Vuelta a Espana, stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 6 : Aug 25, Ubeda - Cordoba, 185.7 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4.38.22
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.03
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0.17
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Tony Martin
+40 Ivan Santaromita
+31 Enrico Gasparotto
+29 Peter Sagan
+27 Daniele Bennati
+24 John Degenkolb
+22 Pim Ligthart
+21 Oscar Freire Gomez
+21 Nelson Oliveira
+20 Simon Geschke

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Marc De Maar
-34 Mathias Frank
-27 Rein Taaramae
-26 Davide Vigano
-25 Francesco Bellotti
-25 Ruslan Pydgornyy
-23 Thomas Rohregger
-20 Manuele Mori
-20 Matthew Busche
-20 Tom Boonen
-18 Kevin De Weert

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:37 Peter Sagan
+0:29 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+0:25 Valerio Agnoli
+0:17 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:14 Eros Capecchi

Biggest losers by time :
-20:55 Adrian Palomares Villaplana
-20:55 Andreas Klier
-20:55 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-20:55 Christopher Sutton
-20:55 Dario Cataldo
-20:55 Dario David Cioni
-20:55 Davide Vigano
-20:55 Francesco Bellotti
-20:55 Kevin De Weert
-20:55 Leigh Howard
-20:55 Marc De Maar

Favourites by position :
+44 Tony Martin
+10 David Blanco Rodriguez
+6 Andreas Kloden
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Michele Scarponi
-2 Bradley Wiggins
-2 Bauke Mollema
-14 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-27 Rein Taaramae

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:06 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:06 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:06 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:06 Janez Brajkovic
-0:06 Denis Menchov
-0:06 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:06 Bradley Wiggins
-0:06 Bauke Mollema
-6:36 David Blanco Rodriguez
-14:05 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-14:05 Andreas Kloden
-20:55 Rein Taaramae

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 22:41:13 (unchanged)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:15 (was 2nd at 0:09)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:16 (was 5th at 0:33)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 0:23 (was 3rd at 0:23)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:25 (was 4th at 0:25)
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff 0:41 (was 6th at 0:35)
7 Maxime Monfort 0:44 (was 7th at 0:38)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:49 (was 8th at 0:43)
9 Sergio Pardilla Belllon 0:49 (was 9th at 0:43)
10 Marzio Bruseghin 0:52 (unchanged)
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13 Michele Scarponi 0:57 (was 15th at 0:57)
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15 Bauke Mollema 1:01 (was 13th at 0:55)
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17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:05 (was 17th at 0:59)
18 Janez Brajkovic 1:13 (was 18th at 1:07)
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22 Bradley Wiggins 1:26 (was 20th at 1:20)
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26 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:58 (was 26th at 1:52)
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30 Steven Kruijswijk 2:34 (was 30th at 2:28)
31 Denis Menchov 2:41 (was 31st at 2:35)
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101 David Blanco Rodriguez 42:37 (was 111st at 36:01)
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105 Tony Martin 44:34 (was 149th at 44:34)
106 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 44:42 (was 92nd at 30:37)
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127 Rein Taaramae 53:08 (was 100th at 32:13)
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146 Andreas Kloden 59:29 (was 152nd at 45:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 48 (was 2nd with 39 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 48 (was 3rd with 28 points)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 41 (was 1st with 41 points)
4 Sylvain Chavanel 32 (was 5th with 26 points)
5 Peter Sagan 30 (was 37th with 5 points)
6 Wout Poels 28 (was 4th with 28 points)
7 Bauke Mollema 26 (was 6th with 26 points)
8 Christopher Sutton 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
9 Valerio Agnoli 25 (was 26th with 9 points)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 23 (was 25th with 9 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 20 (unchanged)
2 Chris Anker Sorensen 15 (unchanged)
3 Koen De Kort 13 (unchanged)
4 David Moncoutie 10 (was 8th with 5 points)
5 Daniel Martin 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Eduard Vorganov 6 (unchanged)
8 Thomas Rohregger 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
9 Rein Taaramae 5 (unchanged)
10 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 <<<
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6 <<<
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 8


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