Stage 6 : Aug 28, Golden - Denver, 115.9 km 1 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2.27.08 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy 4 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0.02 6 Robert Forster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioq 9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 : Biggest gainers by position : +24 Adrian Hegyvary +23 Ryan Roth +23 Ben Hermans +22 Bernard Van Ulden +19 Bradley White +18 Robert Forster +18 Craig Lewis +16 Martin Reimer +14 Michael Morkov +13 Frank Pipp Biggest losers by position : -13 Sebastien Salas -9 Jeffry Louder -3 Ivan Basso -2 Jens Voigt -2 Patrick Gretsch -2 Ryder Hesjedal -1 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon -1 Alex Hagman -1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle -1 Timothy Duggan -1 Vladimir Efimkin Biggest gainers by time : +0:12 Daniel Oss +0:08 Elia Viviani +0:06 Fred Rodriguez +0:03 Oscar Sevilla Ribera +0:02 Daniel Summerhill Biggest losers by time : -6:25 Bradley White -6:25 Patrick Gretsch -6:25 Sebastien Salas -3:27 Thimothy Roe -3:22 Bernard Van Ulden -2:24 Davide Cimolai -2:24 Erik Slack -1:47 Craig Lewis -1:47 Hayden Roulston -1:36 Jeffry Louder -1:09 Ivan Basso Favourites by position : +3 Peter Velits +3 Laurens Ten Dam +2 Robert Gesink +1 Frank Schleck +1 Andy Schleck -2 Ryder Hesjedal -2 Jens Voigt -3 Ivan Basso Favourites by time : -0:13 Laurens Ten Dam -0:57 Ryder Hesjedal -1:09 Jens Voigt -1:09 Ivan Basso Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Levi Leipheimer 20:00:24 (unchanged) 2 Christian Vande Velde 0:11 (unchanged) 3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:17 (unchanged) 4 Thomas Danielson 0:21 (unchanged) 5 George Hincapie 0:53 (unchanged) 6 Rafael Infantino Abreu 1:14 (unchanged) 7 Cadel Evans 1:18 (unchanged) 8 Stef Clement 1:42 (unchanged) 9 Bruno Pires 1:49 (unchanged) 10 Rory Sutherland 1:50 (unchanged) ..... 12 Frank Schleck 2:17 (was 13th at 2:17) ..... 15 Robert Gesink 2:46 (was 17th at 2:46) ..... 28 Ryder Hesjedal 6:05 (was 26th at 5:08) ..... 33 Andy Schleck 6:55 (was 34th at 6:55) ..... 35 Ivan Basso 7:34 (was 32nd at 6:25) 36 Pieter Weening 7:36 (unchanged) ..... 45 Jens Voigt 10:20 (was 43rd at 9:11) ..... 61 Peter Velits 16:48 (was 64th at 16:48) 62 Laurens Ten Dam 17:20 (was 65th at 17:07) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Elia Viviani 50 (was 1st with 38 points) 2 Daniel Oss 25 (was 14th with 10 points) 3 Tejay Van Garderen 22 (was 2nd with 22 points) 4 Levi Leipheimer 21 (was 3rd with 17 points) 5 George Hincapie 17 (was 4th with 17 points) 6 Fred Rodriguez 17 (was 16th with 7 points) 7 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega 17 (was 5th with 17 points) 8 Robert Forster 17 (was 10th with 12 points) 9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 15 (was 8th with 12 points) 10 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle 13 (was 6th with 13 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Rafael Montiel 31 (was 2nd with 24 points) 2 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales 30 (was 1st with 30 points) 3 Rafael Infantino Abreu 20 (was 6th with 12 points) 4 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 20 (was 3rd with 20 points) 5 Sander Oostlander 15 (was 4th with 15 points) 6 Levi Leipheimer 15 (was 7th with 10 points) 7 Christian Vande Velde 14 (was 13th with 8 points) 8 Laurens Ten Dam 13 (was 5th with 13 points) 9 Tejay Van Garderen 10 (was 15th with 7 points) 10 Thomas Peterson 10 (was 8th with 10 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6 <<< Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 6 <<< Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad 6 <<< Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia 6 <<< Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy 6 <<< David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 6 <<< Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6 <<< Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 6 <<< Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 6 <<< Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 6 <<< Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6 <<< Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 6 <<< Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6 <<< Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 6 <<< Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy 6 <<< Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 <<< Nic Hamlton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 6 <<< Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 6 <<< Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano 6 <<< Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 6 <<< Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 <<< Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6 <<< Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 6 <<< Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6 <<< Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6 <<< Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling 5 David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 5 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 5 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 5 Sam Johnson (USA) Team Exergy 5 William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 5 Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4 Giovany Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE 3 Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 2 Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2 Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2 Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Total retirements : 40