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Friday, June 12: Stage 6, Saint-Bonnet en Champsaur - Villard de Lans Vercors, 183 km

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Rui Costa wins Dauphiné stage 6. Vincenzo Nibali, in sky blue to the right, becomes the new GC leader.

The Race: It was a hard, rainy day of racing in the mountains. Vincenzo Nibali dropped the hammer about two-thirds through the stage and that was the race. For company, he had high-quality help, including Tony Gallopin, Rui Costa and Alejandro Valverde. After yesterday's mountain finish, I had thought Nibali had not stayed with the winners because he couldn't. Well, it looks like I was wrong. Instead, it appears it was a careful strategic move to not empty the tank too early in the race.

Today, he was full of vim and vigor and tried to get away from the break late in the stage, but was overtaken by former world champion Rui Costa. Costa won the stage and Nibali is now the overall leader.

Complete Results:

183 km raced at an average speed of 40.760 km/hr

Stage 6 photos

1	Rui COSTA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	4hr 29min 23sec
2	Vincenzo NIBALI	ASTANA	@ 5sec
3	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	0:00:38
4	Tony GALLOPIN	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:00:39
5	Simon YATES	ORICA GREENEDGE	@ 1min 24sec
6	Daniel MARTIN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:01:46
7	John GADRET	MOVISTAR	0:01:48
8	Tiesj BENOOT	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:01:59
9	Christopher FROOME	TEAM SKY	0:02:12
10	Benat INTXAUSTI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC RACING TEAM	0:02:14
12	Robert KISERLOVSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:02:25
13	Wilco KELDERMAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:02:31
14	Andrew TALANSKY	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
15	Rafael VALLS	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
16	Joaquim RODRIGUEZ	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
17	Romain BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:42
18	David DE LA CRUZ	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:02:55
19	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	0:03:09
20	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	Gorka IZAGUIRRE	MOVISTAR	0:03:19
22	Ruben PLAZA MOLINA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:03:37
23	Daniel NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
24	Bart DE CLERCQ	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
25	Adam YATES	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:05:23
26	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:06:13
27	Chris Anker SORENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
28	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA	s.t.
29	George BENNETT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:06:23
30	Bruno PIRES	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:06:25
31	Christian MEIER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:06:51
32	Alberto LOSADA	TEAM KATUSHA	0:07:04
33	Simon GERRANS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:07:32
34	José HERRADA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
35	Ben GASTAUER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
36	Stephen CUMMINGS	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
37	José Rodolfo SERPA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
38	Rein TAARAMAE	ASTANA	0:08:25
39	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA	0:08:37
40	Mathias FRANK	IAM CYCLING	0:09:33
41	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:11:01
42	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	0:11:01
43	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	0:14:04
44	Mikael CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	Tony MARTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:14:14
46	Dylan TEUNS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:14:17
47	Rohan DENNIS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:14:46
48	Nicolas EDET	COFIDIS	0:31:16
49	Evgeny PETROV	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
50	Edward BELTRAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
51	Tim WELLENS	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
52	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:36:25
53	Stef CLEMENT	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
54	Fumiyuki BEPPU	TREK	s.t.
55	Pieter SERRY	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
56	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
57	Luis Angel MATE	COFIDIS	s.t.
58	Marcel WYSS	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
59	Perrig QUEMENEUR	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
60	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	s.t.
61	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
62	Serge PAUWELS	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
63	Bryan NAULEAU	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
64	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
65	Dylan VAN BAARLE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
66	Alexei TCATEVICH	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
67	Thomas VOECKLER	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
68	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
69	David TANNER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
70	Markel IRIZAR	TREK	s.t.
71	Dennis VAN WINDEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
72	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK	s.t.
73	Pawel POLJANSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
74	Alessandro VANOTTI	ASTANA	s.t.
75	Lars BOOM	ASTANA	s.t.
76	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
77	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
78	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
79	Rory SUTHERLAND	MOVISTAR	s.t.
80	Kristijan KOREN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
81	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
82	Tyler FARRAR	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
83	Christophe LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
84	Maarten WYNANTS	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
85	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
86	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
87	Jos VAN EMDEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
88	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
89	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
90	Romain GUILLEMOIS	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
91	Michele SCARPONI	ASTANA	s.t.
92	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
93	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
94	Bram TANKINK	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
95	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
96	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
97	Tiago MACHADO	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
98	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
99	Jay MC CARTHY	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
100	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	s.t.
101	Kenny ELISSONDE	FDJ	s.t.
102	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
103	Damien HOWSON	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
104	Nathan HAAS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
105	Sebastian LANGEVELD	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
106	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
107	Chad HAGA	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
108	José MENDES	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
109	Benoît VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
110	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS	s.t.
111	Ivan SANTAROMITA	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
112	Gianpaolo CARUSO	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
113	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK	s.t.
114	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
115	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
116	Bartosz HUZARSKI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
117	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
118	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
119	Angel VICIOSO	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
120	Cristiano SALERNO	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
121	Nicolas ROCHE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
122	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
123	Julien SIMON	COFIDIS	s.t.
124	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	s.t.
125	Jarlinson PANTANO	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
126	Jack BAUER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
127	Wouter POELS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
128	Pierre ROLLAND	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
129	Pim LIGTHART	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
130	Louis MEINTJES	MTN-QHUBEKA	s.t.
131	Cyril GAUTIER	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
132	Romain SICARD	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
133	Martijn KEIZER	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
134	Kévin REZA	FDJ	s.t.
135	Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
136	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	s.t.
137	Bjorn THURAU	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
138	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	s.t.
139	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
140	Vladimir ISAYCHEV	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
141	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	s.t.
142	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
143	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
144	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
145	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

