Stage 6 : Mar 13, Peynier - Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 220 km
1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 5.01.39
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
7 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
10 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini
Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Pierrick Fedrigo
+35 Tadej Valjavec
+33 Christopher Horner
+33 Benat Intxausti
+32 Daniel Navarro
+30 Dimitri Champion
+28 Chris Sorensen
+27 Stephen Cummings
+27 Serguei Ivanov
+26 Romain Sicard
Biggest losers by position :
-59 Kevin Seeldrayers
-29 Luis Pasamontes
-27 Julien El Fares
-24 Christian Meier
-22 Egoi Martinez
-19 Daniel Martin
-19 Julien Loubet
-17 Frederik Willems
-16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-16 Mirco Lorenzetto
-15 Cyril Lemoine
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Xavier Tondo
+0:06 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:06 Alejandro Valverde
+0:04 Peter Sagan
+0:01 Sandy Casar
Biggest losers by time :
-24:36 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-24:36 Christian Meier
-24:36 Jeremy Galland
-24:36 Jurgen Van Goolen
-24:36 Luis Pasamontes
-24:36 Sebastien Turgot
-24:36 Vicente Garcia Acosta
-24:34 Kevin Seeldrayers
-18:37 Christian Vandevelde
-18:37 Jos Van Emden
-18:27 Adam Hansen
Favourites by position :
+17 Damiano Cunego
+2 Xavier Tondo
+1 Levi Leipheimer
-7 Christian Vandevelde
-9 Tony Martin
Favourites by time :
+0:16 Xavier Tondo
+0:06 Alejandro Valverde
-4:59 Damiano Cunego
-18:27 Tony Martin
-18:37 Christian Vandevelde
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador 25.43.24
2 Alejandro Valverde 0.14
3 Roman Kreuziger 0.25
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5 Samuel Sanchez 0.29
6 Jens Voigt 0.34
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9 David Millar 1.02
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17 Janez Brajkovic 1.56
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20 Frank Schleck 2.05
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26 Xavier Tondo 3.32
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29 Levi Leipheimer 3.57
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55 Damiano Cunego 16.38
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97 Christian Vandevelde 35.12
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108 Tony Martin 39.30
Retirements to date : Stage
Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 6 <<<
Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 <<<
Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 <<<
Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 6 <<<
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 6 <<<
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 <<<
Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 <<<
Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 <<<
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack 6 <<<
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 5
Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma - Lotto 5
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 5
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 5
Serge Pauwels (Bel) Team Sky 5
Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Testteam 4
Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team 4
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - Farnese 3
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Testteam 3
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 2
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese 2
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions 1
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack 1
Total retirements : 24