Ny sejr til Peter Sagan - Saxo Bank i udbrud

nullDermed fører Michael Rogers nu med fire sekunder ned til David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions), mens Peter Sagan er yderligere fem sekunder efter på tredjepladsen.

Team Saxo Bank havde kun Jens Voigt med hjem i den 25-mands store frontgruppe. Han kørte i mål på en niendeplads og er således stadigvæk med helt fremme inden løbets sidste to etaper.

Undervejs på nattens kongeetape lignede det dog, at Team Saxo Bank gik efter det helt store resultat, da Andy Schleck og Jakob Fuglsang røg af sted i et udbrud sammen med Matthew Wilson (Garmin), George Hincapie (BMC), Thomas Rabou (Team Type 1), Stef Clement (Rabobank) og Jason McCartney (Radioshack).

I starten af udbruddet var det især Andy Schleck som ydede det store arbejde, men ingen af de andre ryttere i gruppen var særligt interesseret i at arbejde med de to Saxo Bank ryttere. Så Jakob Fuglsang måtte også frem og trække godt igennem, så det endte faktisk med, at de to Saxo Bank ryttere røg af, da deres tidligere holdkammerat, Jason McCartney, angreb på en af de sidste stigninger. Han fik George Hincapie og Matthew Wilson med sig.

De tre måtte dog også indse, at de heller ikke kunne holde en fantastisk kørende Tony Martin væk. HTC-Columbia rytteren lukkede ikke kun hullet op til de tre ryttere med feltet på hjul, men også mere eller mindre samtlige andre kontraangreb der blev sat ind på de resterende kilometer ind mod mål.

I finalen forsøgte HTC-Columbia holdet at køre Michael Rogers frem til etapesejren, men ligesom i går var Peter Sagan helt suveræn i spurten, og han vandt med et par længder ned til Rory Sutherland og Rogers.

I aften starter løbets næstsidste etape, en 20 kilometer lang enkeltstart i Los Angeles. Her vil det blive afgjort hvem som vinder løbet samlet. Det bliver en fantastisk kamp mellem Michael Rogers, David Zabriskie og Levi Leipheimer. Og så bliver det lidt spændende om Jens Voigt kan avancere i klassementet.

Søndag slutter det hele formentlig med en massespurt, men det bliver uden flere af de største sprintere. Mark Cavendish gennemførte nattens etape, men kom i mål uden for tidsgrænsen. Mens både Francesco Chicchi, Theo Bos, Juan Jose Haedo og Tom Boonen måtte alle stå af undervejs. Dermed kan det ligne en sprinterafgørelse mellem ryttere som Alexander Kristoff, Peter Sagan og måske Matti Breschel.

