Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Theo Eltink
+17 Sylvain Chavanel
+16 Elias Schmaeh
+15 Niki Terpstra
+15 Leonardo Duque
+14 Sebastien Portal
+14 Frank Hoj
+13 Stuart O'Grady
+13 Alexandre Usov
+12 Steve Zampieri
Biggest losers by position :
-21 Murilo Fischer
-20 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi
-18 Stefan Schumacher
-17 Alessandro Vanotti
-15 Marc De Maar
-14 Benoit Vaugrenard
-13 Jurgen Roelandts
-10 Olivier Bonnaire
-10 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-9 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-9 Francisco Perez Sanchez
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Kim Kirchen
+0:02 Andreas Kloden
Biggest losers by time :
-24:36 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-24:36 Andoni Lafuente
-18:03 Alessandro Vanotti
-14:59 Robbie McEwen
-14:39 Alessandro Ballan
-14:39 Andre Korff
-14:39 Anthony Geslin
-14:39 Anthony Roux
-14:39 Christophe Mengin
-14:39 Claudio Corioni
-14:39 Daniel Musiol
Favourites by position :
+17 Sylvain Chavanel
+13 Stuart O'Grady
+5 Jens Voigt
+4 Damiano Cunego
+4 Andreas Kloden
+1 Thomas Dekker
+1 Stijn Devolder
+1 Kim Kirchen
+1 Andy Schleck
-1 Erik Zabel
-1 Alessandro Ballan
-2 Frank Schleck
-6 Fabian Cancellara
-6 Bobby Julich
-18 Stefan Schumacher
Favourites by time :
+0:06 Kim Kirchen
+0:02 Andreas Kloden
-0:24 Stijn Devolder
-0:24 Andy Schleck
-0:35 Damiano Cunego
-2:25 Jens Voigt
-2:25 Frank Schleck
-2:39 Sylvain Chavanel
-8:18 Erik Zabel
-9:33 Stuart O'Grady
-9:56 Bobby Julich
-11:48 Stefan Schumacher
-14:39 Thomas Dekker
-14:39 Fabian Cancellara
-14:39 Alessandro Ballan
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Kim Kirchen 26.54.31
2 Roman Kreuziger 0.27
3 Igor Anton Hernandez 0.33
4 Stijn Devolder 0.46
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6 Andreas Kloden 0.58
7 Andy Schleck 1.04
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11 Damiano Cunego 1.44
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21 Frank Schleck 4.36
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40 Stefan Schumacher 14.27
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44 Jens Voigt 17.10
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58 Sylvain Chavanel 26.02
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63 Bobby Julich 27.01
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67 Erik Zabel 28.22
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90 Fabian Cancellara 40.22
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97 Stuart O'Grady 42.37
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115 Alessandro Ballan 50.13
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135 Thomas Dekker 57.05
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5
Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 6 <<<
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 <<<
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 5
Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 5
Total retirements : 18