Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Mar 29, El Vendrell - Vilanova i la Geltru, 172 km

1 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3.58.44
2 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.03
3 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
6 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
7 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
8 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
9 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0.09
10 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0.55


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Marek Rutkiewicz
+15 Damien Howson
+14 Nico Sijmens
+11 Stig Broeckx
+11 Fumiyuki Beppu
+11 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
+10 Petr Vakoc
+9 Serge Pauwels
+9 Samuel Dumoulin
+9 Rudy Molard

Biggest losers by position :
-29 Thomas Voeckler
-25 Phillip Gaimon
-21 Kenny Elissonde
-21 Marcos Garcia
-19 Nathan Earle
-18 Chris Anker Sorensen
-18 Francis De Greef
-17 Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
-17 Maxime Mederel
-15 Igor Anton Hernandez
-4 Jan Polanc

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:48 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+1:05 Stef Clement
+0:58 Rudy Molard
+0:56 Pieter Serry
+0:55 Antonio Piedra Perez
+0:54 Marek Rutkiewicz
+0:53 Damien Howson
+0:52 Pierre Rolland
+0:52 Jens Voigt
+0:46 Nico Sijmens

Biggest losers by time :
-12:25 Maxim Belkov
-10:18 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-10:18 Thomas Voeckler
-8:19 Chris Anker Sorensen
-8:19 Francis De Greef
-8:19 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-8:19 Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente
-8:19 Igor Anton Hernandez
-8:19 Jack Bobridge
-8:19 Kenny Elissonde
-8:19 Marcos Garcia

Favourites by position :
+5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+4 Thomas De Gendt

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 27:03:13 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:04 (unchanged)
3 Tejay van Garderen 0:07 (unchanged)
4 Romain Bardet 0:10 (unchanged)
5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:10 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Froome 0:17 (unchanged)
7 Andrew Talansky 0:18 (unchanged)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:26 (unchanged)
9 Warren Barguil 0:42 (unchanged)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 0:48 (unchanged)
.....
15 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:22 (unchanged)
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17 Ryder Hesjedal 1:26 (unchanged)
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19 Daniel Martin 1:49 (unchanged)
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26 Ivan Basso 3:16 (unchanged)
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29 Rigoberto Uran 4:16 (unchanged)
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38 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 7:54 (unchanged)
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55 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 16:53 (was 60th at 16:53)
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84 Thomas De Gendt 27:15 (was 88th at 27:15)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stef Clement 64 (was 1st with 58 points)
2 Jack Bobridge 54 (unchanged)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 40 (unchanged)
4 Tejay van Garderen 39 (was 0 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 38 (unchanged)
6 Ruben Plaza Molina 35 (unchanged)
7 Maxime Mederel 35 (unchanged)
8 Thomas De Gendt 35 (unchanged)
9 Branislau Samoilau 34 (unchanged)
10 Andrey Zeits 33 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 6
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano 6
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano 6
Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 6
Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 6
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 5
Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky 5
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 5
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 5
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 4
Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 4
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 4
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 3
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 3
Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 3
Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 2
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 2
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 2
Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2
Total retirements : 29


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