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2012 Vuelta a España
August 18 - September 9, 2012
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Thursday, August 23: Stage 6, Tarazona - Jaca, 175.4 km
Rated ascents:
- Km 159: Puerto del Oroel, 12 km @ 2.8% gradient, Category 3
- Km 175.4: Fuerte del Rapitán, 3.8 km @ 5.4%, Category 3
Results:
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 4hr 15min 56sec
- Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 5sec
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 10sec
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 18sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) s.t.
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) s.t.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 25sec
- Mauro Santambrogio (BMC) @ 27sec
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 28sec
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 32sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 35sec
- Juan José Cobo (Movistar) s.t.
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 39sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 44sec
- Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 47sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) s.t.
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) s.t.
- Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) @ 49sec
- Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 51sec
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) s.t.
- Linus Gerdemann (Radio shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 57sec
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Winner Anacona (Lampre) s.t.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1min 0sec
- Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 1min 1sec
- Gorka Verdugo ((Euskaltel) @ 1min 9sec
- Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 1min 12sec
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 33sec
- Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 1min 33sec
- Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1min 38sec
- Tiago Machado (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1min 41sec
- Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t.
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 2min 2sec
- Yohann Bagot (Cofidis) s.t.
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 2min 16sec
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 2min 18sec
- Cayetano Sarmiento (Liquigas) s.t.
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 2min 24sec
- Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 2min 32sec
- David De La Fuente (Caja Rural) @ 2min 44sec
- Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) @ 3min 0sec
GC after Stage 6:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 21hr 45min 6sec- Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 10sec
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 35sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 43sec
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 53sec
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 54sec
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 1min 4sec
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 1min 12sec
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 1min 17sec
- Juan José Cobo (Movistar) @ 1min 34sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 1min 39sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 1min 45sec
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 1min 54sec
- Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 1min 56sec
- Winner Anacona (Lampre) @ 2min 2sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 2min 5sec
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 2min 6sec
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2min 17sec
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 2min 20sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 2min 30sec
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 2min 32sec
- Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2min 34sec
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2min 36sec
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 2min 59sec
- Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 3min 46sec
- Linus Gerdemann (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 3min 51sec
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 4min 0sec
- Beñat Intxausti ((Movistar) @ 4min 12sec
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 4min 20sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 4min 28sec
- Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 4min 34sec
- Yohann Bouet (Ag2r) @ 4min 40sec
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 4min 40sec
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 4min 41sec
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 5min 17sec
- Tiago Machado (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 6min 3sec
- Daniel Navarro (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 6min 34sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 6min 57sec
- Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 7min 8sec
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 7min 10sec
- Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) @ 7min 18sec
- Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 7min 34sec
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 7min 36sec
- Romain Sicard (Euskaltel) @ 8min 50sec
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 9min 30sec
- Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) @ 9min 41sec
- Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) @ 11min 4sec
- Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) @ 11min 5sec
- Jouan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel) @ 11min 10sec
- John Gadret (Ag2r) @ 11min 30sec
Points Classification:
John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano): 51 points- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 45
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 41
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 37
- Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge): 29
Climber Classification:
- Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge): 16 points
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 11
- Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil): 11
- Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis): 10
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 9
Allround Classification:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 8 points- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 11
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 15
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 19
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r): 31
Team Classification:
- Sky: 64hr 39,om 54sec
- Rabobank @ 1min 9sec
- Ag2r @ 3min 39sec
- Astana @ 3min 58sec
- Lampre @ 4min 26sec
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
Froome attacked in the last few hundred meters and got a big gap.
Oh Poo! Froome looks back after his attack and sees Rodriguez on his wheel.
Contador and Valverde couldn't respond to Froome's attack.
So Contador had to work to limit his losses as best he could.
Eros Capecchi was also a victim of Froome's attack.
Rigoberto Uran
Rinaldo Nocentini
Nicolas Roche
Mauro Santambrogio
Robert Gesink
Last year's Vuelta winner, Juan José Cobo
Igor Anton
Rodriguez will spend another day in the lead.