Vuelta al Pais Vasco, stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+11 Dario Cataldo
+10 Stefan Schumacher
+9 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+8 Kjell Carlstrom
+8 Jose Rujano Guillen
+8 Joaquim Rodriguez
+8 Amael Moinard
+7 Yaroslav Popovych
+7 Thomas Lovkvist

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Bobby Julich
-5 Ruben Lobato Elvira
-4 Kim Kirchen
-3 Alexander Efimkin
-3 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-3 Davide Rebellin
-3 Leonardo Duque
-2 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-2 Damiano Cunego
-1 David Lopez Garcia
-1 Igor Anton

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:26 Inaki Isasi Flores
-6:11 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-5:33 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-5:29 Ivan Santaromita
-5:19 Iban Velasco Murillo
-5:16 Matej Mugerli
-5:11 Joan Horrach Rippoll
-4:59 Bobby Julich
-4:46 Francis Mourey
-4:42 Matthias Russ
-4:36 Christophe Brandt

Favourites by position :
+10 Stefan Schumacher
+6 Vladimir Karpets
+6 Thomas Dekker
+5 Vladimir Efimkin
+3 Cadel Evans
+2 Maxime Monfort
+1 Manuel Beltran
-2 Damiano Cunego
-3 Davide Rebellin
-4 Kim Kirchen

Favourites by time :
-0:22 Cadel Evans
-0:27 Thomas Dekker
-0:49 Damiano Cunego
-1:17 Stefan Schumacher
-1:17 Maxime Monfort
-1:35 Kim Kirchen
-1:57 Frank Schleck
-2:05 Vladimir Karpets
-2:07 Davide Rebellin
-2:53 Vladimir Efimkin
-3:46 Manuel Beltran

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 21.03.59
2 Cadel Evans 0.30
3 Thomas Dekker 0.35
4 Damiano Cunego 0.57
5 Maxime Monfort 1.25
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7 Kim Kirchen 1.43
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10 Frank Schleck 2.05
11 Davide Rebellin 2.15
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16 Stefan Schumacher 3.17
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37 Vladimir Karpets 7.26
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61 Vladimir Efimkin 20.50
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63 Manuel Beltran 21.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 <<<
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 <<<
Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 5
Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 5
Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 4
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 5
Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 4
Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 5
Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 5
Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 <<<
Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 5
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 5
Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5
John Devine (USA) Team High Road 5
Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5
Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 5
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 5
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 6 <<<
Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3
Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 4
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Team Milram 5
Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 5
Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 5
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 <<<
David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 <<<
Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4
Total retirements : 51