Stage 6 : June 12, 2015 Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur - Villard-de-Lans - Vercors 183 km 1 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 4.29.23 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.05 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0.38 4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0.39 5 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 1.24 6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1.46 7 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team 1.48 8 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1.59 9 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 2.12 10 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 : Biggest gainers by position : +65 Arnaud Courteille +64 Stephen Cummings +64 Philip Deignan +58 Nacer Bouhanni +55 Tony Martin +53 Dylan Teuns +52 Alberto Losada Alguacil +47 Christian Meier +44 Ben Gastauer +41 Simon Gerrans Biggest losers by position : -43 Michele Scarponi -38 Louis Meintjes -38 Nicolas Roche -36 Pierre Rolland -35 Peter Kennaugh -32 Alexis Vuillermoz -29 Haimar Zubeldia -29 Pawel Poljanski -28 Emanuel Buchmann -27 Bjorn Thurau -27 Jarlinson Pantano Biggest gainers by time : +1:42 Rui Costa +1:33 Vincenzo Nibali +0:58 Alejandro Valverde +0:53 Tony Gallopin +0:08 Simon Yates Biggest losers by time : -34:53 Albert Timmer -34:53 Aleksei Tsatevich -34:53 Alessandro Vanotti -34:53 Alexis Vuillermoz -34:53 Angel Vicioso -34:53 Bartosz Huzarski -34:53 Bauke Mollema -34:53 Benoit Vaugrenard -34:53 Bjorn Thurau -34:53 Bram Tankink -34:53 Bryan Nauleau Favourites by position : +23 Jean-Christophe Peraud +12 Vincenzo Nibali +9 Alejandro Valverde +6 Wilco Kelderman +4 Joaquim Rodriguez -2 Daniel Martin -2 Christopher Froome -4 Tejay Van Garderen -4 Andrew Talansky -6 Romain Bardet -10 Bauke Mollema -16 Mathias Frank -21 Samuel Sanchez -36 Pierre Rolland -38 Nicolas Roche Favourites by time : +1:33 Vincenzo Nibali +0:58 Alejandro Valverde -0:14 Daniel Martin -0:40 Christopher Froome -0:42 Tejay Van Garderen -0:59 Wilco Kelderman -0:59 Joaquim Rodriguez -0:59 Andrew Talansky -1:10 Romain Bardet -8:01 Mathias Frank -9:29 Jean-Christophe Peraud -34:53 Samuel Sanchez -34:53 Pierre Rolland -34:53 Nicolas Roche -34:53 Bauke Mollema Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Vincenzo Nibali 22:34:17 (was 13th at 1:33) 2 Rui Costa 0:29 (was 22nd at 2:11) 3 Alejandro Valverde 0:30 (was 12th at 1:28) 4 Simon Yates 0:35 (was 6th at 0:43) 5 Tejay Van Garderen 0:42 (was 1st at 0:00) 6 Benat Intxausti 0:57 (was 2nd at 0:17) 7 Christopher Froome 1:21 (was 5th at 0:41) 8 Tony Gallopin 1:29 (was 23rd at 2:22) 9 Romain Bardet 1:30 (was 3rd at 0:20) 10 Daniel Martin 1:30 (was 8th at 1:16) 11 Andrew Talansky 2:07 (was 7th at 1:08) ..... 13 Joaquim Rodriguez 2:45 (was 17th at 1:46) 14 Wilco Kelderman 3:05 (was 20th at 2:06) ..... 25 Mathias Frank 9:18 (was 9th at 1:17) ..... 35 Jean-Christophe Peraud 20:56 (was 58th at 11:27) ..... 48 Nicolas Roche 36:18 (was 10th at 1:25) ..... 50 Pierre Rolland 36:28 (was 14th at 1:35) ..... 62 Samuel Sanchez 40:59 (was 41st at 6:06) ..... 83 Bauke Mollema 50:55 (was 73rd at 16:02) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Nacer Bouhanni 64 (unchanged) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen 56 (unchanged) 3 Aleksei Tsatevich 32 (was 5th with 32 points) 4 Tiesj Benoot 31 (was 6th with 28 points) 5 Peter Kennaugh 25 (was 8th with 25 points) 6 Alejandro Valverde 20 (was 16th with 10 points) 7 Simon Gerrans 16 (was 9th with 16 points) 8 Rui Costa 15 (was 0 points) 9 Romain Bardet 15 (was 10th with 15 points) 10 Vincenzo Nibali 12 (was 0 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Daniel Teklehaimanot 33 (unchanged) 2 Vincenzo Nibali 17 (was 18th with 1 points) 3 Romain Bardet 15 (was 2nd with 15 points) 4 Arnaud Courteille 14 (was 3rd with 14 points) 5 Perrig Quemeneur 11 (was 4th with 11 points) 6 Alejandro Valverde 9 (was 0 points) 7 Rui Costa 8 (was 0 points) 8 Ian Boswell 8 (was 5th with 8 points) 9 Bjorn Thurau 7 (was 6th with 7 points) 10 Christopher Froome 6 (was 7th with 6 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 6 <<< Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 <<< Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 <<< Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 6 <<< Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 <<< Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 <<< Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 6 <<< Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<< Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 <<< Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<< Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<< Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 6 <<< Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 <<< Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 6 <<< Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 6 <<< Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 6 <<< Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 5 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 2 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1 Total retirements : 22