Back to 2014 Giro page |

Stage 6: Thursday, May 15, Sassano - Montecassino, 247 km, the longest stage of this year's Giro.

Stage 6 photos | Stage 6 map and profile |

The Race: Four men (Rodolfo Torres, Edoardo Zardini, Marco Bandiera and Andrea Fedi) rolled away just ten kilometers into the race. They extracted a gap that grew to fourteen minutes, but as the race approached the Montecassino climb the peloton gave their leash a sharp tug. At 25 km to go the gap was down to 1min 21sec.

Intermittent rain rendered the roads slippery. As the break was caught (11 km to go), the peloton was hit by two crashes in succession. Gianpaolo Caurso looked to be very badly hurt.

Out of the chaos of the crashes, on the climb it was quickly down to just eight riders in the lead. Michael Matthews and Cadel Evans had been riding heads-up and were in that group. Matthews had two teammates with him while Evans had Daniel Oss to help.

Movistar was leading a furious chase. Joaquin Rodriguez had gone down and was trying to get back up to the chasing peloton.

At 1.5 km to go the gap was 37 seconds with the chasing peloton unable to get organized. Under the red kite Cadel Evans dropped the hammer and then it was just four riders in front, Matthews hanging on to Evans' wheel.

Matthews came off Evans' wheel to take the stage and keep the maglia rosa. Evans had clearly done himself a world of good and with Matthews keeping the lead, Orica-GreenEdge will keep doing the work of controlling the race, saving Evan's BMC team a lot of energy.

The Giro reports that Giampaolo Caruso, Joaquin Rodriguez (broken thumb and rib) and Angel Vicioso (fractured femur) have been sent to the hospital. Nicholas Roche had to wait fifteen minutes for a replacmenet bike after crashing, his GC fight is over as well. Michele Scarponi lost 97 seconds because of his crash.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.328 km/hr

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	6hr 37min 01sec
2	Tim Wellens	Lotto Belisol
3	Cadel Evans	BMC
4	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
5	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 13 seconds
6	Steve Morabito	BMC	0:23
7	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	0:49
8	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
9	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida
10	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia
11	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp
12	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli
13	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
15	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
16	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	Team Katusha
17	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo
18	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar
19	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team
20	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
21	Samuel Sanchez	BMC
22	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia
23	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
24	Alexandre Geniez	Fdj.fr
25	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
27	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
28	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
29	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	1:01
30	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol
31	Robinson Eduardo Chalapud	Colombia
32	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	1:05
33	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:09
34	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin Sharp	1:26
35	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	1:29
36	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
37	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r
38	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
39	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	1:37
40	José Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team
41	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team
42	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp
43	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky
44	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	1:43
45	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	1:54
46	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	1:57
47	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
48	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	2:17
49	Marc Goos	Belkin
50	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	2:57
52	Axel Domont	Ag2r
53	Chris Anker Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
54	Johan Le Bon	Fdj.fr
55	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team Sky	3:30
56	Francis Mourey	Fdj.fr
57	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli
58	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	3:36
59	Julien Berard	Ag2r
60	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
61	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
62	Daniel Oss	BMC	4:06
63	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	4:25
64	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	4:26
65	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
66	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia
67	Sebastian Henao	Team Sky
68	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol
69	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
70	Igor Anton	Movistar Team
71	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida
72	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	4:29
73	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	4:31
74	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
75	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	5:15
76	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
77	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
78	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli
79	Thomas Dekker	Garmin Sharp
80	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	7:33
81	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
82	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia
83	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar
84	Manuel Quinziato	BMC
85	Borut Bozic	Astana Pro Team
86	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team
87	Francisco José Ventoso	Movistar Team	7:38
88	Vladimir Gusev	Team Katusha
89	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver	Team Katusha	7:43
90	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	7:43
91	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
92	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol
93	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin
94	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
95	Rodolfo Andres Torres	Colombia
96	Jos Van Emden	Belkin
97	Carlos Julian Quintero	Colombia
98	Leonardo Fabio Duque	Colombia
99	Philip Deignan	Team Sky
100	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto Belisol	8:38
101	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	8:40
102	Jussi Veikkanen	Fdj.fr	8:41
103	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	Colombia	9:32
104	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	9:42
105	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r
106	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano
107	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	10:06
108	Ben Hermans	BMC	10:19
109	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	10:19
110	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	11:06
111	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli
112	Gert Dockx	Lotto Belisol
113	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
114	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
115	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
116	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
117	Brent Bookwalter	BMC
118	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
119	Danilo Wyss	BMC
120	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
121	Yannick Eijssen	BMC
122	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
123	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF
124	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	12:06
125	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	12:13
126	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha	14:02
127	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
128	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha
129	Bernhard Eisel	Team Sky
130	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
131	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
132	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	15:05
133	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	15:08
134	Michel Koch	Cannondale
135	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
136	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team
137	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
138	Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli
139	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
140	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Fdj.fr
141	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
142	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli
143	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
144	Tyler Farrar	Garmin Sharp
145	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
146	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp
147	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team
148	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha
149	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky
150	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
151	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto Belisol
152	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
153	Sébastien Chavanel	Fdj.fr
154	Simon Geschke	Team Giant-Shimano
155	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
156	Nacer Bouhanni	Fdj.fr
157	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar
158	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
159	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
160	Martijn Keizer	Belkin
161	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
162	David Tanner	Belkin
163	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
164	Laurent Pichon	Fdj.fr
165	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
166	Arnaud Courteille	Fdj.fr
167	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
168	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar
169	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team
170	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
171	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
172	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
173	Jetse Bol	Belkin	18:08
174	Gorka Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar Team	18:30
175	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
176	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	19:40
177	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky
178	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
179	Kenny De Haes	Lotto Belisol
180	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
181	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	21:15
182	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF
183	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
184	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	21:22
185	Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	22:12
186	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
187	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	25:14
188	Rick Flens	Belkin	25:16
189	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
190	Ben Swift	Team Sky	25:58

GC after stage 6:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	24hr 18min 14sec
2	Cadel Evans	BMC	@ 21 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1:18
4	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:25
5	Steve Morabito	BMC
6	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:25
7	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	1:47
8	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	1:51
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	1:52
10	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	2:06
11	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	2:08
12	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:11
13	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
15	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	2:22
16	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing	2:24
17	Michele Scarponi	Astana Pro Team	2:28
18	Samuel Sanchez	BMC	2:34
19	Dario Cataldo	Team Sky	2:36
20	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2:46
21	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	2:47
22	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	2:48
23	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:50
24	Pierre Rolland	Team Europcar	3:01
25	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	3:10
26	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida	3:13
27	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	3:14
28	Fabio Andres Duarte	Colombia	3:23
29	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3:28
30	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
31	Alexandre Geniez	Fdj.fr
32	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida	3:41
33	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	3:44
34	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	3:45
35	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r	3:48
36	José Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team
37	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	3:50
38	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	4:05
39	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	4:39
40	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge	4:55
41	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF	5:00
42	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	5:04
43	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli	5:08
44	Francis Mourey	Fdj.fr	5:12
45	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF	5:24
46	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	5:25
47	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team Sky	5:43
48	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	5:46
49	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	6:13
50	Sebastian Henao Gomez	Team Sky	6:15
51	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	6:45
52	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6:54
53	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	7:14
54	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	7:26
55	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	7:46
56	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	7:49
57	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r	8:22
58	Daniel Oss	BMC	9:24
59	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	9:29
60	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver	Team Katusha	9:40
61	Winner Anacona Gomez	Lampre-Merida	9:42
62	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	10:22
63	Johan Le Bon	Fdj.fr	10:50
64	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	11:30
65	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	12:02
66	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	12:34
67	Axel Domont	Ag2r	12:43
68	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli	12:52
69	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli	12:54
70	Vladimir Gusev	Team Katusha	12:59
71	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	13:22
72	Julien Berard	Ag2r	14:26
73	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	14:52
74	Rodolfo Andres Torres	Colombia	14:58
75	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	15:02
76	Robinson Eduardo Chalapud	Colombia	15:19
77	Yannick Eijssen	BMC	15:30
78	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli	15:32
79	Leonardo Fabio Duque	Colombia	15:45
80	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	15:55
81	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	16:05
82	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin	16:33
83	Danilo Wyss	BMC	16:35
84	Thomas Dekker	Garmin Sharp	16:51
85	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo	16:52
86	Simon Geschke	Team Giant-Shimano	16:54
87	Ben Hermans	BMC	16:55
88	Dylan Van Baarle	Garmin Sharp	17:12
89	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	17:15
90	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	17:16
91	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	17:30
92	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	17:36
93	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	17:46
94	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	17:51
95	Philip Deignan	Team Sky	17:59
96	Igor Anton Hernandez	Movistar Team	18:19
97	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol	18:20
98	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	18:29
99	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	18:42
100	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	18:44
101	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	18:47
102	Marc Goos	Belkin	19:20
103	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	19:31
104	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	19:36
105	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia	19:40
106	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	19:50
107	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol	20:13
108	Carlos Julian Quintero	Colombia	20:17
109	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky	20:25
110	Jos Van Emden	Belkin	20:27
111	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	20:45
112	Jussi Veikkanen	Fdj.fr	20:55
113	Gorka Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar Team	21:08
114	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	21:24
115	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r	21:36
116	Francisco José Ventoso	Movistar Team	21:40
117	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	21:47
118	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	22:09
119	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team	22:21
120	Mikel Landa Meana	Astana Pro Team
121	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	22:29
122	Laurent Pichon	Fdj.fr	23:01
123	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	23:02
124	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin Sharp	23:02
125	Borut Bozic	Astana Pro Team	23:11
126	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	23:22
127	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	23:56
128	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	24:00
129	Luca Paolini	Team Katusha
130	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF	24:21
131	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	24:48
132	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	24:58
133	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	25:14
134	Michel Koch	Cannondale	25:42
135	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	25:44
136	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	Colombia	25:52
137	Bert De Backer	Team Giant-Shimano	26:02
138	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	26:11
139	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar	26:18
140	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	26:40
141	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF	27:24
142	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	27:30
143	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	27:35
144	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	27:45
145	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	27:51
146	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	28:04
147	Maxim Belkov	Team Katusha	28:31
148	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	28:33
149	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	28:47
150	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar	28:47
151	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	29:02
152	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale	29:13
153	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	29:43
154	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	29:56
155	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	30:00
156	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	30:33
157	David Tanner	Belkin	30:37
158	Murilo Antonio Fischer	Fdj.fr	30:49
159	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	30:52
160	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	31:12
161	Nacer Bouhanni	Fdj.fr	31:17
162	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	31:25
163	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	31:34
164	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar	31:53
165	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	31:53
166	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	32:08
167	Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli	32:33
168	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	32:36
169	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	32:48
170	Tyler Farrar	Garmin Sharp	33:30
171	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	33:59
172	Bernhard Eisel	Team Sky	34:05
173	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	34:38
174	Sébastien Chavanel	Fdj.fr	34:42
175	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	36:00
176	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	36:26
177	Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	37:37
178	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	37:45
179	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	38:19
180	Ben Swift	Team Sky	38:30
181	Rick Flens	Belkin	38:44
182	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	38:59
183	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol	40:12
184	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge	42:11
185	Jetse Bol	Belkin	43:44
186	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	47:09
187	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	47:21
188	Arnaud Courteille	Fdj.fr	49:17
189	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	50:03

Points Classification:

1	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	119 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	115
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	106
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	96
5	Ben Swift	SKY	86
6	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	62
7	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	44
8	Cadel Evans	BMC	42
9	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	36
10	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	34

Mountains Classification:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	14 points
2	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	12
3	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	9
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	9
5	Cadel Evans	BMC	8
6	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	4
7	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	4
8	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	3
9	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	3
10	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3

Young Rider:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	24hr 18min 14sec
2	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 1min 25sec
3	Fabio Aru	Astana	1:51
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol	1:52
5	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	2:08
6	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin	2:11
7	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida	2:22
8	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano	2:47
9	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	3:14
10	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	3:45

Team Classification:

1	BMC Racing Team	72hr 9min 23sec
2	Tinkoff Saxo	@ 1min 1sec
3	Ag2R La Mondiale	1:35
4	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	2:06
5	Lampre - Merida	2:27
6	Orica Greenedge	2:34
7	Astana Pro Team	3:08
8	Movistar Team	3:42
9	Team Europcar	5:04
10	Colombia	6:14

Stage 6 photos:

Samuel Sanchez at sign-in.

The weather wasn't always ugly.

Way up there...Montecassino and the finish.

Steve Morabito leads Cadel Evans, Michael Matthews and the other leaders up to Montecassino.

Cadel Evans does his share.

Ivan Santaromita made the front group, but was distanced before the end.

Ivan Basso's ride was good enough to bring him up to ninth place.

Damiano Cunego

Michele Scarponi

Mathews wins the stage but Evans is sitting very pretty now, first of the contenders and 1min 18sec ahead of Rigoberto Uran.

Cadel evans is riding a perfect race.

Joaquin Rodriguez after the race.

Stage winner and overall leader Michael Matthews.

Stage 6 map and profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile