Stage 6 - Salou-Cambrils 168.6 km

1 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) INEOS Grenadiers 4:09:19
2 Sergio Higuita (Col) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange - Jayco 0:48
4 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:48
5 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:48
6 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 0:48
7 Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:48
8 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:48
9 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:48
10 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM 0:48

Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Raul Garcia Pierna
+42 Kaden Groves
+40 Oier Lazkano
+38 Francisco Galvan
+35 Jetse Bol
+34 Mikael Cherel
+34 Jan Hirt
+34 Dorian Godon
+32 Daryl Impey
+31 Simone Velasco

Biggest losers by position :
-28 George Bennett
-24 Santiago Buitrago
-23 Esteban Chaves
-23 Ivan Ramiro Sosa
-22 Louis Meintjes
-17 Gotzon Martin
-17 Merhawi Kudus
-16 Vadim Pronskiy
-14 Diego Andres Camargo
-14 Larry Warbasse
-14 Sylvain Moniquet

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:11 Richard Carapaz
+0:07 Sergio Higuita

Biggest losers by time :
-25:39 Ethan Vernon
-25:39 Marc Brustenga
-25:39 Martin Laas
-23:41 Adria Moreno
-23:41 Alex Molenaar
-23:41 Alexandr Riabushenko
-23:41 Alexandre Delettre
-23:41 Ander Okamika
-23:41 Andrea Bagioli
-23:41 Antonio Jesus Soto
-23:41 Antwan Tolhoek

Favourites by position :
+29 Rohan Dennis
+16 Hugh Carthy
+7 Richard Carapaz
+6 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Jai Hindley
-1 Wout Poels
-1 Guillaume Martin
-2 Nairo Quintana
-2 Joao Almeida

Favourites by time :
+0:11 Richard Carapaz
-0:52 Wout Poels
-0:52 Nairo Quintana
-0:52 Joao Almeida
-0:52 Jai Hindley
-0:52 Guillaume Martin
-1:40 Steven Kruijswijk
-1:59 Hugh Carthy
-3:05 Rohan Dennis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sergio Higuita 26:35:24 (was 3rd at 0:07)
2 Richard Carapaz 0:16 (was 9th at 0:27)
3 Joao Almeida 0:52 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Nairo Quintana 0:53 (was 2nd at 0:01)
5 Juan Ayuso 1:08 (was 4th at 0:18)
6 Wout Poels 1:10 (was 5th at 0:18)
7 Ben O'Connor 1:10 (was 6th at 0:18)
8 Tobias Halland Johannessen 1:13 (was 7th at 0:21)
9 Guillaume Martin 1:16 (was 8th at 0:24)
10 Torstein Traen 1:27 (was 10th at 0:35)
11 Jai Hindley 1:52 (was 12th at 1:00)
.....
20 Steven Kruijswijk 5:25 (was 26th at 3:45)
.....
28 Hugh Carthy 15:01 (was 44th at 13:02)
.....
53 Rohan Dennis 31:32 (was 82nd at 28:27)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Richard Carapaz 15 (was 0 points)
2 Sergio Higuita 15 (was 12th with 4 points)
3 Kaden Groves 14 (was 5th with 10 points)
4 Phil Bauhaus 12 (was 1st with 12 points)
5 Joao Almeida 11 (was 2nd with 11 points)
6 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg 11 (was 3rd with 11 points)
7 Ben O'Connor 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
8 Ethan Vernon 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
9 Nairo Quintana 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Juan Ayuso 8 (was 8th with 6 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Sergio Higuita 24 (was 11th with 10 points)
2 Mikel Bizkarra 21 (was 1st with 21 points)
3 Ander Okamika 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Marc Soler 20 (was 3rd with 18 points)
5 Richard Carapaz 16 (was 0 points)
6 Jesus Herrada 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
7 Nairo Quintana 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
8 Joao Almeida 13 (was 7th with 12 points)
9 Casper Pedersen 12 (was 8th with 12 points)
10 Juan Ayuso 11 (was 13th with 9 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 79:51:24 (was 2nd at 1:04)
2 UAE Team Emirates 2:53 (was 1st at 67:19:59)
3 Groupama - FDJ 6:12 (was 4th at 7:16)
4 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 6:28 (was 5th at 7:32)
5 INEOS Grenadiers 6:34 (was 3rd at 7:10)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 6:58 (was 7th at 8:50)
7 Trek - Segafredo 8:13 (was 8th at 9:17)
8 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 11:30 (was 10th at 12:34)
9 Movistar Team 18:02 (was 6th at 7:52)
10 Astana Qazaqstan Team 20:26 (was 13th at 21:30)
11 Cofidis 20:47 (was 11th at 19:50)
12 Jumbo-Visma 24:12 (was 15th at 24:28)
13 AG2R Citroen Team 30:07 (was 16th at 29:46)
14 Equipo Kern Pharma 42:46 (was 12th at 21:01)
15 Team Arkea Samsic 54:40 (was 18th at 32:55)
16 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 55:40 (was 21th at 52:55)
17 EF Education-EasyPost 56:22 (was 9th at 10:41)
18 Burgos-BH 1:19:31 (was 22th at 54:56)
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:19:33 (was 19th at 35:43)
20 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:24:37 (was 20th at 40:03)
21 Israel - Premier Tech 1:32:27 (was 24th at 1:08:29)
22 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:38:22 (was 17th at 30:59)
23 Team DSM 1:40:08 (was 23th at 55:34)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 6 <<<
Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 6 <<<
Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 6 <<<
Bruno Armirail (Groupama - FDJ) 6 <<<
Dario Cataldo (Trek - Segafredo) 6 <<<
David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma) 6 <<<
Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal) 6 <<<
Guillaume Boivin (Israel - Premier Tech) 6 <<<
Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal) 6 <<<
Hugo Toumire (Cofidis) 6 <<<
Ilan Van Wilder (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 6 <<<
Jaime Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) 6 <<<
Jose Felix Parra (Equipo Kern Pharma) 6 <<<
Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers) 6 <<<
Mark Donovan (Team DSM) 6 <<<
Michael Hepburn (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 6 <<<
Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech) 6 <<<
Miguel Eduardo Florez (Team Arkea Samsic) 6 <<<
Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 <<<
Odd Christian Eiking (EF Education-EasyPost) 6 <<<
Oscar Cabedo (Burgos-BH) 6 <<<
Theo Delacroix (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 6 <<<
Torjus Sleen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 6 <<<
Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) 6 <<<
Valerio Conti (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 6 <<<
Viktor Verschaeve (Lotto Soudal) 6 <<<
Albert Torres (Movistar Team) 5
Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) 5
Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) 5
Cesare Benedetti (BORA - hansgrohe) 4
Corbin Strong (Israel - Premier Tech) 4
Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar Team) 4
Marco Brenner (Team DSM) 4
Mikel Nieve (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 4
Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers) 4
Pieter Serry (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 4
Romain Combaud (Team DSM) 4
Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 4
Alvaro Cuadros (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 3
Fausto Masnada (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 3
Marius Mayrhofer (Team DSM) 3
Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 3
Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS Grenadiers) 3
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) 3
Tom Devriendt (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) 3
Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious) 2
Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen Team) 2
Richie Porte (INEOS Grenadiers) 2
Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain - Victorious) 2
Alessandro De Marchi (Israel - Premier Tech) 1
Total retirements : 51