Paris Nice, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Mar 11, Rognes - Aix-en-Provence (ITT), 27 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0.33.24
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.20
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.29
4 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0.46
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.55
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.57
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1.05
8 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1.10
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 1.29


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Lieuwe Westra
+15 Levi Leipheimer
+14 Richie Porte
+14 Bradley Wiggins
+13 Maxime Bouet
+12 Stijn Devolder
+12 Pablo Urtasun Perez
+12 Christophe Riblon
+12 Andrew Talansky
+11 Kanstantsin Sivtsov

Biggest losers by position :
-17 Matteo Bono
-14 Arnold Jeannesson
-12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-12 Matteo Carrara
-12 Robert Kiserlovski
-11 Danilo Wyss
-11 Sylvain Calzati
-10 Renaud Dion
-10 Romain Hardy
-10 Roman Kreuziger
-10 Thomas Voeckler

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Tony Martin

Biggest losers by time :
-7:54 Andreas Stauff
-7:19 Jeremy Hunt
-7:02 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-7:01 Serguei Ivanov
-6:43 Yannick Eijssen
-6:26 Renaud Dion
-6:15 Sylvain Calzati
-5:58 Tony Gallopin
-5:51 Alex Rasmussen
-5:51 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-5:50 Matteo Bono

Favourites by position :
+15 Levi Leipheimer
+14 Bradley Wiggins
+11 Jens Voigt
+6 Frank Schleck
+5 Linus Gerdemann
+4 Rein Taaramae
+3 Tony Martin
+3 Michael Rogers
-1 Janez Brajkovic
-1 Andreas Kloden
-2 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2 Lars Ytting Bak
-6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-10 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Tony Martin
-0:10 Bradley Wiggins
-0:36 Andreas Kloden
-1:00 Rein Taaramae
-1:00 Levi Leipheimer
-1:22 Janez Brajkovic
-1:30 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:33 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1:41 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-1:45 Linus Gerdemann
-1:48 Michael Rogers
-2:00 Jens Voigt
-2:01 Frank Schleck
-2:40 Roman Kreuziger
-4:43 Lars Ytting Bak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 24:59:47 (was 4th at 0:10)
2 Andreas Kloden 0:36 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Bradley Wiggins 0:39 (was 17th at 0:29)
4 Rein Taaramae 1:10 (was 8th at 0:10)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:14 (was 15th at 0:29)
6 Levi Leipheimer 1:29 (was 21st at 0:29)
7 Janez Brajkovic 1:32 (was 6th at 0:10)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:37 (was 2nd at 0:04)
9 Xavier Tondo Volpini 1:51 (was 7th at 0:10)
10 Bauke Mollema 1:57 (was 13th at 0:29)
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:58 (was 9th at 0:28)
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13 Michael Rogers 2:17 (was 16th at 0:29)
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16 Frank Schleck 2:30 (was 22nd at 0:29)
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20 Roman Kreuziger 3:09 (was 10th at 0:29)
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25 Linus Gerdemann 3:51 (was 30th at 2:06)
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67 Jens Voigt 19:14 (was 78th at 17:14)
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125 Lars Ytting Bak 38:43 (was 123rd at 34:00)

Retirements to date : Stage
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 5
Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5
Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team 5
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 5
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2
Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 2
Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 14


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