Tour de France: Tom Boonen wins stage 6
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__noTOC__ Tom Boonen of Belgium has won stage 6 of the Tour de France, after beating Spaniard Oscar Freire in a sprint by a bike length. British rider Bradley Wiggins tried his luck on a solo-effort from the 2 km-mark, but after reaching a maximum gap of 17½ minute at km 57, the pack reeled him with less than ten kilometres to go. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland remains the overall race leader, stage winner Boonen conquered the green point jersey, and Sylvain Chavanel keeps the polka dotted mountain jersey. Injured teammates Alexandre Vino
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Tom Boonen of Belgium has won stage 6 of the Tour de France, after beating Spaniard Oscar Freire in a sprint by a bike length.
British rider Bradley Wiggins tried his luck on a solo-effort from the 2 km-mark, but after reaching a maximum gap of 17½ minute at km 57, the pack reeled him with less than ten kilometres to go.
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland remains the overall race leader, stage winner Boonen conquered the green point jersey, and Sylvain Chavanel keeps the polka dotted mountain jersey.
Injured teammates Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden both finished the stage near the back of the peloton.
Stage 6 Result
RankRiderTeamTime1Tom BoonenQuick Step-Innergetic 5h 20'59"2Óscar FreireRabobank s.t"3Erik ZabelTeam Milram s.t"4Sébastien ChavanelFrançaise des Jeux s.t"5Thor HushovdCrédit Agricole s.t"6Daniele BennatiLampre-Fondital s.t"7Robert FörsterGerolsteiner s.t"8Robert HunterBarloworld s.t"9Romain FeilluAgritubel s.t"10Murilo FischerLiquigas s.t"
General Classification after Stage 6
RankRiderTeamTime1Fabian CancellaraTeam CSC 29h 49'55"2 Andreas KlödenAstana Team 33"3 Filippo PozzatoLiquigas 35"4 David MillarSaunier Duval-Prodir 41"5 George HincapieDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43"6 Óscar FreireRabobank 43"7Vladimir GusevDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45" 8 Vladimir KarpetsCaisse d'Epargne 46"9 Erik ZabelTeam Milram 48"10 Mikel AstarlozaEuskaltel-Euskadi 49"
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