Tour de Suisse, stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 6 : Jun 16, Tobel-Tagerschen - Triesenberg/Malbun, 157.7 km

1 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4.12.03
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0.09
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.18
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.21
5 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0.30
7 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.19
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 1.27
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1.42


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+46 Leopold Konig
+42 Dominique Nerz
+28 Alan Perez Lezaun
+26 Martin Velits
+26 Artem Ovechkin
+25 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+23 Marcel Sieberg
+23 Alexander Gottfried
+22 Peter Velits
+22 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Brent Bookwalter
-19 Christopher Froome
-19 Sergey Lagutin
-18 Andreas Dietziker
-18 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-17 Daniel Sesma
-17 Dmitriy Muravyev
-17 Greg Van Avermaet
-17 Peter Sagan
-17 Simon Clarke
-16 Bartosz Huzarski

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:24 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:11 Levi Leipheimer

Biggest losers by time :
-21:30 Alessandro Ballan
-21:30 Alessandro Bazzana
-21:30 Andreas Dietziker
-21:30 Assan Bazayev
-21:30 Baden Cooke
-21:30 Bartosz Huzarski
-21:30 Ben Swift
-21:30 Bernhard Eisel
-21:30 Bert Grabsch
-21:30 Borut Bozic
-21:30 Brent Bookwalter

Favourites by position :
+19 Sylvain Chavanel
+9 Christian Vande Velde
+8 Andreas Kloden
+6 Jens Voigt
+5 Levi Leipheimer
+3 Ryder Hesjedal
+2 Frank Schleck
-3 Danilo Di Luca
-6 Stuart O'Grady
-6 Fabian Cancellara
-7 Alessandro Ballan
-8 Linus Gerdemann
-8 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :
+0:11 Levi Leipheimer
-0:16 Frank Schleck
-2:07 Danilo Di Luca
-8:06 Ryder Hesjedal
-8:06 Christian Vande Velde
-8:06 Andreas Kloden
-8:43 Sylvain Chavanel
-14:01 Linus Gerdemann
-14:01 Jens Voigt
-14:01 Andy Schleck
-20:48 Fabian Cancellara
-21:30 Stuart O'Grady
-21:30 Alessandro Ballan

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 21:26:28 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 1:23 (was 3rd at 1:16)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 1:36 (was 9th at 2:00)
4 Frank Schleck 1:41 (was 6th at 1:25)
5 Levi Leipheimer 1:59 (was 10th at 2:10)
6 Laurens ten Dam 2:24 (was 4th at 1:19)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 2:45 (was 7th at 1:32)
8 Mathias Frank 3:10 (was 12th at 2:44)
9 Giampaolo Caruso 3:11 (was 13th at 3:04)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 3:22 (was 5th at 1:21)
11 Danilo Di Luca 4:00 (was 8th at 1:53)
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22 Linus Gerdemann 17:10 (was 14th at 3:09)
23 Ryder Hesjedal 18:17 (was 26th at 10:11)
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28 Andy Schleck 20:28 (was 20th at 6:27)
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37 Andreas Kloden 28:18 (was 45th at 20:12)
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41 Christian Vande Velde 30:42 (was 50th at 22:36)
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58 Sylvain Chavanel 39:52 (was 77th at 31:09)
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72 Jens Voigt 45:18 (was 78th at 31:17)
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90 Fabian Cancellara 53:35 (was 84th at 32:47)
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94 Alessandro Ballan 54:38 (was 87th at 33:08)
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110 Stuart O'Grady 59:09 (was 104th at 37:39)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Lloyd Mondory 27 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 11 (was 11th with 2 points)
3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 9 (was 0 points)
4 Alessandro Bazzana 7 (was 2nd with 7 points)
5 Jan Bakelants 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
6 Andreas Dietziker 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
7 Jens Voigt 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
8 Jose Gutierrez Palacios 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
9 Cesare Benedetti 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
10 Daryl Impey 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Laurens Ten Dam 35 (was 1st with 34 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 30 (was 2nd with 24 points)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (was 0 points)
4 Matti Breschel 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Lloyd Mondory 17 (was 4th with 17 points)
6 Levi Leipheimer 16 (was 14th with 6 points)
7 Giampaolo Caruso 15 (was 0 points)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
9 Sylvain Chavanel 14 (was 12th with 7 points)
10 Mathias Frank 12 (was 6th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 6 <<<
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team 6 <<<
Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6 <<<
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Scott Alan Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6 <<<
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 15


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