Tirreno-Adriatico stage 6 summary

Stage 6 - Castelfidardo Senigallia

1 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 3:59:30
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Pro Cycling 0:00
4 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE-Team Emirates 0:00
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00
6 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
7 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Team Total Direct Energie 0:00
8 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00
9 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain - McLaren 0:00
10 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Stefano Oldani
+7 Simone Velasco
+7 Marco Frapporti
+7 Igor Boev
+7 Heinrich Haussler
+7 Fabio Felline
+7 Davide Ballerini
+6 Tim Merlier
+6 Rick Zabel
+6 Nathan Van Hooydonck

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Hector Carretero
-14 Simon Clarke
-13 Giovanni Carboni
-13 Luca Wackermann
-12 Dimitri Claeys
-12 James Mitri
-9 Giovanni Visconti
-7 Alexandr Riabushenko
-7 Guy Sagiv
-6 Albert Torres
-5 Antonio Nibali

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Tim Merlier
+0:06 Pascal Ackermann
+0:04 Magnus Cort
+0:02 Carl Fredrik Hagen

Biggest losers by time :
-5:59 Albert Torres
-5:59 Simon Pellaud
-5:58 Veljko Stojnic
-5:48 Alexandr Riabushenko
-5:48 Antonio Nibali
-5:48 Giovanni Carboni
-5:48 Giovanni Visconti
-5:48 Hector Carretero
-5:48 James Mitri
-5:48 Luca Wackermann
-5:48 Sergio Samitier

Favourites by position :
+2 Dylan Teuns
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Chris Froome
-14 Simon Clarke

Favourites by time :
-0:57 Rohan Dennis
-0:57 Chris Froome
-5:48 Simon Clarke

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Simon Yates 27:36:29 (unchanged)
2 Rafal Majka 0:16 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:39 (unchanged)
4 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:49 (unchanged)
5 Fausto Masnada 0:54 (unchanged)
6 Wilco Kelderman 1:00 (unchanged)
7 James Knox 1:21 (unchanged)
8 Michael Woods 1:22 (unchanged)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 2:28 (unchanged)
10 Jack Haig 2:44 (unchanged)
11 Sam Oomen 2:49 (unchanged)
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14 Jakob Fuglsang 3:25 (unchanged)
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18 Vincenzo Nibali 5:51 (was 19th at 5:51)
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25 Daniel Navarro 8:40 (unchanged)
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30 Patrick Konrad 12:59 (unchanged)
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50 Dylan Teuns 26:08 (was 52nd at 26:08)
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89 Rohan Dennis 49:37 (was 89th at 48:40)
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97 Simon Clarke 52:35 (was 83rd at 46:47)
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106 Chris Froome 58:11 (was 107th at 57:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Pascal Ackermann 34 (was 1st with 24 points)
2 Fernando Gaviria 27 (was 5th with 20 points)
3 Rafal Majka 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
4 Michael Woods 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Aleksandr Vlasov 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
6 Wilco Kelderman 19 (unchanged)
7 Tim Merlier 18 (was 20th with 6 points)
8 Geraint Thomas 17 (was 7th with 17 points)
9 Fausto Masnada 17 (was 8th with 17 points)
10 Magnus Cort 16 (was 12th with 8 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Hector Carretero 31 (unchanged)
2 Marco Canola 28 (unchanged)
3 Simon Yates 25 (unchanged)
4 Michael Woods 20 (unchanged)
5 Michael Matthews 15 (unchanged)
6 Aleksandr Vlasov 15 (unchanged)
7 Mathias Frank 14 (unchanged)
8 Carl Fredrik Hagen 13 (was 11th with 8 points)
9 Geraint Thomas 13 (was 8th with 13 points)
10 Rafal Majka 12 (was 9th with 12 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Astana Pro Team 82:56:42 (was 1st at 70:58:12)
2 Team Sunweb 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:02)
3 Mitchelton-Scott 6:41 (was 3rd at 6:41)
4 EF Pro Cycling 7:23 (was 4th at 7:23)
5 AG2R La Mondiale 14:23 (was 5th at 14:23)
6 Trek - Segafredo 16:04 (was 6th at 16:04)
7 BORA - hansgrohe 19:22 (was 7th at 19:22)
8 CCC Team 25:53 (was 8th at 25:53)
9 Groupama - FDJ 27:54 (was 9th at 27:54)
10 NTT Pro Cycling 30:52 (was 11th at 30:52)
11 INEOS Grenadiers 31:25 (was 10th at 29:31)
12 Movistar Team 33:14 (was 12th at 32:17)
13 Deceuninck - Quick Step 34:36 (was 13th at 34:36)
14 UAE-Team Emirates 1:03:12 (was 14th at 1:03:12)
15 Bahrain - McLaren 1:04:06 (was 15th at 1:04:06)
16 Alpecin-Fenix 1:07:28 (was 16th at 1:07:28)
17 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:14:33 (was 17th at 1:14:33)
18 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:19:02 (was 18th at 1:19:02)
19 Vini Zabu - KTM 1:30:59 (was 19th at 1:30:23)
20 Lotto Soudal 1:32:24 (was 20th at 1:32:24)
21 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:35:59 (was 21th at 1:35:59)
22 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 1:50:51 (was 22th at 1:49:54)
23 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 2:06:59 (was 23th at 2:06:59)
24 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:15:58 (was 24th at 2:15:22)
25 Team Total Direct Energie 2:32:56 (was 25th at 2:32:56)

Retirements to date : Stage
Aleksey Rybalkin (Gazprom - RusVelo) 6
Alex Kirsch (Trek - Segafredo) 6
Daniel Savini (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 5
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 5
Eddie Dunbar (INEOS Grenadiers) 4
Luca Pacioni (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 4
Rein Taaramae (Team Total Direct Energie) 4
Rudiger Selig (BORA - hansgrohe) 4
Umberto Orsini (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 4
Mark Padun (Bahrain - McLaren) 3
Nicola Bagioli (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 3
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - McLaren) 3
Kevin Rivera (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 1
Total retirements : 13


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