Resultat af 6. etape
1 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo 06.07.08
2 Rory Sutherland - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
3 Michael Rogers - Team HTC-Columbia
4 Levi Leipheimer - Team Radioshack
5 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Transitions
6 Phil Zajicek - Fly V Australia
7 Paul Martens - Rabobank Cycling Team
8 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Transitions
9 Jens Voigt - Team Saxo Bank
10 Thomas Danielson - Garmin-Transitions
11 Janez Brajkovic - Team Radioshack
12 Christopher Horner - Team Radioshack
13 Marc De Maar - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
14 Valeriy Kobzarenko - Team Type 1
15 Steve Morabito - BMC Racing Team
16 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team
17 Peter Stetina - Garmin-Transitions
18 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step
19 Christopher Jones - Team Type 1
20 Thomas Peterson - Garmin-Transitions
21 Lucas Euser - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
22 Oscar Pujol Munoz - Cervelo Test Team 0.32
23 Grischa Niermann - Rabobank Cycling Team 0.34
24 Tejay Van Garderen - Team HTC-Columbia 1.23
25 Tony Martin - Team HTC-Columbia
26 Jason Mccartney - Team Radioshack 2.07
27 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions
28 Jakob Fuglsang - Team Saxo Bank 14.30
29 Andy Schleck - Team Saxo Bank
30 Yaroslav Popovych - Team Radioshack 18.47
31 Thomas Rabou - Team Type 1 22.54
32 Maarten Tjallingii - Rabobank Cycling Team 28.01
33 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team
34 Peter Latham - Bissell
35 Christopher Butler - BMC Racing Team
36 Steven Cozza - Garmin-Transitions
37 Reid Mumford - Kelly Benefit Strategies
38 Charles Dionne - Fly V Australia
39 Maarten Wynants - Quick Step
40 Robert Hunter - Garmin-Transitions
41 Manuel Quinziato - Liquigas-Doimo
42 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell
43 Lars Ytting Bak - Team HTC-Columbia
44 Dmitriy Muravyev - Team Radioshack
45 Francesco Bellotti - Liquigas-Doimo
46 David Boily - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
47 Bradley White - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
48 Ivan Santaromita - Liquigas-Doimo
49 Scott Zwizanski - Kelly Benefit Strategies
50 Christopher Baldwin - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
51 Lars Boom - Rabobank Cycling Team
52 Simon Zahner - BMC Racing Team 30.10
53 Andy Jacques-Maynes - Bissell
54 Bert Grabsch - Team HTC-Columbia 31.13
55 Kevin Hulsmans - Quick Step
56 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil - Team Radioshack
57 Ben Jacques-Maynes - Bissell
58 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
59 Bernard Sulzberger - Fly V Australia
60 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Doimo
61 Bruno Langlois - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
62 Javier Megias Leal - Team Type 1
63 Andrew Randell - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
64 Brian Vandborg - Liquigas-Doimo
65 Michael Friedman - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
66 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step
67 Kiel Reijnen - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
68 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step
69 Robert Britton - Bissell
70 Sebastian Langeveld - Rabobank Cycling Team
71 Paul Mach - Bissell
72 Davide Frattini - Team Type 1
73 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo Bank
74 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
75 Brett Lancaster - Cervelo Test Team
76 Max Jenkins - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
77 Fabian Cancellara - Team Saxo Bank
78 Dominique Rollin - Cervelo Test Team
79 Darren Lill - Fly V Australia
80 Thomas Leezer - Rabobank Cycling Team
81 Philip Deignan - Cervelo Test Team
82 Jeremy Hunt - Cervelo Test Team
83 Bernhard Eisel - Team HTC-Columbia
84 Alexander Kristoff - BMC Racing Team
85 Marcus Burghardt - BMC Racing Team
86 Andreas Stauff - Quick Step

Udgået
HD Mark Cavendish - Team HTC-Columbia
HD Aaron Kemps - Fly V Australia
HD Kurt Hovelynck - Quick Step
HD Mark Renshaw - Team HTC-Columbia
HD Ryan Anderson - Kelly Benefit Strategies
HD Will Routley - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
HD Matthew Crane - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
HD Cody O'reilly - Bissell
HD Jonathan Cantwell - Fly V Australia
HD Dennis Van Winden - Rabobank Cycling Team
HD Zachary Bell - Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF William Dickeson - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda
DNF Ken Hanson - Team Type 1
DNF Francesco Chicchi - Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Guillaume Boivin - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
DNF Alex Candelario - Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Eric Boily - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
DNF Francois Parisien - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
DNF Martin Gilbert - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
DNF David Veilleux - Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Benjamin Day - Fly V Australia
DNF Karl Menzies - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis
DNF Theo Bos - Cervelo Test Team
DNF Jackson Stewart - BMC Racing Team
DNF Elia Viviani - Liquigas-Doimo
DNF Stef Clement - Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Juan Jose Haedo - Team Saxo Bank
DNF Tom Boonen - Quick Step
DNS Neil Shirley - Kelly Benefit Strategies


