Stage 6 : Jul 4, Aix-en-Provence - Montpellier, 176.5 km 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 3.59.02 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 3 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 : Biggest gainers by position : +15 Tom Dumoulin +14 Markel Irizar Aranburu +14 Marcel Kittel +14 Jens Voigt +14 Gatis Smukulis +13 Vasil Kiryienka +13 Romain Sicard +13 Koen De Kort +13 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle +13 Jerome Coppel Biggest losers by position : -40 Janez Brajkovic -33 Damiano Cunego -32 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez -25 Alexey Lutsenko -14 Elia Favilli -14 Rein Taaramae -14 Rudy Molard -13 Laurent Didier -12 Jonathan Hivert -11 Brian Vandborg -11 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -10:48 Alexey Lutsenko -10:48 Janez Brajkovic -7:36 Dmitriy Muravyev -7:10 Cameron Meyer -7:10 Elia Favilli -7:10 Johnny Hoogerland -7:10 Jonathan Hivert -7:10 Sep Vanmarcke -7:10 Svein Tuft -5:57 Rudy Molard -5:46 Assan Bazayev Favourites by position : +7 Robert Gesink +3 Tejay Van Garderen +3 Cadel Evans +3 Bauke Mollema +1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa +1 Andy Schleck +1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -33 Damiano Cunego Favourites by time : -0:05 Tejay Van Garderen -0:05 Ryder Hesjedal -0:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa -0:05 Robert Gesink -0:05 Richie Porte -0:05 Michael Rogers -0:05 Christopher Froome -0:05 Cadel Evans -0:05 Bauke Mollema -0:05 Andy Schleck -0:05 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -0:05 Alberto Contador Velasco -0:59 Damiano Cunego Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Daryl Impey 22:18:17 (was 2nd at 0:00) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:03 (was 6th at 0:03) 3 Simon Gerrans 0:05 (was 1st at 0:00) 4 Michael Albasini 0:05 (was 3rd at 0:00) 5 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:06 (was 4th at 0:01) 6 Sylvain Chavanel 0:06 (was 5th at 0:01) 7 Christopher Froome 0:08 (was 7th at 0:03) 8 Richie Porte 0:08 (was 8th at 0:03) 9 Nicholas Roche 0:14 (was 9th at 0:09) 10 Roman Kreuziger 0:14 (was 10th at 0:09) 11 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:14 (was 11th at 0:09) 12 Michael Rogers 0:14 (was 12th at 0:09) ..... 14 Ryder Hesjedal 0:22 (was 14th at 0:17) ..... 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:25 (was 19th at 0:20) 19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:25 (was 20th at 0:20) ..... 23 Cadel Evans 0:31 (was 26th at 0:26) ..... 25 Tejay Van Garderen 0:31 (was 28th at 0:26) ..... 34 Andy Schleck 0:34 (was 35th at 0:29) ..... 38 Bauke Mollema 0:42 (was 41st at 0:37) ..... 56 Damiano Cunego 1:24 (was 23rd at 0:25) ..... 82 Robert Gesink 9:08 (was 89th at 9:03) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 159 (was 1st with 111 points) 2 Andre Greipel 130 (was 4th with 65 points) 3 Mark Cavendish 119 (was 2nd with 76 points) 4 Alexander Kristoff 111 (was 3rd with 76 points) 5 Marcel Kittel 87 (was 6th with 57 points) 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 71 (was 7th with 53 points) 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 66 (was 5th with 58 points) 8 Danny van Poppel 65 (was 8th with 43 points) 9 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle 51 (was 18th with 29 points) 10 Michal Kwiatkowski 49 (was 9th with 41 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Pierre Rolland 10 (unchanged) 2 Simon Clarke 5 (unchanged) 3 Blel Kadri 5 (unchanged) 4 Thomas De Gendt 4 (unchanged) 5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 3 (unchanged) 6 Cyril Gautier 2 (unchanged) 7 Lars Boom 2 (unchanged) 8 Lars Petter Nordhaug 2 (unchanged) 9 Brice Feillu 2 (unchanged) 10 Alexis Vuillermoz 2 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6 <<< Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6 <<< Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 <<< Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6 <<< Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3 Total retirements : 7