901 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.918 km/hr

1	Vincenzo NIBALI	ASTANA	22hr 34min 17sec
2	Rui COSTA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	@ 29sec
3	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	0:00:30
4	Simon YATES	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:35
5	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:42
6	Benat INTXAUSTI	MOVISTAR	0:00:57
7	Christopher FROOME	TEAM SKY	@ 1min 21sec
8	Tony GALLOPIN	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:01:29
9	Romain BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:30
10	Daniel MARTIN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:01:30
11	Andrew TALANSKY	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:02:07
12	Rafael VALLS	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:02:42
13	Joaquim RODRIGUEZ	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:45
14	Wilco KELDERMAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:03:05
15	David DE LA CRUZ	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:03:13
16	Robert KISERLOVSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:03:28
17	Bart DE CLERCQ	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:03:59
18	Daniel NAVARRO	COFIDIS	0:05:44
19	John GADRET	MOVISTAR	0:05:48
20	Ruben PLAZA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:06:56
21	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	MOVISTAR	0:07:10
22	Gorka IZAGUIRRE	MOVISTAR	0:07:44
23	Paul VOSS	BORA-ARGON 18	0:07:58
24	Tiesj BENOOT	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:09:00
25	Mathias FRANK	IAM CYCLING	0:09:18
26	George BENNETT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:09:48
27	Adam YATES	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:09:55
28	José HERRADA	MOVISTAR	0:10:05
29	Lieuwe WESTRA	ASTANA	0:15:12
30	Chris Anker SORENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:16:38
31	Bruno PIRES	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:16:40
32	José Rodolfo SERPA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:17:15
33	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA	0:17:36
34	Rein TAARAMAE	ASTANA	0:20:18
35	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:20:56
36	Simon GERRANS	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:22:56
37	Christian MEIER	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:22:59
38	Ben GASTAUER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:23:24
39	Rohan DENNIS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:23:41
40	Mikael CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:24:27
41	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	0:24:45
42	Alberto LOSADA	TEAM KATUSHA	0:25:48
43	Stephen CUMMINGS	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:29:44
44	Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY	0:33:32
45	Dylan TEUNS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:33:34
46	Tony MARTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:33:46
47	Michele SCARPONI	ASTANA	0:35:24
48	Nicolas ROCHE	TEAM SKY	0:36:18
49	Louis MEINTJES	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:36:20
50	Pierre ROLLAND	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:36:28
51	Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY	0:36:39
52	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	0:36:56
53	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:37:00
54	Haimar ZUBELDIA	TREK	0:38:00
55	Pawel POLJANSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:38:06
56	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:38:13
57	Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:38:34
58	Jarlinson PANTANO	IAM CYCLING	0:38:39
59	Tiago MACHADO	TEAM KATUSHA	0:38:52
60	Tim WELLENS	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:39:20
61	Bjorn THURAU	BORA-ARGON 18	0:39:30
62	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC RACING TEAM	0:40:59
63	Bram TANKINK	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:41:11
64	Serge PAUWELS	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:41:52
65	Dominik NERZ	BORA-ARGON 18	0:42:34
66	Cristiano SALERNO	BORA-ARGON 18	0:43:57
67	Wouter POELS	TEAM SKY	0:45:24
68	Pieter SERRY	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:45:38
69	Marcel WYSS	IAM CYCLING	0:46:10
70	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
71	José MENDES	BORA-ARGON 18	0:46:14
72	Cyril GAUTIER	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:46:44
73	Jay MC CARTHY	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:46:50
74	Riccardo ZOIDL	TREK	0:47:44
