Stage 6 : Apr 12, Markina - Xemein, 25.9 km
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.38.33
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.07
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.15
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0.16
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.35
6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0.38
7 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0.41
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.02
9 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.05
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.25
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Simon Spilak
+10 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+9 Bob Jungels
+8 Stef Clement
+8 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+8 Jussi Veikkanen
+8 Julien Vermote
+8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+7 Tim Wellens
+7 Tejay Van Garderen
Biggest losers by position :
-8 Damiano Cunego
-6 Mikel Landa Meana
-5 Samuel Sanchez
-3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Cadel Evans
-3 David Arroyo Duran
-3 Rory Sutherland
-2 Davide Malacarne
-2 Kristijan Durasek
-2 Tom Jelte Slagter
-2 Yury Trofimov
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:07 Tony Martin
Biggest losers by time :
-7:58 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-7:57 Ruben Plaza Molina
-7:29 David Arroyo Duran
-7:18 Rory Sutherland
-7:08 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-7:08 Fabian Wegmann
-7:04 Dennis Vanendert
-7:03 Jens Voigt
-6:28 Jean-Marc Marino
-6:22 Davide Malacarne
-6:12 Caleb Fairly
Favourites by position :
+8 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+5 Michal Kwiatkowski
+4 Tony Martin
+3 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+2 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Maxime Monfort
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Favourites by time :
+0:07 Tony Martin
-0:08 Michal Kwiatkowski
-0:28 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:55 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:24 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-2:02 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-2:09 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:17 Maxime Monfort
-2:19 Robert Kiserlovski
-2:59 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-4:01 Pieter Weening
-4:37 Lars Petter Nordhaug
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 21:09:11 (unchanged)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:49 (was 7th at 0:41)
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:04 (was 5th at 0:36)
4 Simon Spilak 1:07 (was 14th at 0:58)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:07 (was 2nd at 0:12)
6 Tejay Van Garderen 1:56 (was 13th at 0:58)
7 Cadel Evans 1:56 (was 4th at 0:36)
8 Yury Trofimov 2:13 (was 6th at 0:36)
9 Thibaut Pinot 2:14 (was 12th at 0:56)
10 Wouter Poels 2:26 (was 9th at 0:55)
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16 Robert Kiserlovski 4:05 (was 16th at 1:46)
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22 Maxime Monfort 11:24 (was 23rd at 9:07)
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24 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 12:48 (was 24th at 9:49)
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27 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 16:34 (was 28th at 14:25)
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30 Tony Martin 19:12 (was 34th at 19:19)
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32 Pieter Weening 21:59 (was 32nd at 17:58)
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37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 24:21 (was 39th at 22:07)
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48 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 35:54 (was 56th at 34:30)
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51 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 37:03 (was 59th at 35:01)
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60 Lars Petter Nordhaug 41:14 (was 63rd at 36:37)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 81 (was 2nd with 65 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 78 (was 1st with 70 points)
3 Ben Swift 59 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 58 (was 5th with 38 points)
5 Tony Martin 50 (was 9th with 25 points)
6 Damiano Cunego 45 (was 4th with 45 points)
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud 35 (was 12th with 23 points)
8 Wout Poels 32 (was 7th with 30 points)
9 Tom Jelte Slagter 31 (was 6th with 31 points)
10 Cadel Evans 28 (was 11th with 23 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Villella 43 (unchanged)
2 Romain Sicard 24 (was 3rd with 24 points)
3 Matteo Montaguti 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
4 Ben Gastauer 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
5 Kristijan Durasek 13 (was 6th with 13 points)
6 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
7 Tony Martin 13 (was 8th with 13 points)
8 Wout Poels 12 (was 9th with 12 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (was 10th with 12 points)
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 12 (was 11th with 12 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team Belkin Pro Cycling Team 6 <<<
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 6 <<<
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Lotto Belisol 6 <<<
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 6 <<<
Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale Cannondale 5
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 5
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 5
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team 5
Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida Lampre-Merida 5
Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar Team Europcar 5
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 5
Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo Tinkoff-Saxo 5
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 4
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Cannondale 4
Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team 4
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team Movistar Team 4
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky Team Sky 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 4
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 4
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky Team Sky 4
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr FDJ.fr 3
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Lotto Belisol 3
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 3
Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 3
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 2
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano Team Giant-Shimano 2
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 2
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp Garmin Sharp 2
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Ph 1
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 1
Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RG 1
Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick 1
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quic 1
Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - 1
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick-S 1
Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Total retirements : 44