Tour de France 2006/6. stage

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Result of the 6th stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 4:10:17 h
(45.308 km / h)
Second Daniele Bennati equal time
Third Tom Boonen equal time
Fourth Bernhard Eisel equal time
fifth Thor Hushovd equal time
Sixth Óscar Freire equal time
seventh Erik Zabel equal time
Eighth Luca Paolini equal time
Ninth Gert Steegmans equal time
Tenth Iñaki Isasi equal time
Most combative driver Anthony Geslin
Intermediate results after the 6th stage
Yellow jersey Tom Boonen 29:21:00 h
Second Robbie McEwen + 0:12 min
Third Michael Rogers + 0:21 min
Green jersey Robbie McEwen 157 P.
Second Tom Boonen 147 P.
Third Óscar Freire 135 P.
Dotted jersey Jérôme Pineau 28 p.
Second David de la Fuente 17 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 15 p.
White jersey Benoît Vaugrenard 29:21:42 h
Second Markus Fothen + 0:03 min
Third Philippe Gilbert + 0:14 min
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 88:04:46 h
Second Team CSC + 0:01 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:02 min

The 6th stage of the Tour de France 2006 took the remaining 171 riders on July 7th over 189 km from Lisieux to Vitré .

The stage through Normandy and Brittany began quite uneasily with many attempts to break away. Benoît Vaugrenard was able to recapture the white jersey of Markus Fothen's best young rider with a victory and the associated time credit in the first intermediate sprint . However, this and other breakaway attempts failed early. In the meantime, overall leader Tom Boonen and his competitor Thor Hushovd belonged to a top group of 17, from which Florent Brard , Magnus Bäckstedt and Anthony Geslin were able to break away decisively at km 73 . The remaining 14 drivers were brought up again from the main field. But even the maximum lead of 5:16 minutes was not enough for the runaway trio to arrive in the center of Vitré alone. The escape came to an end four kilometers from the finish.

Robbie McEwen secured victory for the third time at this year's tour with the great help of his teammate Gert Steegmans , who put on the sprint in an exemplary manner for him.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Villedieu-lès-Bailleul (46 km)

First Benoît Vaugrenard 6 p. And 6 s
Second Stéphane Augé 4 p. And 4 s
Third Florent Brard 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Chantrigné (116.5 km)

First Anthony Geslin 6 p. And 6 s
Second Florent Brard 4 p. And 4 s
Third Magnus Backstedt 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Juvigné (162.5 km)

First Florent Brard 6 p. And 6 s
Second Anthony Geslin 4 p. And 4 s
Third Magnus Backstedt 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de la Hunière , category 3 (27.5 km)

First Giuseppe Guerini 4 p.
Second David López García 3 p.
Third Jérôme Pineau 2 p.
Fourth Juan Manuel Gárate 1 P.