Volta a Catalunya, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 - May 23: Torredembarra - Barcelona, 150.5km

First 10 finishers :
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 3.26.43 (43.683 km/h)
2 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
6 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto


Changes in stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Massimiliano Mori
+8 Markus Eichler
+8 Christophe Kern
+8 Benat Intxausti
+8 Angelo Furlan
+8 Alexei Markov
+7 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil
+6 Greg Henderson
+6 Christian Kux
+5 Wilfried Cretskens

Biggest losers by position :
-32 Rafael Serrano
-3 Adam Hansen
-3 Javier Benitez
-2 Karsten Kroon
-1 Christophe Le Mevel
-1 Denis Galimzyanov
-1 Igor Anton
-1 Xavier Florencio

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Thor Hushovd
+0:06 Fabio Sabatini
+0:04 Greg Henderson
+0:03 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:03 Samuel Dumoulin
+0:02 Michael Albasini
+0:02 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+0:01 Sebastian Lang
+0:01 Christophe Kern

Biggest losers by time :
-12:52 Denis Galimzyanov
-12:52 Javier Benitez
-12:52 Kai Reus
-12:52 Mike Friedman
-12:52 Rafael Serrano
-1:09 Adam Hansen
-1:09 Bernhard Eisel
-0:52 Igor Anton
-0:52 Julian Sanchez
-0:33 Xavier Florencio
-0:31 Gabriel Rasch

Favourites by position :
+1 Kim Kirchen
-1 Igor Anton

Favourites by time :
+0:03 Sylvain Chavanel
-0:52 Igor Anton

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 21.45.19
2 Daniel Martin 0.15
3 Haimar Zubeldia 0.22
4 Mikel Astarloza 0.34
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8 Xavier Tondo 0.56
9 Samuel Sanchez 1.42
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13 Rigoberto Uran 2.43
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19 Vladimir Karpets 4.16
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23 Vladimir Efimkin 4.48
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28 Kim Kirchen 6.28
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33 Igor Anton 8.16
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44 Sylvain Chavanel 14.34
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55 Thomas Dekker 18.54
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68 Remi Pauriol 23.56
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90 Stuart O'Grady 35.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 6
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 6
Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6
Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 6
Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 5
Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5
Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 5
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4
Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 4
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 4
Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 3
Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 3
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Jose Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 2
Total retirements : 18