A 210 km "jaunt" through the Chinese countryside, stage six is the last remaining flat road race stage (a flat crit still remains). Two intermediate sprints are on the course, but expect a mass sprint finish:
Are break took a little while to get going, but in the end we have Colby (Olympus), Grychenko (Kenda), and Merino Criado (Santander):
They would get a maximum 8'15" gap.
By the time the first intermediate gap came up, the chase was on. Colby narrowly took the sprint:
While Grychenko took the second one:
By now the gap was 2'30", with 36.7 km to go.
It was over with 23 km to go, and teams started gearing up for the sprint. This resulted in one long train, with Teruel (Energie) leading out Goss (Jack Wolfskin), and Richeze (Nespresso). The train was about 10 riders deep, with Corioni and Carrara the only major sprinters missing, and Forster in about sixth:
In the end though it was a two horse race, with Goss narrowly holding off Richeze:
Nothing changed hands today, with the only significant occurrence being the narrowing of Carrara's points lead. Tomorrow we return to the mountains.
Stage:
1
Matthew Goss
Jack Wolfskin
4h49'13
2
Mauro Richeze
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
3
Hans Dekkers
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
4
Jiri Hochmann
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
5
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
6
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Starbucks
s.t.
7
Robert Forster
Wii Racing
s.t.
8
Arnoud Van Groen
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
9
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
10
Eloy Teruel
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
11
Dominique Rollin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
12
Claudio Corioni
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
13
Francisco JosÈ Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
14
Maurizio Biondo
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
15
Franck RÈnier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
16
Mikel Astarloza
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
17
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
18
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
19
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
s.t.
20
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
21
Jakob Fuglsang
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
22
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
s.t.
23
Oscar Guerao
Santander
s.t.
24
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
25
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
26
Cadel Evans
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
27
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
28
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
29
Bas Giling
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
30
Jarno Van Mingeroet
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
31
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
32
Koldo Gil
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
33
Juli·n Becerra
Wii Racing
s.t.
34
Murilo Fischer
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
35
Sascha Damrow
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
36
David Loosli
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
37
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
38
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
39
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
40
Marconi Dur·n
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
41
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
42
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
43
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
44
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
45
Antonio Colom Mas
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
46
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
47
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
48
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
49
Yoann Bagot
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
50
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
51
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
52
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
53
Matteo Carrara
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
54
Sebastian Siedler
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
55
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
56
Wladimir Gustov
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
57
Andreas Anderegg
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
58
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
59
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
60
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
61
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
63
Daniel Thorsen
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
64
Mindaugas Striska
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2'01
65
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
66
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
67
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
68
Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
69
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
70
Klaas Vantornout
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
71
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
+ 2'59
72
Sergio Barrio
Wii Racing
s.t.
73
Jos Van Emden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
74
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
75
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
76
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
77
Christian M¸ller
Wii Racing
s.t.
78
Ruslan Grychenko
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
79
Michael Blaudzun
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
80
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'00
81
Martin Comploi
Nvidia Intel
+ 6'29
82
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
83
Manuel NiÃ’o
Santander
s.t.
84
Mikhail Bourgoin
Jack Wolfskin
+ 7'40
85
Diamantino Gamboa
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
86
Pedro Merino Criado
Santander
s.t.
87
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
s.t.
GC:
1
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
20h45'32
2
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 8
3
Mikel Astarloza
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
4
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
+ 12
5
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Starbucks
+ 16
6
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 20
7
Cadel Evans
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
8
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
9
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
10
Matthew Goss
Jack Wolfskin
+ 22
11
Matteo Carrara
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 28
12
Koldo Gil
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 46
13
Dominique Rollin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 48
14
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
+ 50
15
Jakob Fuglsang
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 54
16
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
17
Murilo Fischer
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 56
18
Maurizio Biondo
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 58
19
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
20
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
21
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
22
David Loosli
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
23
Julián Becerra
Wii Racing
s.t.
24
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty