Stage 6 - Tours-Chateauroux 160.4 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck - Quick Step 3:17:36
2 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea Samsic 0:00
4 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
6 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:00
7 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00
8 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00
10 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Tosh Van Der Sande
+9 Nils Politt
+7 Nic Dlamini
+6 Vegard Stake Laengen
+6 Patrick Konrad
+6 Jonas Rutsch
+5 Nacer Bouhanni
+5 Miles Scotson
+5 Michael Morkov
+5 Maxime Chevalier

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Anthony Perez
-17 Jacopo Guarnieri
-12 Michael Gogl
-10 Simon Yates
-10 Stefan Kung
-9 Jonathan Castroviejo
-8 Ion Izagirre
-8 Loic Vliegen
-8 Lorenzo Rota
-8 Mikkel Bjerg
-8 Sean Bennett

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Mark Cavendish
+0:06 Jasper Philipsen
+0:04 Nacer Bouhanni

Biggest losers by time :
-4:24 Anthony Perez
-3:42 Jacopo Guarnieri
-2:30 Marco Haller
-2:13 Mikkel Bjerg
-1:56 Christopher Juul-Jensen
-1:51 Alex Aranburu
-1:51 Bruno Armirail
-1:51 Carlos Verona
-1:51 Daniel Oss
-1:51 Dries Devenyns
-1:51 Georg Zimmermann

Favourites by position :
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Miguel Angel Lopez
+1 Alejandro Valverde
-6 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-10 Simon Yates

Favourites by time :
-1:51 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-1:51 Simon Yates

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathieu Van Der Poel 20:09:17 (unchanged)
2 Tadej Pogacar 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Wout Van Aert 0:30 (unchanged)
4 Julian Alaphilippe 0:48 (unchanged)
5 Alexey Lutsenko 1:21 (unchanged)
6 Pierre Latour 1:28 (unchanged)
7 Rigoberto Uran 1:29 (unchanged)
8 Jonas Vingegaard 1:43 (unchanged)
9 Richard Carapaz 1:44 (unchanged)
10 Primoz Roglic 1:48 (unchanged)
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12 Geraint Thomas 1:54 (unchanged)
13 Wilco Kelderman 1:56 (unchanged)
14 Enric Mas 1:58 (unchanged)
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18 Nairo Quintana 2:45 (unchanged)
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25 Richie Porte 3:58 (unchanged)
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30 Steven Kruijswijk 4:39 (was 31st at 4:39)
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35 Miguel Angel Lopez 5:20 (was 36th at 5:20)
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42 Tiesj Benoot 6:33 (unchanged)
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57 Alejandro Valverde 10:13 (was 58th at 10:13)
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71 Simon Yates 12:40 (was 61st at 10:49)
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115 Tao Geoghegan Hart 20:20 (was 109th at 18:29)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 148 (was 1st with 89 points)
2 Jasper Philipsen 102 (was 7th with 61 points)
3 Nacer Bouhanni 99 (was 5th with 74 points)
4 Michael Matthews 96 (was 4th with 78 points)
5 Julian Alaphilippe 84 (was 2nd with 84 points)
6 Mathieu Van Der Poel 78 (was 3rd with 78 points)
7 Peter Sagan 72 (was 10th with 48 points)
8 Sonny Colbrelli 66 (was 11th with 45 points)
9 Tadej Pogacar 64 (was 6th with 64 points)
10 Tim Merlier 62 (was 8th with 50 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Ide Schelling 5 (unchanged)
2 Mathieu Van Der Poel 4 (unchanged)
3 Anthony Perez 3 (unchanged)
4 Julian Alaphilippe 2 (unchanged)
5 Edward Theuns 2 (unchanged)
6 Tadej Pogacar 2 (unchanged)
7 Jelle Wallays 1 (was 8th with 1 points)
8 Greg Van Avermaet 1 (was 0 points)
9 Victor Campenaerts 1 (was 7th with 1 points)
10 Danny Van Poppel 1 (was 9th with 1 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Team Jumbo-Visma 60:32:02 (was 1st at 50:39:14)
2 EF Education - Nippo 2:25 (unchanged)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 3:02 (unchanged)
4 Astana - Premier Tech 3:23 (unchanged)
5 Deceuninck - Quick Step 3:25 (unchanged)
6 INEOS Grenadiers 3:25 (unchanged)
7 Trek - Segafredo 5:21 (unchanged)
8 Team BikeExchange 6:01 (unchanged)
9 Movistar Team 8:41 (unchanged)
10 BORA - hansgrohe 9:50 (unchanged)
11 Alpecin-Fenix 10:09 (unchanged)
12 Team DSM 12:09 (unchanged)
13 UAE-Team Emirates 12:28 (unchanged)
14 AG2R Citroen Team 12:30 (unchanged)
15 Team TotalEnergies 12:43 (unchanged)
16 Groupama - FDJ 13:33 (unchanged)
17 Team Arkea Samsic 14:01 (unchanged)
18 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 16:57 (unchanged)
19 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 19:39 (unchanged)
20 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 20:34 (unchanged)
21 Team Qhubeka NextHash 21:03 (unchanged)
22 Israel Start-Up Nation 29:54 (unchanged)
23 Lotto Soudal 36:15 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) 4
Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious) 3
Robert Gesink (Team Jumbo-Visma) 3
Marc Soler (Movistar Team) 2
Cyril Lemoine (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 1
Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama - FDJ) 1
Jasha Sutterlin (Team DSM) 1
Total retirements : 7

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