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Thursday, July 10: Stage 6, Arras - Reims, 194 km

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André Greipel wins stage 6. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 107.5: Côte de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, 0.9 km @ 6.2% average gradient - category 4
• Km 157: Côte de Roucy, 1.5 km @ 6.2% - category 4

The Race: A nervous peloton suffered numerous crashes on the wet, slippery roads of today's stage. Alberto Contador will have to do without one of his climbing wingmen, Jesus Hernandez, when the Tour hits the high mountains. Hernandez fell hard enough to temporarily lose consciousness.

As the peloton closed in on the finishing city of Reims, crosswinds tormented some of the riders. Belgian squad Omega Pharma, experienced in racing under these conditions, used the wind to shell some competitors. One after another, Omega Pharma team members took hard, ferocious pulls, upping the speed sometimes to 55 km/hr. The pack was shattered into several echelons. The result was that several sprinters including Arnaud Démare and Marcel Kittel never saw the front again. Earlier reports (repeated in this site's live updates) were that Kittel had flatted, were wrong, he just couldn't get up to the front group when the hammer was dropped.

Under the Red Kite, Omega Pharma's Michal Kwiatkowski took off and for a while it looked like he might make it to the finish alone. But Europcar's Kévin Reza closed the gap. Then André Greipel unleashed an irresistible sprint that gave him the stage win. All bunch sprints in the Tour have so far been won by Germans (Greipel and Kittel).

Vincenzo Nibali stayed at the front and out of trouble, giving him another day in yellow.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 46.3 km/hr

1	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	4hr 11min 39sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
3	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
4	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
6	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
7	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
8	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
9	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
11	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
12	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
13	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
14	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
15	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
16	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
17	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
18	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
19	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
20	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
21	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
22	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
23	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
24	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
25	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
26	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
27	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
28	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
29	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
30	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
31	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
32	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
33	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
34	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
35	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
36	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
37	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
38	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
39	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
40	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
41	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
42	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
43	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
44	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
45	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
46	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
47	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
48	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
49	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
50	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
51	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
52	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
53	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
54	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
55	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
56	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
57	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
58	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
59	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
60	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
61	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
62	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
63	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
64	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
65	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
66	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
67	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
68	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
69	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
70	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	@ 15 seconds
71	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
72	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
73	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 18''
74	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 24''
75	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 00' 35''
76	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 35''
77	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 00' 41''
78	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 45''
79	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
80	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 00' 47''
81	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
82	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
83	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 54''
84	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
85	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
86	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 59''
87	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 59''
88	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
89	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
90	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
91	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
92	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
93	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
94	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
95	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
96	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
97	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
98	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
99	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
100	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
101	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
102	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
103	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
104	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
105	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
106	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
107	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
108	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
109	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
110	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
111	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
112	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
113	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
114	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
115	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
116	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
117	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
118	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
119	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
120	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
121	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
122	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
123	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
124	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
125	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 27''
126	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
127	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
128	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
129	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
130	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 36''
131	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 53''
132	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 29''
133	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 00''
134	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 40''
135	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 55''
136	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 01''
137	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03' 25''
138	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 04' 13''
139	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
140	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
141	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
142	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
143	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
144	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
145	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 04' 51''
146	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
147	Sergio  Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
148	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
149	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
150	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
151	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
152	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
153	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
154	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
155	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
156	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
157	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
158	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
159	Edward King	CANNONDALE
160	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
161	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
162	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
163	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
164	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
165	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
166	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
167	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
168	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
169	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
170	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
171	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
172	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
173	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
174	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
175	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
176	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
177	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
178	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
179	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
180	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
181	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
182	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
183	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
184	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 06' 20''
185	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 07' 00''
186	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 07' 02''
187	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 08' 06''
188	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 09' 23''
189	Egoitz Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 15' 49''

GC after Stage 6: 1,056.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.88 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	24hr 38min 25sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 17''
6	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
7	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
9	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
11	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
12	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
13	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
14	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 16''
15	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02' 25''
16	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
17	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 27''
18	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 37''
19	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 39''
20	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 44''
21	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 24''
22	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 29''
23	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
24	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 59''
25	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
26	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 04' 08''
27	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	+ 04' 13''
28	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
29	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
30	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 04' 28''
31	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04' 45''
32	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 05' 07''
33	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 05' 40''
34	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 05' 45''
35	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 06' 17''
36	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 06' 31''
37	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 06' 36''
38	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 07' 46''
39	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 09' 10''
40	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 09' 12''
41	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
42	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 09' 20''
43	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 09' 25''
44	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 09' 25''
45	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 12' 01''
46	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 12' 20''
47	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 12' 23''
48	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 12' 50''
49	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 06''
50	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 08''
51	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 13' 20''
52	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 13' 58''
53	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 14' 18''
54	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 34''
55	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 15' 15''
56	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 15' 47''
57	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 31''
58	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 16' 55''
59	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 17' 22''
60	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 19''
61	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 18' 42''
62	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 18' 43''
63	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 19' 21''
64	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 19' 22''
65	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 19' 26''
66	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 19' 30''
67	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 20' 25''
68	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 20' 30''
69	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 20' 58''
70	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 21' 06''
71	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 17''
72	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 21' 33''
73	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
74	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 22' 01''
75	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 22' 03''
76	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 22' 54''
77	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 23' 15''
78	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 23' 15''
79	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 23' 21''
80	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 23' 24''
81	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 23' 27''
82	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 23' 36''
83	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 23' 39''
84	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 24' 03''
85	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
86	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 24' 38''
87	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 24' 41''
88	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
89	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 47''
90	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 25' 06''
91	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 25' 34''
92	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 25' 46''
93	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 25' 55''
94	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 09''
95	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 26' 10''
96	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 24''
97	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 26' 26''
98	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 26' 33''
99	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 26' 57''
100	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 27' 00''
101	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 27' 12''
102	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 27' 14''
103	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 27' 39''
104	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 27' 40''
105	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 27' 49''
106	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 28' 14''
107	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 28' 20''
108	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 28' 44''
109	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 29' 16''
110	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 29' 34''
111	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 29' 56''
112	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 30' 21''
113	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 30' 24''
114	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 30' 26''
115	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 30' 29''
116	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 30' 40''
117	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 30' 41''
118	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 30' 46''
119	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 30' 49''
120	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 30' 57''
121	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 31' 04''
122	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 31' 10''
123	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 31' 25''
124	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 31' 53''
125	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 32' 17''
126	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 32' 17''
127	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 32' 26''
128	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 32' 34''
129	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 32' 46''
130	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 33' 03''
131	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 33' 31''
132	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 35''
133	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 34' 03''
134	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 34' 06''
135	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
136	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 34' 11''
137	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 34' 17''
138	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 34' 23''
139	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 34' 49''
140	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 34' 59''
141	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 35' 02''
142	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 35' 11''
143	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 35' 20''
144	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 35' 58''
145	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 37' 09''
146	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
147	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 37' 29''
148	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 37' 34''
149	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 37' 47''
150	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 38' 12''
151	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 38' 28''
152	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 38' 28''
153	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 38' 31''
154	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 38' 45''
155	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 38' 46''
156	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 39' 18''
157	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 39' 36''
158	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 39' 46''
159	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 40' 19''
160	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 40' 29''
161	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 41' 25''
162	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 41' 37''
163	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 41' 43''
164	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 41' 49''
165	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 42' 11''
166	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
167	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 42' 17''
168	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 42' 40''
169	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 43' 22''
170	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 43' 46''
171	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 43' 54''
172	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 43' 55''
173	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 43' 59''
174	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 44' 22''
175	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 44' 27''
176	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 44' 44''
177	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 45' 21''
178	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 46' 09''
179	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 46' 52''
180	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 47' 02''
181	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 49' 08''
182	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 49' 27''
183	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 49' 50''
184	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 52' 42''
185	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 52' 43''
186	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 53' 58''
187	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 57' 32''
188	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 59' 20''
189	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 02' 40''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	217 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	137
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	135
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	117
5	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	91
6	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	87
7	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
8	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	53
9	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	48
10	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
11	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
12	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	41
13	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	39
14	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	38
15	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
16	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	36
17	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	34
18	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
19	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
20	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	31
21	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
22	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
23	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
24	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
25	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
26	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	24
27	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
28	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	21
29	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
30	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
31	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
32	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
33	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
34	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
35	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	20
36	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
37	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
38	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	18
39	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	18
40	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
41	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
42	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
43	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	17
44	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
45	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
46	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
47	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
48	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
49	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
50	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	15
51	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
52	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
53	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
54	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	12
55	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	12
56	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
57	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
58	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
59	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
60	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
61	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
62	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
63	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
64	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
65	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
66	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
67	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7
68	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	7
69	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
70	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	6
71	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
72	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
73	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
74	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
75	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
76	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
77	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
78	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
79	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	3
80	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
81	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
82	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
83	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
84	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
85	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
86	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
87	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
88	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1
89	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
6	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
7	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
8	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
9	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
10	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
11	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
12	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
13	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
14	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
15	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
16	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification: Worn by Michal Kwiatkowski because Sagan is also the points leader and wears the green jersey. The points classification has greater seniority.

