Stage 6 : Aug 24, Loveland - Ft. Collins, 185.4 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4.01.33
2 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia
5 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
6 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
7 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
9 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
10 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Rohan Dennis
+13 Ben Jacques-Maynes
+11 Fred Rodriguez
+11 Anders Lund
+10 Marsh Cooper
+10 Luka Mezgec
+10 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+10 Hayden Roulston
+10 Craig Lewis
+9 Patrick Gretsch
Biggest losers by position :
-38 Tanner Putt
-12 Christopher Froome
-12 Jonathan Clarke
-12 Juraj Sagan
-12 Nariyuki Masuda
-9 Ryan Eastman
-8 James Driscoll
-8 Tony Gallopin
-7 Davide Villella
-7 Jesse Anthony
-7 Nic Hamilton
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-21:14 Tanner Putt
-21:10 Thomas Soladay
-19:57 Gang Xu
-12:08 Kevin De Mesmaeker
-11:50 Nic Hamilton
-7:13 Carson Miller
-7:13 Christopher Froome
-7:13 Connor O'Leary
-7:13 Davide Villella
-7:13 Ian Boswell
-7:13 James Driscoll
Favourites by position :
+13 Rohan Dennis
+2 Richie Porte
+2 Michael Rogers
+2 Andy Schleck
-1 Andrew Talansky
-2 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-12 Christopher Froome
Favourites by time :
-0:15 Rohan Dennis
-0:15 Michael Rogers
-3:15 Richie Porte
-3:15 David Zabriskie
-3:15 Andrew Talansky
-5:33 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-7:13 Christopher Froome
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 20:11:33 (unchanged)
2 Mathias Frank 1:30 (unchanged)
3 Thomas Danielson 1:42 (unchanged)
4 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 2:10 (unchanged)
5 Lachlan Morton 2:34 (unchanged)
6 Gregory Obando Brenes 3:25 (unchanged)
7 Lawson Craddock 3:42 (unchanged)
8 George Bennett 3:58 (unchanged)
9 Rory Sutherland 4:11 (unchanged)
10 Philip Deignan 4:12 (unchanged)
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18 Tiago Machado 6:21 (unchanged)
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21 Christian Vande Velde 6:52 (unchanged)
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25 Michael Rogers 10:18 (was 27th at 10:03)
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31 Andy Schleck 13:22 (was 33rd at 13:22)
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41 Andrew Talansky 20:44 (was 40th at 17:29)
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59 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 32:19 (was 57th at 26:46)
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63 David Zabriskie 33:42 (was 63rd at 30:27)
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81 Rohan Dennis 41:04 (was 94th at 40:49)
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94 Christopher Froome 45:12 (was 82nd at 37:59)
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99 Richie Porte 47:09 (was 101st at 43:54)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 55 (was 1st with 40 points)
2 Greg Van Avermaet 34 (was 2nd with 24 points)
3 Luka Mezgec 24 (was 6th with 12 points)
4 Mathias Frank 15 (was 3rd with 15 points)
5 Tejay van Garderen 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
6 Lachlan David Morton 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
7 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas 12 (was 20th with 5 points)
8 Alessandro Bazzana 12 (was 15th with 6 points)
9 Tony Gallopin 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Ryan Anderson 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
David Millar (GBr) Garmin Sharp 6 <<<
Michael Friedman (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 6 <<<
Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 6 <<<
Alex Candelario (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4
Michael Torckler (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling 3
Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 2
Fu Shiu Cheung (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2
Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia 1
Total retirements : 17