Giro d'Italia - stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 6 : May 12, Orvieto - Fiuggi, 216 km

1 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 5.15.39
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team
5 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Frantisek Rabon
+31 Roberto Ferrari
+30 Bart De Clercq
+27 Ruggero Marzoli
+27 Borut Bozic
+26 Mathias Frank
+25 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+24 Richie Porte
+24 Jorge Azanza Soto
+24 Alberto Losada Alguacil

Biggest losers by position :
-71 Sacha Modolo
-59 Lars Ytting Bak
-40 Chad Beyer
-39 Addy Engels
-33 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-30 Gert Dockx
-27 Dennis van Winden
-23 Klaas Lodewyck
-22 Alessandro De Marchi
-21 Russell Downing
-19 Josep Jufre Pou

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
+0:12 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:08 Roberto Ferrari

Biggest losers by time :
-17:41 Sacha Modolo
-17:29 Adam Blyth
-17:29 Brett Lancaster
-17:29 Cameron Meyer
-17:29 Davide Ricci Bitti
-17:29 Elia Favilli
-17:29 Filippo Savini
-17:29 Francesco Chicchi
-17:29 Graeme Brown
-17:29 Jos van Emden
-17:29 Mark Renshaw

Favourites by position :
+32 Frantisek Rabon
+24 Richie Porte
+12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+8 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Stefano Garzelli
-59 Lars Ytting Bak

Favourites by time :
-0:34 Richie Porte
-13:39 Lars Ytting Bak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pieter Weening 20:15:12 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:02 (was 3rd at 0:02)
3 Marco Pinotti 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:02)
4 Christophe Le Mevel 0:05 (unchanged)
5 Pablo Lastras Garcia 0:22 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 0:24 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 0:26 (unchanged)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 0:28 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:30 (unchanged)
10 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 0:33 (unchanged)
11 Thomas Lovkvist 0:39 (unchanged)
12 David Arroyo Duran 0:40 (unchanged)
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18 Roman Kreuziger 0:52 (unchanged)
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20 Denis Menchov 0:55 (unchanged)
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27 Stefano Garzelli 1:09 (was 28th at 1:09)
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44 Carlos Sastre Candil 2:08 (unchanged)
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65 Danilo Di Luca 7:56 (was 73rd at 7:56)
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80 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:17 (was 92nd at 11:17)
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120 Richie Porte 19:47 (was 144th at 19:13)
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137 Lars Ytting Bak 23:16 (was 78th at 9:37)
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155 Frantisek Rabon 28:09 (was 187th at 28:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 7 (unchanged)
2 Martin Kohler 5 (unchanged)
3 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 0 points)
4 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Marco Marzano 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
7 Jussi Veikkanen 4 (was 0 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
9 Sacha Modolo 3 (was 0 points)
10 Tiziano Dall'Antonia 3 (was 7th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Martin Kohler 10 (unchanged)
2 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (unchanged)
3 Christophe Le Mevel 5 (unchanged)
4 Roman Kreuziger 3 (unchanged)
5 Sebastian Lang 3 (unchanged)
6 Pavel Brutt 3 (unchanged)
7 Sacha Modolo 3 (was 0 points)
8 Pablo Lastras Garcia 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
9 Michele Scarponi 2 (was 8th with 2 points)
10 Valerio Agnoli 2 (was 9th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 13