Stage 6 : Sep 2, Caravaca de Cruz - Murcia, 151 km
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 3.36.20
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
3 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
8 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Thor Hushovd
+31 Gianni Meersman
+31 Frederik Willems
+28 Michel Kreder
+27 Andreas Stauff
+24 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+21 Dmitry Fofonov
+21 Allan Davis
+20 Perrig Quemeneur
+20 Martin Velits
Biggest losers by position :
-26 David Moncoutie
-24 Benat Intxausti
-23 Jacopo Guarnieri
-23 Olivier Kaisen
-19 Dominik Roels
-19 Gustavo Cesar-Veloso
-19 Juan-Antonio Flecha
-19 Pierre Cazaux
-19 Sergio Carrasco
-18 Ivan Santaromita
-18 Kasper Klostergaard
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Thor Hushovd
+0:12 Daniele Bennati
+0:08 Grega Bole
Biggest losers by time :
-12:31 Alexandre Pichot
-12:31 Arnaud Labbe
-12:31 Benat Intxausti
-12:31 Branislau Samoilau
-12:31 Denis Galimzyanov
-12:31 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-12:31 Dominik Klemme
-12:31 Dominik Roels
-12:31 Fabian Cancellara
-12:31 Jacopo Guarnieri
-12:31 Johann Tschopp
Favourites by position :
+21 Allan Davis
+14 Andy Schleck
+1 David Zabriskie
+1 Carlos Sastre
-6 Roman Kreuziger
-12 Christian Vande Velde
Favourites by time :
-2:09 Roman Kreuziger
-8:15 David Zabriskie
-10:31 Christian Vande Velde
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Philippe Gilbert 22:36:26 (unchanged)
2 Igor Anton 0:10 (unchanged)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:10 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 0:12 (unchanged)
5 Peter Velits 0:16 (unchanged)
6 Tejay Van Garderen 0:29 (unchanged)
7 Xavier Tondo 0:49 (unchanged)
8 Frank Schleck 0:50 (unchanged)
9 Ruben Plaza 0:54 (unchanged)
10 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:55 (unchanged)
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13 David Arroyo 1:01 (unchanged)
14 Denis Menchov 1:11 (unchanged)
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17 Luis-Leon Sanchez 1:24 (unchanged)
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21 Carlos Sastre 2:15 (was 22nd at 2:15)
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42 Roman Kreuziger 5:35 (was 36th at 3:26)
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92 Andy Schleck 28:58 (was 106th at 28:58)
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108 Allan Davis 35:33 (was 129th at 35:33)
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119 Christian Vande Velde 39:32 (was 107th at 29:01)
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188 David Zabriskie 1:02:45 (was 189th at 54:30)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 47 (was 3rd with 37 points)
2 Tyler Farrar 41 (unchanged)
3 Igor Anton 41 (was 1st with 41 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 36 (unchanged)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 34 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 34 (unchanged)
7 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea 30 (unchanged)
8 Yauheni Hutarovich 29 (unchanged)
9 Grega Bole 28 (was 17th with 12 points)
10 Alessandro Petacchi 26 (was 9th with 26 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Serafin Martinez 13 (unchanged)
2 Dario Cataldo 8 (unchanged)
3 David Moncoutie 6 (unchanged)
4 Xavier Tondo 5 (unchanged)
5 Vladimir Karpets 5 (was 0 points)
6 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Egoi Martinez 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Sergio Carrasco 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Mickael Delage 3 (was 8th with 3 points)
10 Philippe Gilbert 3 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 5