Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5
Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Staf Scheirlinckx
+30 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+29 Igor Antón
+27 Stéphane Goubert
+25 Maxim Iglinsky
+24 Alexandre Botcharov
+23 Christian Vande Velde
+22 Rémy Di Gregorio
+21 Steve Morabito
+21 Pierrick Fédrigo
Biggest losers by position :
-53 Stef Clement
-35 Laurent Lefèvre
-28 Andriy Grivko
-26 Sébastien Joly
-25 Levi Leipheimer
-21 Markus Fothen
-19 Leonardo Duque
-17 Alexander Vinokourov
-16 Cyril Dessel
-15 Mauro Da Dalto
-14 Heinrich Haussler
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:50 Maxim Iglinsky
+2:11 Rémy Di Gregorio
+2:01 Pierrick Fédrigo
+1:47 Alexandre Botcharov
+0:55 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+0:36 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:29 Egoi Martínez
+0:24 Mikel Astarloza
+0:14 Christophe Moreau
+0:12 Cadel Evans
Biggest losers by time :
-30:28 Stef Clement
-30:26 Sébastien Joly
-30:24 Björn Leukemans
-30:22 Fabio Sacchi
-30:21 Magnus Backstedt
-30:18 Andy Flickinger
-30:17 Laurent Lefèvre
-30:17 Tom Boonen
-30:15 Julien Loubet
-30:10 Gert Steegmans
-30:09 Mauro Da Dalto
Favourites by position :
+14 Leonardo Piepoli
+10 Mikel Astarloza
+5 Serguei Ivanov
+4 Oscar Pereiro
+3 Tadej Valjavec
+3 Manuel Beltrán
+3 Alberto Contador
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Christophe Moreau
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 David Millar
-2 Andrey Kashechkin
-8 Iñigo Cuesta
-8 Haimar Zubeldia
-17 Alexander Vinokourov
-25 Levi Leipheimer
Favourites by time :
+0:36 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:24 Mikel Astarloza
+0:14 Christophe Moreau
+0:12 Cadel Evans
-1:09 Alberto Contador
-1:27 Tadej Valjavec
-1:27 Manuel Beltrán
-1:27 Denis Menchov
-1:27 Andrey Kashechkin
-1:50 David Zabriskie
-3:42 Oscar Pereiro
-3:53 Haimar Zubeldia
-6:22 Iñigo Cuesta
-8:37 Alexander Vinokourov
-11:53 Levi Leipheimer
-13:59 Serguei Ivanov
-16:08 David Millar
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Christophe Moreau 26.54.25
2 Cadel Evans 0.14
3 Andrey Kashechkin 1.27
4 Denis Menchov 1.52
5 David Zabriskie 2.16
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7 Mikel Astarloza 3.58
8 Alberto Contador 4.24
9 Manuel Beltrán 5.01
10 Tadej Valjavec 5.17
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12 Leonardo Piepoli 5.52
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18 Haimar Zubeldia 7.08
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23 Oscar Pereiro 10.21
24 Alexander Vinokourov 10.24
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28 Iñigo Cuesta 11.37
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31 Levi Leipheimer 12.46
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58 David Millar 31.37
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73 Serguei Ivanov 40.51
Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Johann Tschopp
Caisse d'Epargne Alejandro Valverde
" Francisco Pérez
" Nicolas Portal
Cofidis Geoffroy Lequatre
Crédit Agricole Christophe Le Mevel
Discovery Channel George Hincapie
" Tom Danielson
Française Des Jeux Jérémy Roy
Gerolsteiner Ronny Scholz
" Tom Stamsnijder
Lampre-Fondital Jaime Castañeda
" Massimiliano Mori
Liquigas Roberto Petito
Milram Carlo Scognamiglio
" Igor Astarloa
Predictor-Lotto Christophe Brandt
Quickstep-Innergetic Kevin Hulsmans
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Marc De Maar
" Robert Gesink
" Theo Eltink
Saunier Duval-Prodir Raivis Belohvosciks
" Remmert Wielinga
T-Mobile André Korff
" Bert Grabsch
" Servais Knaven
Team CSC Bobby Julich
" Chris Anker Sørensen
Total retirements : 29