Stage 6 : Friday, August  7 2009, Kroscienko nad Dunajcem - Zakopane, 162.2 km
            
             1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC                                 4.03.40
             2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                               
             3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team                                      
             4 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                                       
             5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                               
             6 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Team Poland Bank BGZ                                           
             7 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                  
             8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                  
             9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                                           
            10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas                                                           
            
            
           Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +74   Fredrik Kessiakoff 
                 +45   Perrig Quemeneur 
                 +45   Josu Agirre 
                 +45   Dominique Cornu 
                 +44   Rick Flens 
                 +44   Matthe Pronk 
                 +43   Arnaud Gerard 
                 +42   Tanel Kangert 
                 +41   Thomas Fothen 
                 +39   Yuriy Krivtsov 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -68   Aitor Galdos 
                 -67   Michael Friedman 
                 -53   Jurgen Roelandts 
                 -49   Bartosz Huzarski 
                 -44   Nick Nuyens 
                 -38   Danilo Napolitano 
                 -34   Christian Kux 
                 -34   Manuele Mori 
                 -33   Domenik Klemme 
                 -33   Steve Chainel 
                 -32   Christopher Sutton 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:04   Edvald Boasson Hagen 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -35:18   Michael Friedman 
              -28:11   Danilo Napolitano 
              -28:07   Christopher Sutton 
              -28:07   Graeme Brown 
              -28:07   Kilian Patour 
              -28:07   William Frischkorn 
              -28:07   Wim De Vocht 
              -21:35   Aitor Galdos 
              -21:35   Angelo Furlan 
              -21:35   Aurelien Clerc 
              -21:35   Blazej Janiaczyk 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +27   Marzio Bruseghin 
                 +20   David Lopez Garcia 
                 +18   Ivan Basso 
                 +14   Daniel Martin 
                 +11   Maxim Iglinsky 
                  +2   Francesco Gavazzi 
                  +1   Tadej Valjavec 
                  -1   Sylvester Szmyd 
                  -6   Allan Davis 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -0:06   Sylvester Szmyd 
               -0:06   Maxim Iglinsky 
               -0:06   Francesco Gavazzi 
               -0:06   Daniel Martin 
               -0:10   David Lopez Garcia 
               -0:10   David Loosli 
               -0:42   Tadej Valjavec 
               -3:43   Marzio Bruseghin 
               -3:43   Ivan Basso 
              -14:48   Allan Davis 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Alessandro Ballan                          25.50.34
                   2  Daniel Moreno                                  0.10
                   3  Edvald Boasson Hagen                           0.11
                   .....
                   7  Sylvester Szmyd                                0.16
                   8  Francesco Gavazzi                              0.26
                   9  David Loosli                                   0.26
                   .....
                  13  Maxim Iglinsky                                 0.31
                  14  Daniel Martin                                  0.31
                   .....
                  18  David Lopez Garcia                             0.35
                   .....
                  20  Tadej Valjavec                                 1.07
                   .....
                  24  Ivan Basso                                     4.20
                   .....
                  39  Marzio Bruseghin                               9.12
                   .....
                 109  Allan Davis                                   31.18
            
           Retirements to date :                                    Stage
              Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD                                   6 <<<
              Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               6 <<<
              Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                   6 <<<
              Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step                          5
              Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                  5
              Sergii Matveiev (Ukr) ISD                                 5
              Tomasz Smolen (Pol) Team Poland Bank BGZ                  5
              Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                    4
              Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - HTC             2
              Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                         1
              Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                           1
              Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto                    1
            Total retirements : 12