Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5
Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Werner Riebenbauer
+2 Tom Stamsnijder
+2 Sebastian Siedler
+2 Sebastian Lang
+2 Robert Förster
+2 Ralf Grabsch
+2 Preben Van Hecke
+2 Pieter Jacobs
+2 Olaf Pollack
+2 Markus Zberg
Biggest losers by position :
-10 Martin Müller
-4 Mariusz Witecki
-4 Wolfgang Murer
-2 Julien Belgy
-2 Torsten Schmidt
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Gerald Ciolek
+0:07 Paul Martens
+0:06 Danilo Napolitano
+0:04 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:03 Erik Zabel
Biggest losers by time :
-4:35 Martin Müller
-2:58 Wolfgang Murer
-2:20 Julien Belgy
-1:56 Mariusz Witecki
-1:22 Torsten Schmidt
-1:17 Enrico Poitschke
Favourites by position :
+2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil
+2 Andreas Klier
+1 Riccardo Ricco
+1 Pietro Caucchioli
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Jens Voigt 22.52.24
2 David Lopez Garcia 0.33
3 Robert Gesink 1.14
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5 Levi Leipheimer 1.31
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8 Damiano Cunego 2.48
9 Davide Rebellin 3.27
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16 Marzio Bruseghin 4.40
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24 Franco Pellizotti 5.28
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27 Linus Gerdemann 6.10
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33 George Hincapie 6.47
34 Bobby Julich 7.05
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36 Giuseppe Guerini 7.20
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41 Vladimir Efimkin 7.52
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60 Pietro Caucchioli 13.47
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79 Riccardo Ricco 17.29
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125 José Luis Rubiera Vigil 35.44
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157 Andreas Klier 49.50
Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Saïd Haddou
Lampre-Fondital Paolo Tiralongo
Saunier Duval-Prodir Remmert Wielinga
Skil-Shimano Kaoru Ouchi
" Kenny Robert Van Hummel
" Piet Rooijakkers
Team CSC Andy Schleck
" Fabian Cancellara
Team Volksbank Gerrit Glomser
Unibet.com Matteo Carrara
" Rigoberto Uran
Total retirements : 11