Stage 6 : Mar 14, Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon - Fayence, 221.5 km
1 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 5.12.11
2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
3 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.03
4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
5 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0.07
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol
9 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
10 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0.11
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+37 Julien Simon
+35 Davide Villella
+34 Thomas Voeckler
+34 Jelle Vanendert
+33 David Lopez Garcia
+32 Michael Matthews
+32 Jonathan Hivert
+31 Andy Schleck
+30 Nelson Oliveira
Biggest losers by position :
-61 John Degenkolb
-43 Jens Keukeleire
-37 Florian Vachon
-25 Armindo Fonseca
-25 Bryan Coquard
-25 Fabio Felline
-23 Elia Favilli
-23 Gregory Rast
-23 Tom Slagter
-21 Alexey Tsatevich
-21 Moreno Hofland
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:05 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+0:01 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
Biggest losers by time :
-17:23 Christian Knees
-17:23 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-17:13 Tyler Farrar
-17:03 Adrien Petit
-17:03 Albert Timmer
-17:03 Aleksejs Saramotins
-17:03 Alexander Kristoff
-17:03 Alexey Tsatevich
-17:03 Anthony Geslin
-17:03 Armindo Fonseca
-17:03 Benoit Vaugrenard
Favourites by position :
+34 Thomas Voeckler
+31 Andy Schleck
+29 Mathias Frank
+21 Rafal Majka
+14 Frank Schleck
+12 Lieuwe Westra
+11 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+9 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+9 Maxime Monfort
+4 Simon Spilak
+3 Michael Albasini
+3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-10 Vincenzo Nibali
-13 Wilco Kelderman
Favourites by time :
+0:05 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+0:01 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:16 Simon Spilak
-0:16 Rafal Majka
-0:16 Frank Schleck
-0:26 Maxime Monfort
-0:33 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:46 Wilco Kelderman
-0:46 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:56 Mathias Frank
-5:17 Andy Schleck
-6:13 Lieuwe Westra
-6:35 Thomas Voeckler
-17:03 Michael Albasini
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 27:04:48 (was 4th at 0:05)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:18 (was 12th at 0:19)
4 Zdenek Stybar 0:22 (was 9th at 0:19)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:24 (was 5th at 0:08)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 0:25 (was 6th at 0:13)
7 Arthur Vichot 0:27 (was 11th at 0:19)
8 Jan Bakelants 0:29 (was 7th at 0:13)
9 Cyril Gautier 0:31 (was 10th at 0:19)
10 Stefan Denifl 0:31 (was 19th at 0:19)
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12 Simon Spilak 0:35 (was 16th at 0:19)
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20 Maxime Monfort 0:58 (was 29th at 0:32)
21 Wilco Kelderman 1:01 (was 8th at 0:15)
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23 Vincenzo Nibali 1:05 (was 13th at 0:19)
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28 Frank Schleck 1:55 (was 42nd at 1:39)
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32 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2:12 (was 43rd at 1:39)
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36 Rafal Majka 4:45 (was 57th at 4:29)
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56 Mathias Frank 13:32 (was 85th at 11:36)
57 Lieuwe Westra 14:29 (was 69th at 8:16)
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84 Thomas Voeckler 24:17 (was 118th at 17:42)
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101 Andy Schleck 28:34 (was 132nd at 23:17)
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156 Michael Albasini 53:57 (was 159th at 36:54)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 41 (was 1st with 39 points)
2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 30 (was 6th with 15 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 20 (was 7th with 13 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
5 Bryan Coquard 17 (was 3rd with 17 points)
6 Moreno Hofland 16 (was 4th with 16 points)
7 Zdenek Stybar 16 (was 21st with 6 points)
8 Tom Jelte Slagter 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 13 (was 12th with 9 points)
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 12 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Sylvain Chavanel 20 (was 1st with 12 points)
2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 13 (was 7th with 6 points)
3 Valerio Agnoli 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
4 Stefan Denifl 10 (was 0 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 10 (was 5th with 8 points)
6 Tom Jelte Slagter 9 (was 3rd with 9 points)
7 Pim Ligthart 9 (was 0 points)
8 Christophe Laborie 9 (was 4th with 9 points)
9 Alexis Vuillermoz 8 (was 0 points)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 7 (was 6th with 7 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6 <<<
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 6 <<<
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 11