Stage 6 : March 16, 2015 Rieti - Porto Sant'Elpidio 210 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 5.04.13
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka
3 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge
5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka
7 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
8 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
10 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Rick Flens
+34 Luca Paolini
+32 Salvatore Puccio
+32 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
+31 Sam Bennett
+30 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+29 Matthieu Ladagnous
+27 Yaroslav Popovych
+27 Matthias Brandle
+27 Magnus Cort
Biggest losers by position :
-22 Enrico Battaglin
-22 Jelle Vanendert
-22 Stefano Pirazzi
-21 Laurens ten Dam
-20 Davide Villella
-19 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
-18 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-12 Dennis Vanendert
-11 Alexey Tsatevich
-11 Louis Meintjes
-11 Rinaldo Nocentini
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Gerald Ciolek
+0:04 Jens Debusschere
+0:02 Stijn Devolder
+0:01 Matthieu Ladagnous
Biggest losers by time :
-11:26 Alexander Porsev
-11:26 Alexey Tsatevich
-11:26 Bert De Backer
-11:26 Damien Gaudin
-11:26 Davide Villella
-11:26 Dennis Vanendert
-11:26 Edoardo Zardini
-11:26 Enrico Barbin
-11:26 Enrico Battaglin
-11:26 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-11:26 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
Favourites by position :
+30 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-2 Daniel Martin
-7 Michele Scarponi
Favourites by time :
-1:05 Daniel Martin
-1:37 Michele Scarponi
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 24:58:58 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 0:39 (unchanged)
3 Rigoberto Uran 0:48 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:57 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:03 (unchanged)
6 Adam Yates 1:04 (unchanged)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:06 (unchanged)
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:07 (unchanged)
9 Stephen Cummings 1:12 (unchanged)
10 Wout Poels 1:13 (unchanged)
11 Roman Kreuziger 1:15 (unchanged)
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13 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:23 (unchanged)
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18 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (was 20th at 2:23)
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25 Michele Scarponi 3:51 (was 18th at 2:14)
26 Daniel Martin 3:58 (was 24th at 2:53)
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44 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 19:51 (was 50th at 19:51)
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117 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 48:52 (was 147th at 48:52)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 32 (was 1st with 20 points)
2 Jens Debusschere 20 (was 7th with 12 points)
3 Rigoberto Uran 19 (was 5th with points)
4 Greg Van Avermaet 18 (was 3rd with 18 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez 16 (was 4th with points)
6 Nairo Quintana 15 (was 1st with points)
7 Wouter Poels 14 (was 6th with 13 points)
8 Magnus Cort Nielsen 12 (was 30th with 5 points)
9 Sam Bennett 11 (was 15th with 8 points)
10 Michele Scarponi 10 (was 3rd with 5 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Carlos Quintero 21 (unchanged)
2 Danilo Wyss 18 (unchanged)
3 Nairo Quintana 15 (unchanged)
4 Mathew Hayman 15 (unchanged)
5 Matteo Montaguti 13 (unchanged)
6 Bauke Mollema 10 (unchanged)
7 Luke Durbridge 10 (unchanged)
8 Michele Scarponi 9 (unchanged)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez 7 (unchanged)
10 Wouter Poels 5 (was 11th with 5 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 6 <<<
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha 6 <<<
Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 6 <<<
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 <<<
Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 6 <<<
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<<
Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 <<<
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<<
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<<
Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<<
Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 6 <<<
Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 6 <<<
Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 6 <<<
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 6 <<<
Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 6 <<<
Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 6 <<<
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 <<<
ZdenAk A tybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 <<<
Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 5
Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia 5
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 5
Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 5
Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 5
Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 5
Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 5
Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4
Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4
Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 4
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 3
Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 3
Total retirements : 35