Paris Nice, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Mar 9, Manosque - Nice, 220 km

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5.14.23
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
10 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+36 Daniel Oss
+35 Samuel Dumoulin
+35 Mads Christensen
+34 Alexander Kristoff
+33 Anders Lund
+32 Steven Kruijswijk
+32 Remi Pauriol
+32 Brent Bookwalter
+28 Vasili Kiryienka

Biggest losers by position :
-34 Vincent Jerome
-31 Rein Taaramae
-27 Jens Keukeleire
-24 Michele Scarponi
-23 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-19 Alessandro Petacchi
-18 Michael Matthews
-17 Enrico Gasparotto
-14 Dirk Bellemakers
-12 Ivan Basso
-12 Jens Debusschere

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:11 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:06 Philippe Gilbert
+0:04 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:03 Peter Velits
+0:03 Borut Bozic
+0:02 Andriy Grivko

Biggest losers by time :
-21:58 Yann Huguet
-21:34 Alessandro Petacchi
-21:34 Alex Howes
-21:34 Baden Cooke
-21:34 Bert De Backer
-21:34 Bjorn Leukemans
-21:34 Cyril Lemoine
-21:34 Damien Gaudin
-21:34 Danny Pate
-21:34 David Millar
-21:34 David Tanner

Favourites by position :
+32 Steven Kruijswijk
+7 Thomas Voeckler
+7 Michael Albasini
+3 Peter Velits
+3 Maxime Monfort
+2 Denis Menchov
-1 Tejay van Garderen
-1 Lieuwe Westra
-1 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-12 Ivan Basso
-24 Michele Scarponi

Favourites by time :
+0:03 Peter Velits
-8:40 Michele Scarponi
-8:40 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Richie Porte 29:40:31 (unchanged)
2 Andrew Talansky 0:32 (unchanged)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 0:42 (was 6th at 0:53)
4 Lieuwe Westra 0:42 (was 3rd at 0:42)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:49 (was 4th at 0:49)
6 Tejay van Garderen 0:52 (was 5th at 0:52)
7 Peter Velits 0:53 (was 10th at 0:56)
8 Simon Spilak 0:53 (was 7th at 0:53)
9 Diego Ulissi 0:54 (was 8th at 0:54)
10 Andriy Grivko 1:06 (was 12th at 1:08)
11 Andreas Kloden 1:06 (unchanged)
.....
17 Denis Menchov 1:41 (was 19th at 1:41)
.....
26 Maxime Monfort 3:41 (was 29th at 3:41)
.....
33 Michele Scarponi 9:34 (was 9th at 0:54)
.....
48 Ivan Basso 16:58 (was 36th at 8:18)
.....
50 Michael Albasini 18:14 (was 57th at 18:14)
51 Thomas Voeckler 18:23 (was 58th at 18:23)
.....
75 Steven Kruijswijk 33:27 (was 107th at 33:27)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sylvain Chavanel 76 (was 3rd with 50 points)
2 Andrew Talansky 61 (was 1st with 61 points)
3 Borut Bozic 60 (was 7th with 43 points)
4 Elia Viviani 55 (was 2nd with 55 points)
5 Peter Velits 50 (was 6th with 43 points)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 46 (was 20th with 26 points)
7 Lieuwe Westra 45 (was 4th with 45 points)
8 Richie Porte 43 (was 5th with 43 points)
9 Tony Gallopin 42 (was 19th with 26 points)
10 Diego Ulissi 41 (was 8th with 41 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johann Tschopp 64 (was 1st with 31 points)
2 Thierry Hupond 24 (unchanged)
3 Richie Porte 17 (unchanged)
4 Thomas Voeckler 17 (unchanged)
5 Cyril Lemoine 14 (unchanged)
6 Egor Silin 13 (was 0 points)
7 Arnold Jeannesson 11 (was 0 points)
8 Simon Clarke 11 (was 0 points)
9 Jens Voigt 11 (was 6th with 11 points)
10 Andriy Grivko 9 (was 7th with 9 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 6
Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6
Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin Sharp 6
Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 6
Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 6
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Blanco 6
Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Blanco 6
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Blanco 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 6
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 6
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 5
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Sky Procycling 5
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 5
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 5
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4
Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 4
Stef Clement (Ned) Team Blanco 4
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 2
Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin Sharp 2
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 2
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 2
Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel Euskadi 1
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 1
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 33


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