Stage 6 : Apr 9, Zalla (ITT), 24 km 1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 32.16.00 2 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0.09 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0.24 4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0.29 5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.42 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0.48 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.50 8 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.53 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0.55 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 1.00 Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 : Biggest gainers by position : +11 Andrew Talansky +8 Tony Martin +7 David Lelay +6 Thomas Peterson +6 Michael Rogers +6 Matteo Montaguti +6 Marzio Bruseghin +6 Jens Voigt +5 Thomas Lovkvist +5 Robert Gesink Biggest losers by position : -10 Joaquin Rodriguez -6 Mickael Cherel -4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -4 Ryder Hesjedal -4 Simon Gerrans -3 Bram Tankink -3 Chris Anker Sorensen -3 Gert Dockx -3 Johnny Hoogerland -3 Laurent Didier -3 Levi Leipheimer Biggest gainers by time : +0:09 Tony Martin Biggest losers by time : -7:39 Mauro Santambrogio -6:39 Pablo Urtasun Perez -6:01 Julian Sanchez Pimienta -5:56 Levi Leipheimer -5:53 Daniele Ratto -5:37 Stefan Denifl -5:35 David De La Fuente Rasilla -5:34 Gert Dockx -5:07 Mickael Cherel -4:59 Simon Gerrans -4:56 Fabian Wegmann Favourites by position : +6 Michael Rogers +6 Jens Voigt +5 Robert Gesink +3 Christian Vande Velde +1 Xavier Tondo Volpini +1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil +1 Andreas Kloden -1 Andy Schleck -2 David Arroyo Duran -3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -3 Levi Leipheimer -10 Joaquin Rodriguez Favourites by time : -0:41 Robert Gesink -0:57 Xavier Tondo Volpini -1:08 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -1:34 Michael Rogers -1:39 Jens Voigt -1:43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -1:44 Andy Schleck -1:46 Christian Vande Velde -1:49 Frank Schleck -1:59 Joaquin Rodriguez -2:50 David Arroyo Duran -5:56 Levi Leipheimer Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Andreas Kloden 22:12:11 (was 2nd at 0:00) 2 Christopher Horner 0:47 (was 4th at 0:01) 3 Robert Gesink 0:47 (was 8th at 0:06) 4 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:03 (was 9th at 0:09) 5 Xavier Tondo Volpini 1:03 (was 6th at 0:06) 6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:08 (was 3rd at 0:00) 7 David Lopez Garcia 1:28 (was 7th at 0:06) 8 Alexander Vinokourov 1:31 (was 10th at 0:10) 9 Ryder Hesjedal 1:49 (was 5th at 0:06) 10 Vasili Kiryienka 1:54 (was 12th at 1:03) 11 Joaquin Rodriguez 1:59 (was 1st at 0:00) 12 Andy Schleck 2:02 (was 11th at 0:18) ..... 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:12 (was 15th at 1:29) ..... 16 Frank Schleck 3:23 (was 16th at 1:34) ..... 21 David Arroyo Duran 5:07 (was 19th at 2:17) ..... 42 Christian Vande Velde 17:09 (was 45th at 15:23) ..... 76 Jens Voigt 34:34 (was 82nd at 32:55) 77 Levi Leipheimer 35:07 (was 74th at 29:11) ..... 111 Michael Rogers 59:33 (was 117th at 57:59) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Andreas Kloden 78 (was 0 points) 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 59 (was 0 points) 3 Christopher Horner 57 (was 0 points) 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 56 (was 0 points) 5 Alexandre Vinokourov 44 (was 0 points) 6 Vasili Kiryienka 43 (was 0 points) 7 Ryder Hesjedal 42 (was 0 points) 8 Francesco Gavazzi 34 (was 0 points) 9 Pim Ligthart 28 (was 0 points) 10 Tony Martin 25 (was 0 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Michael Albasini 58 (unchanged) 2 Amael Moinard 30 (unchanged) 3 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 24 (unchanged) 4 Maxim Iglinskiy 21 (unchanged) 5 Dario Cataldo 19 (unchanged) 6 Juan Manuel Garate 17 (unchanged) 7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 14 (was 7th with 16 points) 8 Maxim Belkov 14 (was 9th with 14 points) 9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 12 (was 10th with 12 points) 10 Mathieu Perget 12 (was 11th with 12 points) Retirements to date : Stage Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 <<< Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6 <<< Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 <<< Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Caja Rural 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5 Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural 5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC 4 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Caja Rural 4 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 4 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC 4 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 4 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3 Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3 Andre Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2 Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 1 Total retirements : 27