Samlet stilling
1 Michael Rogers - Team HTC-Columbia 29.04.03
2 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Transitions 0.04
3 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo 0.09
4 Levi Leipheimer - Team Radioshack 0.14
5 Rory Sutherland - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 0.29
6 Marc De Maar - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 0.32
7 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Transitions 0.35
8 Janez Brajkovic - Team Radioshack
9 Christopher Horner - Team Radioshack
10 Thomas Danielson - Garmin-Transitions
11 Peter Stetina - Garmin-Transitions
12 Phil Zajicek - Fly V Australia
13 Jens Voigt - Team Saxo Bank
14 Steve Morabito - BMC Racing Team
15 Valeriy Kobzarenko - Team Type 1 1.52
16 Lucas Euser - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
17 Christopher Jones - Team Type 1 2.05
18 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step 3.14
19 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team 3.15
20 Tony Martin - Team HTC-Columbia 4.44
21 Grischa Niermann - Rabobank Cycling Team 6.10
22 Paul Martens - Rabobank Cycling Team 12.31
23 Jakob Fuglsang - Team Saxo Bank 17.52
24 Thomas Peterson - Garmin-Transitions 18.31
25 Lars Ytting Bak - Team HTC-Columbia 28.36
26 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell 29.53
27 Francesco Bellotti - Liquigas-Doimo 31.20
28 Andy Schleck - Team Saxo Bank 33.06
29 Scott Zwizanski - Kelly Benefit Strategies 33.38
30 Brian Vandborg - Liquigas-Doimo 35.27
31 Paul Mach - Bissell 35.54
32 Thomas Rabou - Team Type 1 36.18
33 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions 36.57
34 David Boily - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 37.14
35 Tejay Van Garderen - Team HTC-Columbia 37.56
36 Jason Mccartney - Team Radioshack 39.47
37 Yaroslav Popovych - Team Radioshack 41.02
38 Bernard Sulzberger - Fly V Australia 41.46
39 Brett Lancaster - Cervelo Test Team 43.13
40 Christopher Baldwin - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 44.42
41 Ben Jacques-Maynes - Bissell 45.46
42 Christopher Butler - BMC Racing Team 46.13
43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step 48.14
44 Oscar Pujol Munoz - Cervelo Test Team 50.42
45 Charles Dionne - Fly V Australia 52.19
46 Darren Lill - Fly V Australia 56.58
47 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil - Team Radioshack 59.22
48 Lars Boom - Rabobank Cycling Team 59.37
49 Bert Grabsch - Team HTC-Columbia 01.52
50 Philip Deignan - Cervelo Test Team 01.01.04
51 Manuel Quinziato - Liquigas-Doimo 01.03.30
52 Robert Hunter - Garmin-Transitions 01.04.13
53 Max Jenkins - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 01.04.58
54 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo Bank 01.05.52
55 Simon Zahner - BMC Racing Team 01.08.17
56 Dmitriy Muravyev - Team Radioshack 01.09.37
57 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 01.11.00
58 Kiel Reijnen - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 01.12.52
59 Ivan Santaromita - Liquigas-Doimo 01.13.30
60 Reid Mumford - Kelly Benefit Strategies 01.16.58
61 Robert Britton - Bissell 01.17.08
62 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Doimo 01.17.17
63 Marcus Burghardt - BMC Racing Team 01.17.31
64 Davide Frattini - Team Type 1 01.18.16
65 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 01.20.34
66 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step 01.21.05
67 Peter Latham - Bissell 01.22.51
68 Maarten Tjallingii - Rabobank Cycling Team 01.24.11
69 Andrew Randell - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 01.26.01
70 Michael Friedman - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 01.26.03
71 Maarten Wynants - Quick Step 01.27.19
72 Steven Cozza - Garmin-Transitions 01.27.21
73 Dominique Rollin - Cervelo Test Team 01.29.08
74 Bradley White - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 01.29.32
75 Alexander Kristoff - BMC Racing Team 01.30.25
76 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 01.30.42
77 Kevin Hulsmans - Quick Step 01.31.16
78 Andy Jacques-Maynes - Bissell 01.31.46
79 Andreas Stauff - Quick Step 01.32.49
80 Bruno Langlois - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
81 Bernhard Eisel - Team HTC-Columbia 01.33.08
82 Sebastian Langeveld - Rabobank Cycling Team 01.33.09
83 Fabian Cancellara - Team Saxo Bank 01.33.25
84 Thomas Leezer - Rabobank Cycling Team 01.34.09
85 Jeremy Hunt - Cervelo Test Team 01.34.18
86 Javier Megias Leal - Team Type 1 01.35.40

