Tour de France: Tom Boonen wins stage 6

Friday, July 13, 2007

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step-Innergetic	5h 20'59"
2	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t"
3	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t"
4	Sébastien Chavanel	Française des Jeux	s.t"
5	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	s.t"
6	Daniele Bennati	Lampre-Fondital	s.t"
7	Robert Förster	Gerolsteiner	s.t"
8	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t"
9	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t"
10	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	s.t"

General Classification after Stage 6

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	29h 49'55"
2	Andreas Klöden	Astana Team	33"
3	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	35"
4	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	41"
5	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	43"
6	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	43"
7	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	45"
8	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	46"
9	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	48"
10	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49"

Sources

"Boonen wins after Wiggins heroics" — BBC Sport, July 13, 2007
AP. "Boonen wins 6th stage of Tour de France in final day before the Alps" — Yahoo! Sports, July 13, 2007
"Tom Boonen: Back in charge" — Tour de France, July 13,2007

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