Volta a Catalunya stage 6 summary

Stage 6 - Tarragona-Mataro

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 4:23:18
2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
3 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE-Team Emirates 0:00
4 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:00
5 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:00
6 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00
7 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:00
8 Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
9 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education - Nippo 0:00
10 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Remi Cavagna
+8 Stephen Williams
+8 Remy Rochas
+7 Sean Bennett
+7 Laurent Pichon
+7 Ide Schelling
+7 Dario Cataldo
+7 Clement Venturini
+6 Thomas De Gendt
+6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Mikel Iturria
-12 Brent Bookwalter
-8 Thymen Arensman
-7 Joan Bou
-6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
-6 Michael Storer
-5 Dmitry Strakhov
-5 Sylvain Moniquet
-3 Chris Froome
-3 Roman Kreuziger
-2 David De La Cruz

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Daryl Impey
+0:04 Juan Sebastian Molano

Biggest losers by time :
-9:31 Frederik Wandahl
-9:31 Mikel Iturria
-9:28 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
-7:36 Joan Bou
-7:36 Sylvain Moniquet
-7:36 Thymen Arensman
-7:24 Brent Bookwalter
-4:35 Alan Riou
-4:35 Chris Froome
-4:35 Gavin Mannion
-4:35 Jeremy Bellicaud

Favourites by position :
+5 Wout Poels
+4 Jan Hirt
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Richard Carapaz
+1 Enric Mas
-1 Tejay Van Garderen
-1 Rigoberto Uran
-2 Rohan Dennis

Favourites by time :
-0:39 Rohan Dennis
-1:48 Rigoberto Uran
-2:02 Tejay Van Garderen
-2:02 Jan Hirt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 23:08:45 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 0:45 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:49 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde 1:03 (unchanged)
5 Wilco Kelderman 1:03 (unchanged)
6 Esteban Chaves 1:04 (unchanged)
7 Joao Almeida 1:07 (unchanged)
8 Hugh Carthy 1:20 (unchanged)
9 Sepp Kuss 1:29 (unchanged)
10 Simon Yates 1:32 (unchanged)
.....
12 Nairo Quintana 1:46 (unchanged)
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18 Enric Mas 3:07 (was 19th at 3:07)
19 Richard Carapaz 4:45 (was 20th at 4:45)
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21 Steven Kruijswijk 5:49 (was 22nd at 5:49)
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45 Rohan Dennis 28:12 (was 43rd at 27:33)
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58 Rigoberto Uran 35:48 (was 57th at 34:00)
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65 Tejay Van Garderen 38:00 (was 64th at 35:58)
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79 Wout Poels 48:12 (was 84th at 48:12)
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83 Jan Hirt 52:06 (was 87th at 50:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 16 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 10 (unchanged)
3 Lennard Kamna 10 (unchanged)
4 Rohan Dennis 10 (unchanged)
5 Peter Sagan 10 (was 0 points)
6 Remi Cavagna 9 (was 5th with 9 points)
7 Natnael Berhane 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
8 Michael Woods 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
9 Ruben Guerreiro 6 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Luis Leon Sanchez 6 (was 9th with 6 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 50 (unchanged)
2 Adam Yates 40 (unchanged)
3 Koen Bouwman 33 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde 28 (unchanged)
6 Lennard Kamna 27 (unchanged)
7 Michael Woods 26 (unchanged)
8 Sepp Kuss 23 (unchanged)
9 Louis Meintjes 16 (unchanged)
10 Joe Dombrowski 15 (unchanged)
11 Clement Champoussin 14 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 69:27:16 (was 1st at 56:17:22)
2 Team BikeExchange 0:36 (was 2nd at 0:36)
3 Movistar Team 9:13 (was 3rd at 8:14)
4 Team Jumbo-Visma 23:03 (was 4th at 23:03)
5 EF Education - Nippo 24:45 (was 5th at 24:45)
6 Deceuninck - Quick Step 24:57 (was 6th at 24:57)
7 UAE-Team Emirates 28:47 (was 7th at 28:47)
8 BORA - hansgrohe 29:01 (was 8th at 29:01)
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 31:00 (was 9th at 31:00)
10 Lotto Soudal 34:25 (was 10th at 34:25)
11 Trek - Segafredo 37:02 (was 11th at 37:02)
12 Astana - Premier Tech 40:34 (was 12th at 40:34)
13 Israel Start-Up Nation 43:21 (was 13th at 43:21)
14 Team Arkea Samsic 43:41 (was 14th at 43:41)
15 Bahrain - Victorious 43:48 (was 15th at 43:48)
16 Groupama - FDJ 53:59 (was 16th at 53:59)
17 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:14:23 (was 17th at 1:14:23)
18 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:25:08 (was 18th at 1:23:06)
19 Team DSM 1:32:00 (was 19th at 1:30:34)
20 AG2R Citroen Team 1:37:27 (was 20th at 1:37:27)
21 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:44:24 (was 21th at 1:42:22)
22 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 2:25:22 (was 22th at 2:25:22)
23 Rally Cycling 3:04:46 (was 23th at 3:04:46)

Retirements to date : Stage
Giulio Ciccone (Trek - Segafredo) 6
Jose Herrada (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 6
Nathan Brown (Rally Cycling) 6
Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 6
Daniel Alejandro Mendez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Denis Nekrasov (Gazprom - RusVelo) 5
Francisco Galvan (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Jaime Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Marti Marquez (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Roger Adria (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Savva Novikov (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) 5
Alexander Evans (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4
Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) 4
Domen Novak (Bahrain - Victorious) 4
George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma) 4
Ilnur Zakarin (Gazprom - RusVelo) 4
Jai Hindley (Team DSM) 4
Karel Vacek (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 4
Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 4
Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroen Team) 3
Jan Bakelants (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 2
Nicolas Roche (Team DSM) 2
Pieter Serry (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 1
Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates) 1
Total retirements : 25


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