Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5
Biggest gainers by position :
+17 André Greipel
+9 Geoffroy Lequatre
+8 Bernhard Eisel
+7 Fred Rodriguez
+7 Alexandre Usov
+6 Uros Murn
+6 Aurélien Clerc
+4 René Haselbacher
+4 Leonardo Duque
+4 Heinrich Haussler
Biggest losers by position :
-40 Magnus Backstedt
-29 Dario Andriotto
-11 Mathieu Claude
-5 Kevin Hulsmans
-4 Enrico Franzoi
-4 Robert Förster
-4 Sébastien Rosseler
-3 Francesco Failli
-3 Franck Renier
-3 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
-3 Pierre Drancourt
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:27 Thor Hushovd
+0:17 André Greipel
+0:15 Francisco José Ventoso
+0:13 Erik Zabel
+0:05 Uros Murn
+0:05 Stuart O'Grady
+0:05 Stijn Devolder
+0:05 Ruggero Marzoli
+0:05 Rubén Pérez
+0:05 Rony Martias
Biggest losers by time :
-4:59 Cyril Lemoine
-4:53 Mathieu Claude
-1:48 Anthony Charteau
-1:28 Ángel Gómez Gómez
-1:11 Olivier Kaisen
-1:10 Alessandro Spezialetti
-1:10 Dario Andriotto
-0:56 Sebastian Siedler
-0:36 Magnus Backstedt
-0:33 Robert Förster
-0:26 Kjell Carlström
Favourites by position :
-1 Samuel Sánchez
-1 Michael Boogerd
-1 Iñigo Cuesta
-1 Denis Menchov
-2 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by time :
+0:05 Alexandre Vinokourov
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 22.47.11
2 Janez Brajkovic 0.04
3 Andrey Kashechkin 0.18
4 Carlos Sastre 0.29
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6 Alejandro Valverde 0.36
7 Manuel Beltran 0.55
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11 Samuel Sánchez 1.04
12 Leonardo Piepoli 1.29
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16 Iban Mayo 2.09
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19 Alexandre Vinokourov 2.27
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21 Vladimir Karpets 2.46
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27 Vladimir Gusev 3.53
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30 Denis Menchov 4.02
31 Michael Boogerd 4.02
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33 Iñigo Cuesta 4.21
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39 Davide Rebellin 5.09
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42 Oscar Pereiro 5.52
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49 Haimar Zubeldia 6.35
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51 Pietro Caucchioli 7.16
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61 Daniele Nardello 9.43
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71 Michael Rasmussen 13.18
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80 Dario David Cioni 15.18
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115 Fabian Cancellara 28.10
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130 Markus Fothen 28.25
Retirements to date :
Davitamon-Lotto Robbie Mcewen
Française des Jeux Christophe Detilloux
" Freddy Bichot
Liquigas Charles Wegelius DNF 5
Phonak Hearing Systems Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero DNF 5
T-Mobile Team André Korff DNS 5
Team Milram Volodymyr Dyudya
Total retirements : 7