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	24hr 39min 9sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	@ 6 seconds
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 27''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 41''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 40''
6	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 39''
7	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 18' 37''
8	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 18' 46''
9	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 22' 52''
10	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 50''
11	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 25' 02''
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 25' 25''
13	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 25' 26''
14	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 26' 13''
15	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 26' 30''
16	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 22''
17	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 33' 39''
18	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 34' 15''
19	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 39' 35''
20	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 40' 41''
21	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 40' 53''
22	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 40' 59''
23	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 44' 37''
24	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 46' 18''
25	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 48' 43''
26	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 51' 59''
27	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 53' 14''

Team Classification:

1	Astana Pro Team	73hr 56min 23'sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 4min 18sec
3	BMC Racing Team	+ 06' 05''
4	Team Sky	+ 06' 17''
5	Trek Factory Racing	+ 07' 22''
6	Cannondale	+ 09' 03''
7	Team Katusha	+ 09' 26''
8	Garmin - Sharp	+ 10' 15''
9	Orica Greenedge	+ 10' 31''
10	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 10' 36''
11	Iam Cycling	+ 11' 50''
12	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 13' 33''
13	Lotto-Belisol	+ 14' 42''
14	Lampre - Merida	+ 15' 25''
15	Ag2R La Mondiale	+ 15' 34''
16	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 17' 40''
17	Team Europcar	+ 20' 10''
18	Movistar Team	+ 22' 10''
19	FDJ.Fr	+ 23' 53''
20	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 34' 53''
21	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 38' 58''
22	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 50' 26''

Stage 6 photos:

Bernard Hinault talks with former Tour boss Jean-Marie Leblanc. Photo ©Sirotti

Thomas Voeckler heads to the start.

Bryan Coquard

Cyril Lemoine

The publicity caravan lends a quiet dignity to the Tour de France. Photo ©Sirotti

But back in the 1930s when the publicity caravan started, the revenue from the advertising vehicles was an extremely important part of the Tour's revenue stream.

The pack goes under the Red kite in Reims. Photo ©Sirotti

Michal Kwiatkowski takes off in the final kilometer. Photo ©Sirotti

André Greipel was the fastest man today. Marcel Kittel got dropped in the final kilometers. It would have been neat to see a drag race between the two speedy Germans. Photo ©Sirotti.

Fabian Cancellara finishes. Photo ©Sirotti.

Alessandro Petacchi finished a minute behind the main peloton. Photo ©Sirotti.

Jérémy Roy leads in Arnaud Démare and the rest of a group who got caught out in the side winds and high speeds of the final kilometers. Photo ©Sirotti.

Ji Cheng has spent hours at the front of this year's Tour riding tempo for Giant-Shimano.

Stage winner André Greipel. Photo ©Sirotti.

Vincenzo Nibali stayed at the front and out of trouble today. Photo ©Sirotti.

Cyril Lemoine is riding well. I'll bet he keeps the polka-dot jersey for a while. Photo ©Sirotti.

Peter Sagan tightened his grip on the points classification today. Photo ©Sirotti.

Peter Sagan also leads the young rider classification. Photo ©Sirotti.

Luis Angel Maté was the first rider off the front today and the last man caught by the peloton. He truly deserved today's combativity prize. Photo ©Sirotti.

Weather at Arras, 1:25 PM, local time: 16C (61F), wind from north-northwest at 26 km/hr (16mph), some fog, humdity is 95%. It was raining at the start. Reports are it's raining at the finish at Reims as well.

Km 33: Four riders broke away at the start: Tom Leezer (Belkin), Luis Maté (Cofidis), Jérôme Pineau (IAM) and Arnaud Gérard (Bretagne-Séché). The quartet currently has a lead of 4min 5sec.

192 riders started today's stage. One of yesterday's finishers, Ariel Max Richeze (Lampre) was not on the line today.

Km 48: The peloton has clearly decided this is the day's break and the lead is still around four minutes (3min 48sec to be exact).

I just posted more photos from yesterday's difficult stage.

Km 57: Giant-Shimano is leading the peloton and they have brought the break's lead down to 3min 11sec.

Regarding Chris Froome's abandonment after crashing twice yesterday, LeTour.fr has noted that no defending Tour champion had quit the Tour since Bernard Hinaut's bad knee forced him to abandon at Pau in 1980. Hinault was asked about Chris Froome's departure, "As he crashed several times, bruises added to each other and he didn't want to race anymore. Had he continued, he would have been frightened on the pavé. He crashed twice on asphalted roads, how worse would it have been on the pavé! This stage is a message to the young cyclists: 'come and do Paris-Roubaix, you'll know what it is about and it'll help you when you'll ride on the pavé at the Tour'. Because the Tour will come back to the pavés again!"

