Tour de Suisse, stage 6 summary

Stage 6 : Jun 14, Wittnau - Bischofszell, 198.5 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4.30.08
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
6 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Pro Team Astana


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+50 Vladimir Gusev
+16 Danilo Hondo
+12 Tom Boonen
+12 Alessandro Petacchi
+11 Matti Breschel
+11 Lloyd Mondory
+11 Allan Davis
+10 Yauheni Hutarovich
+10 Vicente Reynes Mimo
+10 Steve Chainel

Biggest losers by position :
-32 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-30 Leonardo Bertagnolli
-28 Lucas Euser
-20 Brian Vandborg
-17 Klaas Lodewyck
-15 Thomas Dekker
-15 Timothy Duggan
-14 Daniel Oss
-14 Daniel Oss
-13 Sebastien Minard
-13 Vladimir Isaychev

Biggest gainers by time :
+11:00 Vladimir Gusev
+0:13 Peter Sagan
+0:09 Ben Swift
+0:07 Allan Davis
+0:03 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:03 Michael Albasini
+0:03 Matti Breschel
+0:03 Marco Marcato
+0:03 Lloyd Mondory
+0:03 Francesco Gavazzi

Biggest losers by time :
-14:06 Grega Bole
-14:06 Ignatas Konovalovas
-14:06 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-14:06 Leonardo Bertagnolli
-9:40 Brian Vandborg
-9:40 Caleb Fairly
-9:40 Cameron Meyer
-9:40 Cedric Pineau
-9:40 David Boily
-9:40 Frederique Robert
-9:40 Guillaume Boivin

Favourites by position :
+7 Bauke Mollema
+1 Robert Gesink
-7 Peter Velits
-11 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-0:30 Bauke Mollema
-0:30 Andreas Kloden
-4:49 Peter Velits
-9:40 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 25:23:38 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:15 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:19 (unchanged)
5 Nicolas Roche 0:21 (unchanged)
6 Thomas Lovkvist 0:21 (unchanged)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:23 (unchanged)
8 John Gadret 0:24 (unchanged)
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:26 (unchanged)
10 Thomas Danielson 0:29 (unchanged)
.....
12 Jakob Fuglsang 0:33 (unchanged)
13 Levi Leipheimer 0:37 (unchanged)
.....
16 Steven Kruijswijk 0:47 (unchanged)
17 Damiano Cunego 0:57 (unchanged)
.....
19 Robert Gesink 1:09 (was 20th at 1:09)
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35 Maxime Monfort 2:46 (unchanged)
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44 Andreas Kloden 6:26 (was 44th at 5:56)
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77 Bauke Mollema 15:29 (was 84th at 14:59)
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79 Peter Velits 17:45 (was 72nd at 12:56)
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124 Cameron Meyer 34:38 (was 113rd at 24:58)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 102
2 Michael Albasini 36
3 Ben Swift 36
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 27
5 Allan Davis 27
6 Ruben Perez Moreno 26
7 Vladimir Isaichev 25
8 Lloyd Mondory 23
9 Baden Cooke 22
10 Karsten Kroon 19

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Vladimir Isaichev 21 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 21 (was 0 points)
3 Frank Schleck 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Ryan Anderson 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Brian Vandborg 17 (was 4th with 17 points)
6 Michael Morkov 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Ruben Perez Moreno 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
8 Thomas Danielson 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
9 Alessandro Bazzana 15 (was 8th with 15 points)
10 Sebastien Minard 13 (was 9th with 13 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 5
Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 5
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 4
Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 3
Total retirements : 12


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