Stage 6 : Mar 12, Offida, 181 km
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 4.38.27
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
4 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
8 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Darwin Atapuma
+33 Gerald Ciolek
+31 Elia Favilli
+30 Pim Ligthart
+28 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+28 Oscar Freire Gomez
+28 Matti Breschel
+28 Anthony Roux
+26 Vladimir Miholjevic
+25 Stuart O'Grady
Biggest losers by position :
-36 Ian Stannard
-35 Kristijan Koren
-35 Kristof Goddaert
-33 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-31 Fabian Cancellara
-20 David Millar
-18 Mads Christensen
-16 Enrico Gasparotto
-14 Arnaud Gerard
-14 Maciej Bodnar
-11 Robinson Chalapud
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:06 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:04 Danilo Di Luca
Biggest losers by time :
-16:25 Alex Rasmussen
-16:25 Andre Greipel
-16:25 Andrew Talansky
-16:25 Angelo Pagani
-16:25 Arnaud Gerard
-16:25 Danilo Hondo
-16:25 Danilo Napolitano
-16:25 David Millar
-16:25 Davide Vigano
-16:25 Diego Caccia
-16:25 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by position :
+8 Marco Pinotti
+5 Stefano Garzelli
+5 Cadel Evans
+3 George Hincapie
+2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-1 Steven Kruijswijk
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-3 Cameron Meyer
Favourites by time :
+0:10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:06 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:05 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:16 Peter Velits
-0:20 Stefano Garzelli
-0:20 Marco Pinotti
-0:20 Cameron Meyer
-0:20 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-0:29 Steven Kruijswijk
-1:20 Cadel Evans
-2:39 George Hincapie
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Horner 29:27:06 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:06 (was 3rd at 0:12)
4 Rinaldo Nocentini 0:45 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 0:47 (unchanged)
6 Johnny Hoogerland 0:48 (unchanged)
7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:50 (was 7th at 1:00)
8 Christophe Riblon 1:15 (was 8th at 1:10)
9 Danilo Di Luca 1:21 (was 12th at 1:25)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:22 (was 9th at 1:17)
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13 Cameron Meyer 1:43 (was 10th at 1:23)
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15 Peter Velits 2:19 (was 15th at 2:03)
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21 Steven Kruijswijk 4:12 (was 20th at 3:43)
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23 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 6:40 (was 25th at 6:20)
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27 Stefano Garzelli 10:24 (was 32nd at 10:04)
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30 Marco Pinotti 12:24 (was 38th at 12:04)
31 Cadel Evans 12:37 (was 36th at 11:17)
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42 George Hincapie 16:24 (was 45th at 13:45)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Vincenzo Nibali 30 (was 2nd with 20 points)
2 Peter Sagan 27 (was 1st with 27 points)
3 Roman Kreuziger 24 (was 3rd with 20 points)
4 Christopher Horner 21 (was 6th with 14 points)
5 Rinaldo Nocentini 17 (was 10th with 11 points)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 16 (was 0 points)
7 Danilo Di Luca 15 (was 0 points)
8 Tyler Farrar 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
9 Diego Caccia 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
10 Johnny Hoogerland 13 (was 9th with 12 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 24 (unchanged)
2 Ego Martinez De Esteban 9 (was 2nd with 7 points)
3 Kristof Goddaert 7 (unchanged)
4 Jarlinson Pantano 6 (unchanged)
5 Diego Caccia 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5 (was 0 points)
8 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 5 (was 0 points)
9 Peter Sagan 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Filippo Savini 5 (was 9th with 5 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6 <<<
Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 6 <<<
Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6 <<<
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 6 <<<
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 6 <<<
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 6 <<<
Johan Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes 6 <<<
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 6 <<<
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 6 <<<
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<<
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 6 <<<
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda 6 <<<
Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 <<<
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 6 <<<
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team 6 <<<
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6 <<<
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 5
Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 4
Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 3
Total retirements : 28