Tour de Suisse, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : June 19, 2014, Buren A.D. Aare - Delemont, 184 km

1 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4.43.19
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
6 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky
10 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Yohann Gene
+31 Bryan Coquard
+27 Daniele Bennati
+26 Matteo Trentin
+26 Anthony Roux
+23 Sacha Modolo
+23 Maarten Wynants
+23 Bjorn Thurau
+22 Maxime Mederel
+20 Johan Vansummeren

Biggest losers by position :
-34 Matthew Busche
-26 Jonathan Fumeaux
-25 Jeremy Roy
-24 Christiano Salerno
-24 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-23 Lawrence Warbasse
-23 Manuele Boaro
-21 Mirko Selvaggi
-20 Vegard Breen
-19 Laurens De Vreese
-19 Rohan Dennis

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-18:33 Gatis Smukulis
-18:18 Andrea Palini
-18:18 Cameron Meyer
-18:18 Chris Anker Sorensen
-18:18 Edward King
-18:18 Geoffrey Soupe
-18:18 Gerald Ciolek
-18:18 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-18:18 Guillaume Boivin
-18:18 Jimmy Engoulvent
-18:18 John Degenkolb

Favourites by position :
-16 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-18:18 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 23:11:06 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Peter Sagan 0:10 (unchanged)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:17 (unchanged)
5 Tom Jelte Slagter 0:23 (unchanged)
6 Davide Formolo 0:27 (unchanged)
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti 0:27 (unchanged)
8 Roman Kreuziger 0:28 (unchanged)
9 Mathias Frank 0:29 (unchanged)
10 Mattia Cattaneo 0:29 (unchanged)
.....
13 Thibaut Pinot 0:35 (unchanged)
.....
15 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:36 (unchanged)
16 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:37 (unchanged)
17 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:38 (unchanged)
.....
19 Christophe Riblon 0:39 (unchanged)
.....
23 Laurens ten Dam 0:44 (unchanged)
.....
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:47 (unchanged)
26 Cadel Evans 0:51 (unchanged)
.....
115 Cameron Meyer 34:46 (was 99th at 16:28)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 88 (was 1st with 77 points)
2 Sacha Modolo 48 (was 2nd with 38 points)
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 37 (was 3rd with 28 points)
4 Matteo Trentin 25 (was 0 points)
5 Mark Cavendish 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
6 Bauke Mollema 24 (was 9th with 19 points)
7 Alexander Kristoff 24 (was 5th with 24 points)
8 Juan Jose Lobato 24 (was 6th with 24 points)
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 23 (was 12th with 16 points)
10 Ben Swift 22 (was 25th with 9 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bjorn Thurau 74 (was 1st with 63 points)
2 Reto Hollenstein 37 (unchanged)
3 Lawrence Warbasse 28 (unchanged)
4 Philip Deignan 24 (unchanged)
5 Jacopo Guarnieri 16 (was 0 points)
6 Frederik Veuchelen 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
7 Vladimir Isaychev 14 (was 0 points)
8 Michael Albasini 12 (was 0 points)
9 Sander Armee 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
10 Nino Schurter 12 (was 7th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 6
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6
Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 6
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 6
Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 5
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 5
Michel Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 5
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 2
Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 2
Total retirements : 19


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