Tour-de-France stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Benoît Vaugrenard
+4 Sebastian Lang
+4 Samuel Dumoulin
+4 Robbie McEwen
+4 Rik Verbrugghe
+4 Joost Posthuma
+3 Walter Beneteau
+3 Unai Etxebarria
+3 Steven De Jongh
+3 Samuel Plouhinec

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Anthony Geslin
-10 Bram Tankink
-10 Thomas Voeckler
-8 Juan Manuel Garate
-7 Beat Zberg
-6 Robert Hunter
-5 Bram De Groot
-4 Paolo Tiralongo
-2 Anthony Charteau
-2 Florent Brard
-2 Gustav Larsson

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Robbie McEwen
+0:04 Daniele Bennati

Biggest losers by time :
-4:55 Anthony Charteau
-2:20 Bram De Groot
-2:20 Bram Tankink
-2:20 Daniele Righi
-2:20 Johan Vansummeren
-2:16 Magnus Backstedt
-1:51 Wim Vansevenant
-1:35 Juan Manuel Garate
-1:25 Anthony Geslin
-1:25 Sébastien Joly
-1:23 Florent Brard

Favourites by position :
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 George Hincapie
-1 Andreas Klöden

Favourites by time :
-0:08 Stefano Garzelli
-0:08 Serguei Gonchar
-0:08 Pietro Caucchioli
-0:08 Paolo Savoldelli
-0:08 Michael Rogers
-0:08 Michael Boogerd
-0:08 Levi Leipheimer
-0:08 Iban Mayo
-0:08 Gilberto Simoni
-0:08 George Hincapie
-0:08 Georg Totschnig
-0:08 Floyd Landis
-0:08 Denis Menchov
-0:08 Damiano Cunego
-0:08 Christophe Moreau
-0:08 Carlos Sastre
-0:08 Cadel Evans
-0:08 Andreas Klöden
-0:40 David Moncoutié

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Tom Boonen 29.21.00
2 Robbie McEwen 0.12
3 Michael Rogers 0.21
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5 George Hincapie 0.25
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7 Paolo Savoldelli 0.35
8 Floyd Landis 0.36
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10 Serguei Gonchar 0.37
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12 Cadel Evans 0.40
13 Christophe Moreau 0.40
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18 Andreas Klöden 0.44
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25 Levi Leipheimer 0.48
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29 Gilberto Simoni 0.52
30 Denis Menchov 0.53
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32 Carlos Sastre 0.53
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37 Stefano Garzelli 0.58
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39 Michael Boogerd 1.01
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58 Georg Totschnig 1.10
59 Iban Mayo 1.11
60 Pietro Caucchioli 1.13
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69 Damiano Cunego 1.20
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125 David Moncoutié 6.32

Retirements to date :
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
Milram Fabio Sacchi DNS 6 <<
Rabobank Erik Dekker DNF 3
Total retirements : 5