Tour de France 2007/6. stage

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Stage 6
Result of the 6th stage
Stage winner Tom Boonen 5:20:59 h
(37.292 km / h)
Second Óscar Freire equal time
Third Erik Zabel equal time
Fourth Sébastien Chavanel equal time
fifth Thor Hushovd equal time
Sixth Daniele Bennati equal time
seventh Robert Forster equal time
Eighth Robert Hunter equal time
Ninth Romain Feillu equal time
Tenth Murilo Fischer equal time
Most combative driver Bradley Wiggins
Intermediate results after the 6th stage
Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara 29:49:55 h
Second Andreas Klöden + 0:33 min
Third Filippo Pozzato + 0:35 min
Green jersey Tom Boonen 141 P.
Second Erik Zabel 130 p.
Third Óscar Freire 114 P.
Dotted jersey Sylvain Chavanel 40 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 23 p.
Third William Bonnet 15 p.
White jersey Vladimir Gusev 29:50:40 h
Second Thomas Dekker + 0:06 min
Third Benoît Vaugrenard + 0:07 min
Team evaluation Team CSC 117: 32: 05 h
Second Discovery Channel + 0:03 min
Third Caisse d'Epargne + 0:16 min

The 6th stage of the Tour de France 2007 on July 13th was 199.5 kilometers long and led the riders from Semur-en-Auxois south through Bourgogne , specifically through the departments of Côte-d'Or , Saône-et-Loire and Ain , to Bourg-en-Bresse in the Rhône-Alpes region . The fifth flat stage of the tour had a total of two mountain classifications in the fourth category.

Early on, after two kilometers, the Briton Bradley Wiggins set himself apart from the main field as a soloist. Wiggins quickly increased his lead and at race kilometer 11 Andrij Hrywko tried to catch up with him with another attack from the field. After a short time, however, the Ukrainian broke off the attempt and fell back into the field. In the meantime, the outlier expanded its lead over the peloton to almost 18 minutes. Then, when the field started chasing, under the direction of Quick Step and CSC , the gap began to narrow. By the second intermediate sprint at 127 km, the lead had shrunk to 3:10 minutes, before at the culmination point of the second mountain classification of the day, 61.5 kilometers from the finish line, the lead had increased again to 5:05 minutes. Only when there were 50 kilometers left did the peloton start to catch up and shorten the gap again, which was also helped by a broken spoke on Wiggins' bike. With the teams from Predictor-Lotto , Crédit Agricole , T-Mobile , Gerolsteiner and Milram at the head of the field, who dictated the distance to Wiggins at will, the attempt to escape ended seven kilometers from the finish.

After that, despite a rather restrained pace in the peloton, there were no more attacks until the entrance to the home straight in Bourg-en-Bresse, which was also due to the sometimes violent headwind. In the mass sprint of the field, Tom Boonen secured the day's victory from Óscar Freire and Erik Zabel .

Once again, there were no changes to the leadership position in the overall, junior and mountain ratings. Team CSC also defended its narrow lead in the team competition. Only in the points evaluation did Tom Boonen take the lead again after only one day thanks to the credits during the intermediate sprints and in the stage finals.

tasks

  • 143 Geoffroy Lequatre - before the start of the stage, deep wounds on the right knee, the right shoulder and both hands after a fall on the 5th stage

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Bligny-sur-Ouche (51.5 km) (361 m above sea level)

First Bradley Wiggins 6 p. And 6 s
Second Tom Boonen 4 p. And 4 s
Third Robert Hunter 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Cormatin (kilometer 127) (188 m above sea level)

First Bradley Wiggins 6 p. And 6 s
Second Tom Boonen 4 p. And 4 s
Third Erik Zabel 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Pont-de-Vaux (kilometer 161.5) (146 m above sea level)

First Bradley Wiggins 6 p. And 6 s
Second Steven de Jongh 4 p. And 4 s
Third Gert Steegmans 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de Grandmont , Category 4 (55 km) (479 m above sea level; 2.4 km at 5.1%)

First Bradley Wiggins 3 p.
Second Sylvain Chavanel 2 p.
Third Juan Manuel Gárate 1 P.

Col de Brancion , category 4 (kilometer 138) (354 m above sea level; 3.5 km at 3.6%)

First Bradley Wiggins 3 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 2 p.
Third Sylvain Chavanel 1 P.