Schleck
-2 Ryder Hesjedal
-2 Jens Voigt
-3 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
-0:13 Laurens Ten Dam
-0:57 Ryder Hesjedal
-1:09 Jens Voigt
-1:09 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Levi Leipheimer 20:00:24 (unchanged)
2 Christian Vande Velde 0:11 (unchanged)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:17 (unchanged)
4 Thomas Danielson 0:21 (unchanged)
5 George Hincapie 0:53 (unchanged)
6 Rafael Infantino Abreu 1:14 (unchanged)
7 Cadel Evans 1:18 (unchanged)
8 Stef Clement 1:42 (unchanged)
9 Bruno Pires 1:49 (unchanged)
10 Rory Sutherland 1:50 (unchanged)
.....
12 Frank Schleck 2:17 (was 13th at 2:17)
.....
15 Robert Gesink 2:46 (was 17th at 2:46)
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28 Ryder Hesjedal 6:05 (was 26th at 5:08)
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33 Andy Schleck 6:55 (was 34th at 6:55)
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35 Ivan Basso 7:34 (was 32nd at 6:25)
36 Pieter Weening 7:36 (unchanged)
.....
45 Jens Voigt 10:20 (was 43rd at 9:11)
.....
61 Peter Velits 16:48 (was 64th at 16:48)
62 Laurens Ten Dam 17:20 (was 65th at 17:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 50 (was 1st with 38 points)
2 Daniel Oss 25 (was 14th with 10 points)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 22 (was 2nd with 22 points)
4 Levi Leipheimer 21 (was 3rd with 17 points)
5 George Hincapie 17 (was 4th with 17 points)
6 Fred Rodriguez 17 (was 16th with 7 points)
7 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
8 Robert Forster 17 (was 10th with 12 points)
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 15 (was 8th with 12 points)
10 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle 13 (was 6th with 13 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Rafael Montiel 31 (was 2nd with 24 points)
2 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales 30 (was 1st with 30 points)
3 Rafael Infantino Abreu 20 (was 6th with 12 points)
4 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Sander Oostlander 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
6 Levi Leipheimer 15 (was 7th with 10 points)
7 Christian Vande Velde 14 (was 13th with 8 points)
8 Laurens Ten Dam 13 (was 5th with 13 points)
9 Tejay Van Garderen 10 (was 15th with 7 points)
10 Thomas Peterson 10 (was 8th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6
Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 6
Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad 6
Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia 6
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy 6
David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 6
Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6
Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 6
Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 6
Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 6
Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6
Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 6
Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6
Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 6
Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy 6
Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6
Nic Hamlton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6
Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 6
Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano 6
Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 6
Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6
Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6
Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 6
Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6
Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6
Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling 5
David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 5
Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 5
Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 5
Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 5
William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 5
Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4
Giovany Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE 3
Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 2
Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 2
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 40


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