Stage 6 : Mar 11, Porto Sant'Elpidio, 209 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 5.45.17
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.02
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
4 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0.44
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0.50
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
10 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+54 Jurgen Roelandts
+52 Martin Velits
+51 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide
+50 Matthieu Sprick
+50 Jens Mouris
+49 Davide Appollonio
+48 Tyler Farrar
+43 Thor Hushovd
+43 Maarten Wynants
+43 Hayden Roulston
Biggest losers by position :
-17 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-17 Rinaldo Nocentini
-17 Sergio Pardilla Bellon
-16 Dario Cataldo
-16 Janez Brajkovic
-16 Sergey Lagutin
-15 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-12 Ben Gastauer
-10 Maxim Belkov
-10 Moreno Moser
-9 Michael Schar
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:26 Peter Sagan
+0:20 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
Biggest losers by time :
-22:46 Arnaud Demare
-22:46 Jens Mouris
-22:46 Martin Velits
-22:46 Mickael Delage
-19:50 Oscar Gatto
-19:40 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-19:40 Andre Greipel
-19:40 Danilo Hondo
-19:40 Klaas Lodewyck
-19:40 Sebastian Langeveld
-18:26 Adam Hansen
Favourites by position :
+10 Damiano Cunego
+7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+7 Cadel Evans
+6 Bauke Mollema
+4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3 Tony Martin
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Christopher Horner
-1 Christopher Froome
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3 Roman Kreuziger
-17 Rigoberto Uran Uran
Favourites by time :
+0:20 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:28 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:28 Christopher Horner
-0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:34 Christopher Froome
-0:34 Cadel Evans
-0:34 Bauke Mollema
-2:00 Roman Kreuziger
-2:00 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3:58 Damiano Cunego
-7:06 Tony Martin
-9:41 Rigoberto Uran Uran
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 27:57:26 (was 3rd at 0:20)
2 Christopher Froome 0:34 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:37 (was 7th at 0:55)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:48 (was 2nd at 0:20)
5 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:58 (was 4th at 0:24)
6 Christopher Horner 1:05 (was 5th at 0:37)
7 Mauro Santambrogio 1:20 (was 6th at 0:52)
8 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2:54 (was 12th at 2:20)
9 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 2:58 (was 13th at 2:24)
10 Wouter Poels 3:08 (was 14th at 2:34)
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12 Roman Kreuziger 3:27 (was 9th at 1:27)
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17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 5:35 (was 21st at 3:35)
18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 5:55 (was 25th at 5:27)
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21 Bauke Mollema 7:16 (was 27th at 6:42)
22 Cadel Evans 9:25 (was 29th at 8:51)
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25 Rigoberto Uran Uran 10:38 (was 8th at 0:57)
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29 Tony Martin 18:15 (was 32nd at 11:09)
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31 Damiano Cunego 19:13 (was 41st at 15:15)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 27 (was 1st with 23 points)
2 Peter Sagan 26 (was 9th with 14 points)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 25 (was 6th with 15 points)
4 Mauro Santambrogio 24 (was 5th with 17 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 22 (was 8th with 14 points)
6 Christopher Froome 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
7 Christopher Horner 17 (was 11th with 12 points)
8 Gerald Ciolek 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
9 Michal Kwiatkowski 12 (was 10th with 12 points)
10 Andre Greipel 12 (was 12th with 12 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Damiano Cunego 20 (was 2nd with 10 points)
2 Cesare Benedetti 13 (was 1st with 13 points)
3 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide 10 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Froome 9 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 5 (unchanged)
6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5 (was 0 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 5 (was 14th with 2 points)
8 Anthony Roux 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
9 Mauro Santambrogio 3 (unchanged)
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 3 (was 11th with 3 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 6 <<<
Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 6 <<<
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 6 <<<
Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 6 <<<
Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura 6 <<<
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6 <<<
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 6 <<<
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 6 <<<
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6 <<<
Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 6 <<<
Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 6 <<<
Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 6 <<<
Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 6 <<<
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6 <<<
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 6 <<<
Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 6 <<<
Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN-Qhubeka 6 <<<
Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ 6 <<<
Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 6 <<<
Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6 <<<
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 6 <<<
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 6 <<<
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 6 <<<
Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6 <<<
Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 6 <<<
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 6 <<<
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 6 <<<
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 6 <<<
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 6 <<<
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 6 <<<
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 6 <<<
Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 <<<
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 6 <<<
Robert Vrecer (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 <<<
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 6 <<<
Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 6 <<<
Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 <<<
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 6 <<<
Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 6 <<<
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 <<<
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 6 <<<
Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 6 <<<
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol 6 <<<
Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha 6 <<<
Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 6 <<<
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 5
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5
Martin Reimer (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka 5
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol 5
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 5
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka 4
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 4
Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Bram Tankink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 3
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 3
Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Total retirements : 67