Tour of California, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : May 17, San Jose (ITT), 31.9 km

1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.48.52
2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.23
3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 0.28
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.05
5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1.08
6 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1.28
7 Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 1.29
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 1.43
9 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.46
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.48


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Rohan Dennis
+14 Marco Pinotti
+13 Bob Jungels
+10 Travis Meyer
+10 Thomas De Gendt
+10 Sylvain Chavanel
+10 Kristijan Koren
+8 Robert Sweeting
+8 Matteo Tosatto
+7 Scott Zwizanski

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Tyler Farrar
-9 Chris Butler
-8 Alex Howes
-8 Baden Cooke
-8 Lachlan David Morton
-7 Mitchell Docker
-6 Ken Hanson
-6 Ken Hanson
-6 Max Jenkins
-5 Alexander Candelario
-5 Christopher Baldwin

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-11:30 Cesare Benedetti
-9:56 Timothy Duggan
-9:37 Ryan Eastman
-9:28 Mitchell Docker
-9:20 Thomas Soladay
-9:07 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
-8:50 Carson Miller
-8:47 David Williams
-8:46 Bertjan Lindeman
-8:44 Jeffry Louder
-8:43 Kin San Wu

Favourites by position :
+10 Thomas De Gendt
+10 Sylvain Chavanel
+5 Lieuwe Westra
+3 Mathias Frank
+3 Cameron Meyer
+1 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:23 Lieuwe Westra
-1:05 Michael Rogers
-1:28 Cameron Meyer
-1:46 Mathias Frank
-1:48 Sylvain Chavanel
-2:17 Thomas De Gendt
-3:53 Andy Schleck

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 22:44:24 (unchanged)
2 Michael Rogers 1:47 (was 2nd at 0:42)
3 Cameron Meyer 2:57 (was 6th at 1:29)
4 Mathias Frank 3:21 (was 7th at 1:35)
5 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 3:31 (was 3rd at 0:50)
6 Matthew Busche 3:33 (was 4th at 1:04)
7 Francisco Mancebo Perez 4:26 (was 8th at 1:53)
8 Philip Deignan 4:52 (was 5th at 1:17)
9 Chad Haga 5:02 (was 9th at 2:03)
10 Lawson Craddock 5:04 (was 10th at 2:22)
.....
18 Lieuwe Westra 10:32 (was 23rd at 10:09)
.....
23 Andy Schleck 14:04 (was 24th at 10:11)
.....
42 Sylvain Chavanel 24:32 (was 52nd at 22:44)
.....
68 Thomas De Gendt 32:47 (was 78th at 30:30)

Retirements to date : Stage
Chun Kai Feng (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 6
David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 5
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 16


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