Pointkonkurrencen
1 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo 49  pts
2 Michael Rogers - Team HTC-Columbia 38
3 Mark Cavendish - Team HTC-Columbia 32
4 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Transitions 28
5 Rory Sutherland - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 26
6 Levi Leipheimer - Team Radioshack 25
7 Juan Jose Haedo - Team Saxo Bank 24
8 Karl Menzies - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 20
9 Lars Boom - Rabobank Cycling Team 20
10 Alexander Kristoff - BMC Racing Team 18
11 Brett Lancaster - Cervelo Test Team 15
12 Francesco Chicchi - Liquigas-Doimo 15
13 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Transitions 13
14 Robert Hunter - Garmin-Transitions 12
15 Paul Martens - Rabobank Cycling Team 12
16 Jonathan Cantwell - Fly V Australia 12
17 Andy Schleck - Team Saxo Bank 10
18 Christopher Horner - Team Radioshack 10
19 Thomas Rabou - Team Type 1 9
20 Jens Voigt - Team Saxo Bank 8
21 Francois Parisien - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 7
22 Theo Bos - Cervelo Test Team 7
23 Maarten Tjallingii - Rabobank Cycling Team 6
24 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 6
25 Andreas Stauff - Quick Step 6
26 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 5
27 Phil Zajicek - Fly V Australia 5
28 Tony Martin - Team HTC-Columbia 5
29 Marcus Burghardt - BMC Racing Team 5
30 Guillaume Boivin - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 5
31 Marc De Maar - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 4
32 Ken Hanson - Team Type 1 4
33 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step 3
34 Paul Mach - Bissell 3
35 Jason Mccartney - Team Radioshack 3
36 Bernhard Eisel - Team HTC-Columbia 3
37 Lars Ytting Bak - Team HTC-Columbia 2
38 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step 2
39 Andrew Randell - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 2
40 Alex Candelario - Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
41 Thomas Danielson - Garmin-Transitions 1
42 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team 1
43 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions 1
44 Robert Britton - Bissell 1
45 Thomas Leezer - Rabobank Cycling Team 1
46 Ryan Anderson - Kelly Benefit Strategies 1


Bjergkonkurrencen
1 Thomas Rabou - Team Type 1 67  pts
2 Ryan Anderson - Kelly Benefit Strategies 29
3 Karl Menzies - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 22
4 Davide Frattini - Team Type 1 20
5 Stef Clement - Rabobank Cycling Team 20
6 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team 19
7 Andy Schleck - Team Saxo Bank 15
8 Jason Mccartney - Team Radioshack 15
9 Paul Mach - Bissell 14
10 Matthew Wilson - Garmin-Transitions 14
11 Levi Leipheimer - Team Radioshack 11
12 Robert Britton - Bissell 11
13 Eric Boily - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 11
14 Jakob Fuglsang - Team Saxo Bank 10
15 Andrew Randell - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 10
16 Jurgen Van De Walle - Quick Step 9
17 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil - Team Radioshack 9
18 Andy Jacques-Maynes - Bissell 9
19 Lars Boom - Rabobank Cycling Team 8
20 Michael Rogers - Team HTC-Columbia 7
21 David Zabriskie - Garmin-Transitions 6
22 Benjamin Day - Fly V Australia 5
23 Marc De Maar - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 5
24 Ryder Hesjedal - Garmin-Transitions 5
25 Janez Brajkovic - Team Radioshack 5
26 Grischa Niermann - Rabobank Cycling Team 5
27 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 5
28 Will Routley - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 5
29 Kurt Hovelynck - Quick Step 5
30 Max Jenkins - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 4
31 Maarten Tjallingii - Rabobank Cycling Team 4
32 Michael Friedman - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 4
33 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 3
34 William Dickeson - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 3
35 Mark Renshaw - Team HTC-Columbia 3
36 Lars Ytting Bak - Team HTC-Columbia 1


Ungdomskonkurrencen
1 Peter Sagan - Liquigas-Doimo 29.04.12
2 Peter Stetina - Garmin-Transitions 0.26
3 Thomas Peterson - Garmin-Transitions 18.22
4 David Boily - SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy 37.05
5 Tejay Van Garderen - Team HTC-Columbia 37.47
6 Christopher Butler - BMC Racing Team 46.04
7 Max Jenkins - Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 01.04.49
8 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 01.10.51
9 Kiel Reijnen - Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 01.12.43
10 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Doimo 01.17.08
11 Nikolas Maes - Quick Step 01.20.56
12 Alexander Kristoff - BMC Racing Team 01.30.16
13 Andreas Stauff - Quick Step 01.32.40


Holdkonkurrencen
1 Team RadioShack 87.13.37
2 Garmin - Transitions
3 Team HTC - Columbia 4.03
4 Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 30.14
5 Team Type 1 36.40
6 BMC Racing Team 39.19
7 Team Saxo bank 45.47
8 Liquigas - Doimo 59.55
9 Rabobank 01.05.32
10 Fly V Australia 01.10.47
11 SpiderTech presented by Planet Energy 01.37.00
12 Quick Step 01.40.47
13 Bissell Pro Cycling 01.45.52
14 Cervélo Test Team 01.54.51
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 03.25.17