2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 Results

Colombian Miguel Rubiano Chavez (Androni Giocattoli – Venzuela) won the 6th stage in an impressive breakaway of 35 km. He and Parma's Adriano Malori (Lampre – ISD), in small chase group, were tied virtually on the road for the Maglia Rosa as the race neared the finish but Malori took a critical 12 bonus seconds with his second place sprint finish ahead of Michal Golas (Omega Pharma Quick Step) to put him into the pink jersey.

It was a surprise to see Malori escape from the peloton with a small group on the undulating course since he is a time trail specialist (under-23 world time trial champion in Varese in 2008) and passista (a rider that can keep a hard, steady, pace for a long period). "I broke away well and really gave it everything, it was harder than we were expecting. Nothing can compare to this, this is what all young cycling fans dream of", Malori said after kissing the jersey several times. "And, I really had to sweat for it. At a certain point I didn't see the road anymore, when they said I could take the jersey I gave it everything. I was getting updates on the lead and more than anything I was keeping an eye on Golas. I got a bit emotional as soon as I finished, I had to take a deep breath to stop myself from crying on the podium. Sprinting isn't really my forte but luckily I managed to come through. Maybe tomorrow I'll have to give up this jersey but that's OK, it's fantastic".

Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavvez was happy too, "In the last few kilometers I was thinking about my wife and baby daughter who will be born soon. I know these roads well because I lived here, it was great winning in front of people that know me".

Highlights:


Of note: four DNFs today: Thor Hushovd, (BMC Racing Team); Tyler Farrar, (Garmin - Barracuda); Romain Feillu, (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team); and Pablo Lastras Garcia who crashed, (Movistar Team). Taylor Phinney was last on the stage at 33'12" and Ramunas Navardauskas finished at 15'40". It can be a humbling sport.

Tomorrow: a second day of "medium mountain" profile on a 205 km stage from Recanato to an uphill finish in Rocca di Cambio.

Top 10 Stage 6:
1 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 5:38:30
2 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:10
3 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
5 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp
6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:51
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
8 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep

GC:
1 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 20:25:28
2 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:15
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda 0:00:17
4 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:30
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:00:32
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:36
7 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:00:37
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:39
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:41
11 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
12 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:43
13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
15 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
16 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:44
17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:46
18 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
19 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:00:47
20 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:48
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:53
22 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:55
24 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:56
25 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:57
27 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
28 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:58
29 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:59
30 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:01
31 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp 0:01:02
32 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
33 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
34 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:03
35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank
37 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:04
38 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:01:05
39 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:07
40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:08
41 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:09
42 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team
43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:13
44 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
45 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:15
46 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:16
47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:01:19
48 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
49 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:01:20
50 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
51 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:21
52 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp
53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:23
54 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:25
55 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:26
56 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:28
57 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:30
58 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:31
59 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:32
60 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:35
61 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp 0:01:38
62 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:39
63 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
64 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:40
65 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:01:41
66 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:42
67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:44
69 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:46
70 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
71 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:55
73 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
74 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
75 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:59
76 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:02:00
77 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:01
78 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:02:02
79 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:02:05
80 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:16
81 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:02:18
82 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:39
83 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:45
84 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:46
85 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:49
86 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:02:52
87 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:58
88 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
89 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:03:04
90 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:08
91 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
92 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:03:11
93 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:24
94 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:27
95 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:29
96 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:54
97 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:20
98 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:04:56
99 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:05:19
100 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:09:10
101 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:09:41
102 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:09:55
103 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:10:01
104 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
105 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp 0:10:02
106 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:10:24
107 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:10:27
108 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:12:07
109 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:12:53
110 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:13:02
111 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:13:40
112 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:13:41
113 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda 0:13:55
114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:14:00
115 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:33
116 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:14:37
117 Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:14:41
118 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda 0:14:42
119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:14:51
120 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
121 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:15:06
122 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:03
123 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:16:25
124 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:33
125 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:17:57
126 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:18:15
127 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:18:42
128 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:19:31
129 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:19:39
130 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:20:02
131 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:20:03
132 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:20:24
133 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:20:43
134 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp
135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:44
136 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:21:16
137 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
138 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:21:28
139 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:21:32
140 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21:43
141 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:51
142 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 0:22:38
143 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
144 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:22:44
145 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:23:05
146 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 0:23:12
147 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:23:34
148 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:23:50
149 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:23:56
150 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 0:24:06
151 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:24:17
152 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:24:21
153 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:24:35
154 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:24:41
155 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:24:47
156 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:24:49
157 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:24:57
158 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:25:05
159 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:26:44
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:27:08
161 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:28:07
162 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:28:35
163 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:29:32
164 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
165 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:29:38
166 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 0:29:59
167 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 0:30:12
168 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:30:31
169 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:31:11
170 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:31:41
171 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:32:09
172 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:32:29
173 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:33:02
174 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 0:34:37
175 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:35:07
176 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:35:31
177 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:35:32
178 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:35:41
179 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:36:08
180 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:36:16
181 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:37:39
182 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:19
183 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:38:25
184 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:39:42
185 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:39:51
186 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:41:16
187 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda 0:42:37
188 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:43:37
189 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:43:44
190 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda 0:43:49
191 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:46:47
192 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:47:38
193 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:48:25
194 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:54:59
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