March 14, 2011 (Macerata, Italy) – Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team continued to put the pressure on winning Stage 6 from Ussita to Macerata, 178km, and is now 9s ahead of Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD who was third on the stage behind Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale was bumped down to 3rd overall after finishing 5th today.

Results

1. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4:37:58
2. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
3. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD
4. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6. Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
8. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack
11. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
12. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team
13. Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana
14. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:09
15. Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
16. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:11
17. Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar Team 0:16
18. Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad 0:21
19. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:26
20. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21. Iván Velasco Murillo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:28
22. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
23. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:33
24. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
25. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:36
26. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27. Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:49
28. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:54
29. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1:17
30. David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Movistar Team
31. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-ISD
32. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 2:08
33. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone 2:22
34. Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
35. Grégory Rast (Sui) Team RadioShack 2:26
36. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:49
37. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Sky Procycling
38. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:57
39. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
40. Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling
42. David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:12
43. Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) Movistar Team 3:21
44. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:45
45. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
46. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team
47. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
48. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha Team
49. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 4:06
50. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
51. Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
52. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
53. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
54. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
55. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 4:09
56. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 4:44
57. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
58. Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 5:59
59. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
60. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
61. Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6:03
62. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
63. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team 6:39
64. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 8:06
65. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 8:59
66. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
67. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) Omega Pharma-Lotto
68. Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana
69. Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
70. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
71. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team
72. Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
73. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
74. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
75. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
76. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
77. Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
78. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team
79. Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
80. Roger Hammond (Gbr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
81. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
82. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
83. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
84. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
85. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek
86. Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
87. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 10:27
88. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-ISD
89. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team
90. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
91. Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
92. Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-ISD
93. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling
94. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
95. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
96. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
98. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
99. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre-ISD
100. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
101. Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
102. Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
103. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 10:43
104. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 13:44
105. Daniel Sesma (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13:52
106. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 15:06
107. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
108. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team
109. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Leopard Trek 15:43
110. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 18:08
111. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
112. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-ISD 21:31
113. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
114. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
115. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
116. Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack
117. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
118. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
119. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
120. Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
121. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
122. Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
123. Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale
124. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
125. David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
126. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
127. Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
128. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
129. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
130. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
131. Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
133. Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
134. Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
135. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
136. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
137. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) HTC-Highroad
138. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
139. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
140. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
141. Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
142. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
143. Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
144. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
145. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek
146. Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo
147. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
148. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 21:46
DNS Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-ISD
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team

GC after Stage 6

1. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 27:26:33
2. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:09
3. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12
4. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:15
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21
6. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:24
7. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:33
8. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:42
9. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:46
10. Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
11. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 0:56
12. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 1:13
13. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 1:24
14. Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana 1:28
15. Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad 1:31
16. Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:40
17. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 1:56
18. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 1:58
19. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:01
20. Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar Team 2:05
21. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:11
22. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:16
23. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:41
25. Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:55
26. David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Movistar Team 4:01
27. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Sky Procycling 4:26
28. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling 4:59
29. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 5:07
30. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 5:36
31. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5:52
32. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 5:57
33. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5:58
34. David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6:23
35. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 10:17
36. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-ISD 12:05
37. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 12:07
38. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone 12:48
39. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13:10
40. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13:19
41. Iván Velasco Murillo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13:38
42. Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 13:50
43. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 13:57
44. Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14:51
45. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 15:32
46. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 15:54
47. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 16:48
48. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17:10
49. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 19:36
50. Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 19:47
51. Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) Movistar Team 21:00
52. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 21:06
53. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 22:46
54. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard 23:40
55. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 23:57
56. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 24:50
57. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 24:51
58. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 27:21
59. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 28:19
60. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 28:49
61. Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 29:12
62. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 29:41
63. Grégory Rast (Sui) Team RadioShack 30:26
64. Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 31:38
65. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 31:57
66. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 33:33
67. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 33:51
68. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 35:16
69. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team 36:45
70. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 37:09
71. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 37:29
72. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) Omega Pharma-Lotto 37:52
73. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 40:12
74. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard 40:21
75. Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale 40:34
76. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40:38
77. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 41:55
78. Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 42:15
79. Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 42:23
80. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42:24
81. Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 42:27
82. Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 42:55
83. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 43:12
84. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 43:19
85. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 43:25
86. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre-ISD 43:32
87. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 43:36
88. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 43:44
89. Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-ISD
90. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 43:47
91. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-ISD 43:52
92. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 45:01
93. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team 45:23
94. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack 47:03
95. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Leopard Trek 47:36
96. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 48:26
97. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha Team 49:44
98. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 49:54
99. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling 50:06
100. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 50:37
101. Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 51:09
102. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 51:38
103. Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51:49
104. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 52:02
105. Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 52:42
106. Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo 54:09
107. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 55:23
108. Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 55:45
109. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 56:14
110. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 57:20
111. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 58:45
112. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 58:51
113. Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 58:59
114. Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59:05
115. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 59:45
116. Alessandro Proni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 59:47
117. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 1:00:52
118. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana 1:01:10
119. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:02:55
120. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:03:53
121. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 1:04:15
122. Roger Hammond (Gbr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:05:23
123. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:07:10
124. Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 1:07:36
125. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
126. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:08:35
127. Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:09:43
128. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:09:59
129. Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:12
130. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) HTC-Highroad 1:19
131. David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:10:12
132. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-ISD 1:10:29
133. Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:10:44
134. Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 1:10:58
135. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:11:32
136. Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli 1:12:17
137. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:12:31
138. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:14:24
139. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:15:31
140. Daniel Sesma (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:17:21
141. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:18:08
142. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 1:18:30
143. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 1:19:10
144. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:19:27
145. Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 1:28
146. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:20:44
147. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:20:45
148. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:22:23