Km 73: Things are stable with the break leading the peloton by 3min 2sec. None of the riders in the break are threats to the GC. Jérôme Pineau is the best-placed escapee at 22min 9sec. Chinese rider Ji Cheng (Giant-Shimano) is doing a lot of the work at the front. There are at least four Giant-Shimano riders at the front. Marcel Kittel must be feeling good today.

Km 85: It has been a brisk stage, 47.6 km ridden in the first hour. So far the stage average speed is 46.2 km/hr. The break is 3min 7sec ahead of the field. It is not raining right now.

Km 110: Luis Maté was first over the fourth category Côte de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, keeping anyone else from gettin the single point in play and therefore protecting his teammates Cyril Lemoine's KOM lead. Break's gap is 2min 47sec.

The riders are getting set up for the intermediate sprint at Pinon. Giant-Shimano continues to do lots of work at the front.

Shoot! A crash. Arnaud Démare is down. And another crash. Andrew Talansky and Jack Bauer are among the fallen. The roads are slick. Looks like all the fallen riders except Sky rider Xabio Zandio are getting up. The peloton is slowing at the request of Vincenzo Nibali.

Km 118: The breakaway riders did not contest the intermediate sprint, Tom Leezer leading them over the line. Giant has taken over the peloton to help Sagan get 11 points for fifth place. Mark Renshaw took the fifth place from Sagan, who was sixth.

Egor Silin (Katusha) and Xabier Zandio (Sky) have had to abandon after those recent crashes.

Km 126: Peter Sagan has crashed and is back to the rear of the peloton. The speed has suddenly gone up and the peloton is lined out. More crashes!

FDJ manager Marc Madiot had predicted that the race will get interesting at this point, “It's windy. The wind blows from the left side. There will be echelons! But it's a bit far away from the finish, so I'm not sure if it can work. There might be a regrouping before a bunch sprint.”

Km 130: Omega Pharma is hammering the front, which has reduced the break's lead to 26 seconds. Riders off the back, there have been some splits, will have a lot of trouble getting back on. Peter Sagan is almost a minute behind.

Cannondale riders have dropped back to help Sagan and it looks like his group will get back on.

Km 138: The Sagan group has made contact with the main peloton. The break still has 31 seconds.

Km 148: The peloton isn't too anxious to catch the breakaway of four riders. That would invite an attack of fresh riders, which would be more difficult to control. The gap has gone out to 56 seconds. Since this stage is devoted to the fallen of the First World War, French president François Hollande has joined Tour boss Christian Prudhomme's follow car.

Tinkoff-Saxo rider Jesus Hernandez has abandoned. Contador will miss the help of the good climber when the race reaches the high mountains. Hernandez fell hard and lost consciousness.

Km 162: Luis Maté was first over the Côte de Roucy and took the only KOM point available. The breakaway, made of Tom Leezer (Belkin), Luis Maté (Cofidis), Jérôme Pineau (IAM) and Arnaud Gérard (Bretagne-Séché), is 65 seconds ahead of the pack. Belkin, Tinkoff-Saxo, Astana, Giant-Shimano are leading the peloton. Some rain is falling.

Km 171, 23 km to go: The speed is going up, the break has only 19 seconds. The break's follow cars have been pulled. Bernard Eisel of Sky is leading with Richie Porte next to him. With Chris Froome's abandonment Porte is Sky's protected GC man for this Tour.

With the high speed and cross winds the peloton is breaking into echelons.

Km 175: Gérard and Leezer have been caught. Pineau and Maté are pressing on with their break, they have just 10 seconds. Maté attacked Pineau and is pressing on alone. Pineau is back in the peloton. Maté looks like he's in a 200-inch gear.

Km 181, 13 km to go: Maté is caught. Omega Pharma is leading the peloton. Omega's speed has caused splits in the peloton. The cross winds and high speed are shredding the pack. André Greipel is riding in third place. The Gorilla is obviously ambitious for a stage win. Démare is in a chasing echelon.

Km 187, 7 km to go: The contenders all look to be in the front group. Omega Pharma is driving hard, making sure the dropped riders in following echelons stay dropped.

5 km to go: A lot of riders, including several Sky riders (not Porte) are a half-minute back in the chasing echelon. Omega Pharma is hammering hard. This has the feel of a planned set-piece.

The finish: 2 km to go, lots of elbows being thrown as Katusha moves up. Sagan is well-placed. Sprinters Marcel Kittel (Giant) and Danny van Poppel (Trek) have had late flats and are not in the front group.

Kwiatkowski tries a flyer with a km to go. Kevin Reza drags the field up to Kwiatkowski. André Greipel comes past Reza and punches a giant gear and takes the stage.

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