Stage 6 : Aug 29, Guijuelo - Caceres, 177.3 km
1 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 3.54.15
2 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
5 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Jorge Azanza Soto
+6 Juan Manuel Garate
+6 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo
+5 Steve Chainel
+4 Vicente Reynes Mimo
+4 Nico Sijmens
+4 Nicki Sorensen
+4 Michael Morkov
+4 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
+4 Guillaume Boivin
Biggest losers by position :
-20 Andriy Grivko
-18 Vladimir Isaichev
-9 Simon Clarke
-9 Stephane Poulhies
-8 Antonio Piedra Perez
-8 Christian Meier
-7 Arnaud Courteille
-7 Romain Zingle
-5 Evgeny Petrov
-5 Marcos Garcia
-5 Thierry Hupond
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Michael Morkov
+0:06 Tony Martin
+0:06 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
+0:04 Tyler Farrar
+0:04 Fabian Cancellara
+0:01 Bauke Mollema
+0:01 Alex Howes
Biggest losers by time :
-5:41 Andriy Grivko
-5:41 Vladimir Isaichev
-4:41 Arnaud Courteille
-4:41 Matteo Bono
-3:46 Simon Clarke
-3:46 Tom Stamsnijder
-2:40 Andrey Zeits
-2:40 Christian Meier
-2:40 Laurent Mangel
-2:40 Michel Kreder
-2:40 Stephane Poulhies
Favourites by position :
+1 Bauke Mollema
-1 Lieuwe Westra
Favourites by time :
+0:01 Bauke Mollema
-1:00 Thomas De Gendt
-1:00 Lieuwe Westra
-1:00 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 22:38:07 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Horner 0:03 (unchanged)
3 Nicolas Roche 0:08 (unchanged)
4 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0:16 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:21 (unchanged)
6 Robert Kiserlovski 0:26 (unchanged)
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:28 (unchanged)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:31 (unchanged)
9 Rafal Majka 0:38 (unchanged)
10 Roman Kreuziger 0:42 (unchanged)
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13 Bauke Mollema 0:48 (was 14th at 0:49)
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16 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:53 (unchanged)
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21 Michele Scarponi 1:15 (unchanged)
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27 Ivan Basso 1:32 (unchanged)
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31 Daniel Martin 1:47 (unchanged)
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46 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:57 (unchanged)
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138 Thomas De Gendt 33:07 (was 138th at 32:07)
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183 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 44:26 (was 183rd at 43:26)
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190 Lieuwe Westra 48:11 (was 189th at 47:11)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 51 (was 2nd with 41 points)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 48 (was 1st with 48 points)
3 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 40 (was 12th with 20 points)
4 Nicolas Roche 38 (was 3rd with 38 points)
5 Gianni Meersman 38 (was 6th with 30 points)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 37 (was 4th with 37 points)
7 Fabian Cancellara 36 (was 11th with 20 points)
8 Bauke Mollema 34 (was 5th with 33 points)
9 Tyler Farrar 30 (was 21st with 12 points)
10 Christopher Horner 28 (was 7th with 28 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nicolas Roche 11 (unchanged)
2 Nicolas Edet 8 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 6 (unchanged)
4 Winner Anacona Gomez 5 (unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 4 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Horner 3 (unchanged)
7 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 3 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3 (unchanged)
9 Leopold Konig 2 (unchanged)
10 Danilo Wyss 2 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 3