Giro d'Italia, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : May 11, Urbino - Porto Sant'Elpidio, 207 km

1 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 5.38.30
2 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1.10
3 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
5 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp
6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1.51
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
8 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
9 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+120 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+66 Stefano Locatelli
+60 Mathias Frank
+60 Cesare Benedetti
+53 Enrico Battaglin
+51 Ben Gastauer
+51 Anders Lund
+51 Alexsandr Dyachenko
+47 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+47 Iban Velasco Murillo

Biggest losers by position :
-165 Mark Cavendish
-132 Alexander Kristoff
-132 Brett Lancaster
-128 Jesse Sergent
-126 Robert Hunter
-125 Matthew Harley Goss
-112 Giacomo Nizzolo
-112 Ramunas Navardauskas
-101 Manuele Boaro
-98 Jens Keukeleire
-94 Geraint Thomas

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:05 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+0:49 Adriano Malori
+0:43 Michal Golas
+0:35 Cesare Benedetti
+0:35 Alexsandr Dyachenko

Biggest losers by time :
-31:27 Bernhard Eisel
-31:27 Dennis van Winden
-31:27 Graeme Brown
-31:27 Jeremy Hunt
-31:27 Mark Cavendish
-31:27 Sebastien Rosseler
-31:27 Taylor Phinney
-31:27 Theo Bos
-26:43 Alex Rasmussen
-26:43 Andrea Guardini
-26:43 Elia Favilli

Favourites by position :
+60 Mathias Frank
+44 John Gadret
+41 Jose Rujano Guillen
+27 Domenico Pozzovivo
+21 Michele Scarponi
+21 Damiano Cunego
+17 Frank Schleck
+12 Rigoberto Uran
+9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+8 Ivan Basso
+6 Roman Kreuziger
+6 Marco Pinotti
+3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3 Christian Vande Velde

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:06 Roman Kreuziger
-0:06 Rigoberto Uran
-0:06 Michele Scarponi
-0:06 Mathias Frank
-0:06 Marco Pinotti
-0:06 Jose Rujano Guillen
-0:06 John Gadret
-0:06 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:06 Ivan Basso
-0:06 Frank Schleck
-0:06 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:06 Damiano Cunego
-0:06 Christian Vande Velde
-0:06 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adriano Malori 20:25:28 (was 32nd at 0:49)
2 Michal Golas 0:15 (was 48th at 0:58)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 0:17 (was 3rd at 0:11)
4 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 0:30 (was 124th at 2:35)
5 Christian Vande Velde 0:32 (was 8th at 0:26)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:36 (was 9th at 0:30)
7 Peter Stetina 0:37 (was 12th at 0:31)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:39 (was 13th at 0:33)
9 Enrico Gasparotto 0:39 (was 14th at 0:33)
10 Luke Roberts 0:41 (was 25th at 0:41)
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14 Marco Pinotti 0:43 (was 20th at 0:37)
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17 Roman Kreuziger 0:46 (was 23rd at 0:40)
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21 Ivan Basso 0:53 (was 29th at 0:47)
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33 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:02 (was 42nd at 0:56)
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37 Rigoberto Uran 1:04 (was 49th at 0:58)
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45 Frank Schleck 1:15 (was 62nd at 1:09)
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54 Damiano Cunego 1:25 (was 75th at 1:19)
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56 Michele Scarponi 1:28 (was 77th at 1:22)
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73 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:55 (was 100th at 1:49)
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82 Jose Rujano Guillen 2:39 (was 123rd at 2:33)
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85 John Gadret 2:49 (was 129th at 2:43)
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106 Mathias Frank 10:24 (was 166th at 10:18)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Matthew Harley Goss 65
2 Mark Cavendish 53
3 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 36
4 Geraint Thomas 26
5 Taylor Phinney 25
6 Geoffrey Soupe 25
7 Adriano Malori 24
8 Daniele Bennati 24
9 Mark Renshaw 24
10 Arnaud Demare 21

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24
2 Michal Golas 16
3 Cesare Benedetti 7
4 Alfredo Balloni 6
5 Pier Paolo De Negri 3
6 Adriano Malori 2
7 Ramunas Navardauskas 2
8 Brian Bulgac 2
9 Jack Bauer 1
10 Alessandro De Marchi 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 4


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