Vuelta a Espana, stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Philippe Gilbert
+18 Paolo Bettini
+16 Patrice Halgand
+16 Javier Moreno Bazan
+16 Ivan Velasco Murillo
+15 Oscar Freire Gomez
+14 Sebastien Hinault
+14 Paolo Tiralongo
+14 Marco Marzano
+13 Pavel Brutt

Biggest losers by position :
-55 Kevin De Weert
-44 Sebastien Joly
-38 Tom Boonen
-30 Carlos Panadero Castano
-30 Tom Stamsnijder
-29 Alan Perez Lezaun
-29 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
-26 Ivan Rovny
-22 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-22 Yannick Talabardon
-20 Sebastien Minard

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Paolo Bettini
+0:08 Philippe Gilbert
+0:04 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:02 Sylvain Chavanel

Biggest losers by time :
-8:17 Dmitriy Muravyev
-8:17 Mikhail Ignatiev
-6:32 Jean-Marc Marino
-6:30 Kevin De Weert
-6:22 Christophe Kern
-6:12 Artur Gajek
-6:09 Ivan Santaromita
-6:04 Nikolay Trusov
-5:58 Sebastien Joly
-5:48 Jelle Vanendert
-5:48 Marc De Maar

Favourites by position :
+12 Damiano Cunego
+10 Andreas Kloden
+8 Stefan Schumacher
+5 Alessandro Ballan
+3 Robert Gesink
+3 Marzio Bruseghin
+3 Davide Rebellin
+2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Igor Anton Hernandez
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:04 Davide Rebellin
-0:04 Alessandro Ballan
-0:10 Robert Gesink
-0:10 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:10 Levi Leipheimer
-0:10 Igor Anton Hernandez
-0:10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
-0:10 Damiano Cunego
-0:10 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:10 Andreas Kloden
-0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:18 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:18 Stefan Schumacher
-0:28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 17.35.35
2 Levi Leipheimer 0.10
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.26
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.57
5 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.37
.....
11 Igor Anton Hernandez 2.27
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 2.29
13 Alessandro Ballan 2.30
.....
17 Marzio Bruseghin 2.40
18 Robert Gesink 2.40
19 Davide Rebellin 2.43
.....
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 2.54
.....
26 Yaroslav Popovych 3.04
.....
54 Andreas Kloden 5.27
.....
59 Stefan Schumacher 6.00
.....
61 Damiano Cunego 6.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Total retirements : 4

[Ted van de Weteringe]

Bob Martin schreef:

> Top 3 and favourites standings :
> 1 Sylvain Chavanel 17.35.35
> 2 Levi Leipheimer 0.10

ĄLeipheimer pierde el jersey oro!
ĄLeipheimer pierde el amarillo!
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