Stage 6 : Mar 14, Ussita - Macerata, 178 km
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4.37.58
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Roman Kireyev
+23 Assan Bazayev
+22 Tom Stamsnijder
+22 Allan Davis
+20 Bert Grabsch
+19 Kevin Van Impe
+18 Enrico Gasparotto
+18 Dries Devenyns
+18 Adam Hansen
+17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Biggest losers by position :
-25 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-24 Lars Boom
-24 Leonardo Giordani
-24 Matthew Wilson
-24 Nick Nuyens
-23 Maciej Bodnar
-22 Ben Hermans
-21 Andreas Klier
-19 Sebastien Rosseler
-18 Fabian Wegmann
-17 Greg Van Avermaet
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-21:56 Gorik Gardeyn
-21:41 Alberto Ongarato
-21:41 Andreas Klier
-21:41 Ben Hermans
-21:41 Bernhard Eisel
-21:41 Branislau Samoilau
-21:41 Brett Lancaster
-21:41 Christopher Sutton
-21:41 Danilo Hondo
-21:41 David Tanner
-21:41 David Zabriskie
Favourites by position :
+22 Allan Davis
+8 Joaquin Rodriguez
+6 David Arroyo Duran
+6 Andy Schleck
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Robert Gesink
-1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 Ivan Basso
-2 Alessandro Ballan
-3 David Zabriskie
-13 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by time :
-0:04 Michele Scarponi
-0:09 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:10 Stefano Garzelli
-0:10 Robert Gesink
-0:10 Ivan Basso
-0:10 Danilo Di Luca
-0:19 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:43 Andy Schleck
-1:27 David Arroyo Duran
-3:55 Alessandro Ballan
-6:49 Joaquin Rodriguez
-9:09 Allan Davis
-15:53 Fabian Cancellara
-21:41 David Zabriskie
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 27:26:33 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 0:09 (was 4th at 0:05)
3 Ivan Basso 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:02)
4 Robert Gesink 0:15 (was 5th at 0:05)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 0:21 (was 6th at 0:12)
6 Damiano Cunego 0:24 (was 3rd at 0:03)
7 Philippe Gilbert 0:33 (was 7th at 0:23)
8 Tiago Machado 0:42 (was 10th at 0:32)
9 Thomas Lovkvist 0:46 (was 8th at 0:27)
10 Marco Pinotti 0:46 (was 9th at 0:27)
11 Danilo Di Luca 0:56 (was 11th at 0:46)
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13 Stefano Garzelli 1:24 (was 17th at 1:14)
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26 David Arroyo Duran 4:01 (was 32nd at 2:34)
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33 Alessandro Ballan 5:58 (was 31st at 2:03)
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43 Andy Schleck 13:57 (was 49th at 13:14)
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69 Joaquin Rodriguez 36:45 (was 77th at 29:56)
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95 Fabian Cancellara 47:36 (was 82nd at 31:43)
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124 Allan Davis 1:07:36 (was 146th at 58:27)
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135 David Zabriskie 1:11:32 (was 132nd at 49:51)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michele Scarponi 26 (was 5th with 15 points)
2 Tyler Farrar 26 (was 1st with 24 points)
3 Cadel Evans 20 (was 16th with 8 points)
4 Juan Jose Haedo 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
5 Damiano Cunego 19 (was 3rd with 18 points)
6 Philippe Gilbert 15 (was 6th with 13 points)
7 Wout Poels 15 (was 12th with 10 points)
8 Ivan Basso 13 (was 20th with 7 points)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 13 (was 0 points)
10 Danilo Di Luca 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Malacarne 16 (was 1st with 13 points)
2 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 11 (unchanged)
3 Gorazd Stangelj 11 (was 3rd with 10 points)
4 Borut Bozic 10 (was 0 points)
5 Fabian Wegmann 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
6 Michele Scarponi 7 (was 5th with 7 points)
7 Mikael Cherel 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
8 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
9 Leonardo Giordani 6 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Angel Madrazo Ruiz 5 (was 9th with 5 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6 <<<
Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 6 <<<
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 6 <<<
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 6 <<<
Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 6 <<<
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5
Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 5
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Team Leopard-Trek 4
Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad 3
Andre Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Total retirements : 12