Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Jun 12, Crolles - Alpe-d'Huez, 151.5 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4.31.01
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack
3 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 0.17
4 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0.24
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.40
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
10 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 1.26


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+49 David Gutierrez Palacios
+37 Anders Lund
+36 Guillaume Bonnafond
+32 Stijn Vandenbergh
+32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+31 Christophe Moreau
+29 Jurgen Roelandts
+29 Cyril Dessel
+28 Amael Moinard
+27 Stefan Denifl

Biggest losers by position :
-52 David Millar
-50 Christophe Kern
-50 Eros Capecchi
-43 Egor Silin
-40 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-31 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-30 Dario Cataldo
-30 Peter Stetina
-25 Reine Taaramae
-22 Andrey Zeits
-21 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-33:51 Samuel Dumoulin
-33:48 Christophe Kern
-33:48 Sebastien Minard
-33:16 Nikolai Trusov
-31:46 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-31:46 Andre Steensen
-31:46 Andreas Stauff
-31:46 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-31:46 Daniel Lloyd
-31:46 Daniele Bennati
-31:46 David Gutierrez Palacios

Favourites by position :
+29 Cyril Dessel
+14 Johan Van Summeren
+10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Lars Ytting Bak
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Remi Pauriol
-18 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-20 Denis Menchov
-52 David Millar

Favourites by time :
-0:40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:18 Cyril Dessel
-4:06 Remi Pauriol
-8:44 Johan Van Summeren
-9:27 Denis Menchov
-12:28 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-16:01 Ruben Plaza Molina
-24:39 Lars Ytting Bak
-24:39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-24:39 David Millar

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janez Brajkovic 24:26:05 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:41 (was 3rd at 1:41)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 2:41 (was 2nd at 1:15)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:46 (was 8th at 3:06)
.....
14 Remi Pauriol 7:49 (was 12th at 3:43)
.....
24 Cyril Dessel 11:30 (was 53rd at 9:12)
.....
26 Denis Menchov 12:22 (was 6th at 2:55)
.....
37 Daniel Navarro Garcia 16:51 (was 19th at 4:23)
.....
43 Johan Van Summeren 19:39 (was 57th at 10:55)
.....
55 Ruben Plaza Molina 25:58 (was 55th at 9:57)
56 David Millar 26:35 (was 4th at 1:56)
.....
89 Lars Ytting Bak 48:36 (was 91st at 23:57)
.....
102 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 55:38 (was 112nd at 30:59)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Janez Brajkovic 87 (was 2nd with 65 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 83 (was 4th with 58 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 67 (was 1st with 67 points)
4 Grega Bole 63 (was 3rd with 63 points)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 56 (was 5th with 46 points)
6 Christophe Riblon 55 (was 6th with 41 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 45 (was 8th with 38 points)
8 Nicolas Vogondy 42 (was 11th with 30 points)
9 Christophe Moreau 39 (was 19th with 24 points)
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 38 (was 21st with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 55 (was 5th with 21 points)
2 Janez Brajkovic 33 (was 11th with 15 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 32 (was 16th with 12 points)
4 Eros Capecchi 31 (was 1st with 31 points)
5 Cyril Gautier 29 (was 7th with 20 points)
6 Thibault Pinot 26 (was 2nd with 26 points)
7 Stefan Denifl 24 (was 0 points)
8 Bram Tankink 23 (was 3rd with 23 points)
9 Guillaume Bonnafond 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
10 Christophe Moreau 22 (was 17th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6
Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Footon-Servetto 6
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 6
Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6
Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto 6
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack 6
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 5
Roy Sentjens (Ned) Team Milram 5
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 4
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4
Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 4
Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 3
Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 26


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Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 6 : Jun 12, Crolles - Alpe-d'Huez, 151.5 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4.31.01
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack
3 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 0.17
4 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0.24
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.40
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
10 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 1.26


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+49 David Gutierrez Palacios
+37 Anders Lund
+36 Guillaume Bonnafond
+32 Stijn Vandenbergh
+32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+31 Christophe Moreau
+29 Jurgen Roelandts
+29 Cyril Dessel
+28 Amael Moinard
+27 Stefan Denifl

Biggest losers by position :
-52 David Millar
-50 Christophe Kern
-50 Eros Capecchi
-43 Egor Silin
-40 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-31 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-30 Dario Cataldo
-30 Peter Stetina
-25 Reine Taaramae
-22 Andrey Zeits
-21 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-33:51 Samuel Dumoulin
-33:48 Christophe Kern
-33:48 Sebastien Minard
-33:16 Nikolai Trusov
-31:46 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-31:46 Andre Steensen
-31:46 Andreas Stauff
-31:46 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-31:46 Daniel Lloyd
-31:46 Daniele Bennati
-31:46 David Gutierrez Palacios

Favourites by position :
+29 Cyril Dessel
+14 Johan Van Summeren
+10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Lars Ytting Bak
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Remi Pauriol
-18 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-20 Denis Menchov
-52 David Millar

Favourites by time :
-0:40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:18 Cyril Dessel
-4:06 Remi Pauriol
-8:44 Johan Van Summeren
-9:27 Denis Menchov
-12:28 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-16:01 Ruben Plaza Molina
-24:39 Lars Ytting Bak
-24:39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-24:39 David Millar

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janez Brajkovic 24:26:05 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:41 (was 3rd at 1:41)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 2:41 (was 2nd at 1:15)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:46 (was 8th at 3:06)
.....
14 Remi Pauriol 7:49 (was 12th at 3:43)
.....
24 Cyril Dessel 11:30 (was 53rd at 9:12)
.....
26 Denis Menchov 12:22 (was 6th at 2:55)
.....
37 Daniel Navarro Garcia 16:51 (was 19th at 4:23)
.....
43 Johan Van Summeren 19:39 (was 57th at 10:55)
.....
55 Ruben Plaza Molina 25:58 (was 55th at 9:57)
56 David Millar 26:35 (was 4th at 1:56)
.....
89 Lars Ytting Bak 48:36 (was 91st at 23:57)
.....
102 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 55:38 (was 112nd at 30:59)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Janez Brajkovic 87 (was 2nd with 65 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 83 (was 4th with 58 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 67 (was 1st with 67 points)
4 Grega Bole 63 (was 3rd with 63 points)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 56 (was 5th with 46 points)
6 Christophe Riblon 55 (was 6th with 41 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 45 (was 8th with 38 points)
8 Nicolas Vogondy 42 (was 11th with 30 points)
9 Christophe Moreau 39 (was 19th with 24 points)
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 38 (was 21st with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 55 (was 5th with 21 points)
2 Janez Brajkovic 33 (was 11th with 15 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 32 (was 16th with 12 points)
4 Eros Capecchi 31 (was 1st with 31 points)
5 Cyril Gautier 29 (was 7th with 20 points)
6 Thibault Pinot 26 (was 2nd with 26 points)
7 Stefan Denifl 24 (was 0 points)
8 Bram Tankink 23 (was 3rd with 23 points)
9 Guillaume Bonnafond 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
10 Christophe Moreau 22 (was 17th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6
Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Footon-Servetto 6
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 6
Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6
Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto 6
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack 6
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 5
Roy Sentjens (Ned) Team Milram 5
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 4
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4
Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 4
Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 3
Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 26


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Alberto is rounding into shape nicely.

--
Old Fritz

Frederick the Great wrote:
Alberto is rounding into shape nicely.

Rounding ? That sounds more like LANCE.