75	Ian BOSWELL	TEAM SKY	0:48:42
76	Nathan HAAS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:48:51
77	Ian STANNARD	TEAM SKY	0:49:18
78	Luis Angel MATE	COFIDIS	0:49:18
79	Matthew BUSCHE	TREK	0:49:29
80	Romain SICARD	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:50:05
81	Stef CLEMENT	IAM CYCLING	0:50:27
82	Edward BELTRAN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:50:38
83	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	0:50:55
84	Julien SIMON	COFIDIS	0:51:04
85	Gianpaolo CARUSO	TEAM KATUSHA	0:51:18
86	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:51:37
87	Ivan SANTAROMITA	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:51:49
88	Jan BARTA	BORA-ARGON 18	0:51:56
89	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:52:13
90	Nelson OLIVEIRA	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:52:14
91	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:52:29
92	Kenny ELISSONDE	FDJ	0:53:02
93	Alexei TCATEVICH	TEAM KATUSHA	0:53:33
94	Perrig QUEMENEUR	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:53:42
95	Kristijan KOREN	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:53:47
96	David TANNER	IAM CYCLING	0:53:51
97	Bartosz HUZARSKI	BORA-ARGON 18	0:54:22
98	Jens KEUKELEIRE	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:54:35
99	Michael SCHÄR	BMC RACING TEAM	0:54:38
100	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:55:11
101	Damien HOWSON	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:55:16
102	Markel IRIZAR	TREK	0:55:29
103	Evgeny PETROV	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:55:44
104	Kévin REZA	FDJ	0:55:50
105	Martijn KEIZER	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:56:05
106	Daniel OSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:56:53
107	Nicolas EDET	COFIDIS	0:56:58
108	Matteo BONO	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:59:00
109	Jos VAN EMDEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:59:26
110	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:59:40
111	Lars BOOM	ASTANA	0:59:58
112	Joseph ROSSKOPF	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 1hr 0min 18sec
113	Niki TERPSTRA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	1:00:37
114	Filippo POZZATO	LAMPRE-MERIDA	1:00:42
115	Dennis VAN WINDEN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	1:01:05
116	Rory SUTHERLAND	MOVISTAR	1:01:21
117	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN-QHUBEKA	1:01:25
118	Bryan NAULEAU	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:01:26
119	Thomas VOECKLER	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:01:26
120	Chad HAGA	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	1:01:36
121	Pim LIGTHART	LOTTO-SOUDAL	1:01:48
122	Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:02:16
123	Geoffrey SOUPE	COFIDIS	1:02:42
124	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC RACING TEAM	1:03:37
125	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	LOTTO-SOUDAL	1:03:44
126	Angel VICIOSO	TEAM KATUSHA	1:03:54
127	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:04:17
128	Christophe LAPORTE	COFIDIS	1:04:30
129	Luke ROWE	TEAM SKY	1:04:36
130	Stijn VANDENBERGH	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	1:04:55
131	Benoît VAUGRENARD	FDJ	1:05:45
132	Fumiyuki BEPPU	TREK	1:05:49
133	Tyler FARRAR	MTN-QHUBEKA	1:07:48
134	Alessandro VANOTTI	ASTANA	1:08:08
135	Maarten WYNANTS	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	1:08:21
136	Gatis SMUKULIS	TEAM KATUSHA	1:08:31
137	Mickaël DELAGE	FDJ	1:09:01
138	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	1:09:48
139	Vladimir ISAYCHEV	TEAM KATUSHA	1:09:58
140	Romain GUILLEMOIS	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:10:20
141	Florian SENECHAL	COFIDIS	1:11:10
142	Sebastian LANGEVELD	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:13:34
143	Albert TIMMER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	1:16:49
144	Dylan VAN BAARLE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:17:37
145	Jack BAUER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:17:49

Stage 6 map and profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

A rainy day in France

The break that could. Tony Gallopin leads Alejandro Valverde.

Meanwhile, race leader Tejay van Garderen is being distanced.

Vincenzo Nibali's attack

Tony Gallopin finished fourth today, 39 seconds after Costa.

Rui Costa wins the stage with Vincenzo Nibali close behind.

Stage winner Rui Costa

New race leader Vincenzo Nibali

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