The God of Thunder Roars

Looks as if Cavendish did not have the legs for this uphill finish on stage 6. Would have liked
to see Boonen in the sprint, but he crashed as the peloton started positioning themselves for the sprint. Thor Hushovd showed his strength to take the stage.
Another great day for Garmin-Slipstream. I vastly underestimated them. Tyler Farrar is looking very good and may challenge in some of the remaining flat stages and David Miller almost pulled off another successful breakway.

Now the Mountains. Stage seven will move the contenders to the GC lead and may determine who will lead Astana. The Astana dilemma though, I doubt will be settled til the Alps.

Stage 7 prediction:
Watch for Contador to take away the yellow jersey from Cancellara. This will be a great finish for Armstrong, but Contador has to prove he is the team leader and will push Lance all the way.
I'm also looking for a great finish from Vande Velde. Garmin is showing that they can contend and CVV will motivated to prove last year was not a fluke

Stage 6 results

• 1. Thor Hushovd Cervelo Test Team in 4:21:33
• 2. Oscar Freire Rabobank
• 3. Joaquin Rojas Jose Caisse D’epargne at 00:00
• 4. Gerald Ciolek Team Milram
  
• 5. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas
  
• 6. Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha
  
• 7. Alessandro Ballan Lampre - N.g.c
• 8. Rinaldo Nocentini Ag2r-La Mondiale
  
• 9. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto
  
• 10. Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank all same time

Standings after Stage 6

Overall

1. Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank in 19:29:22
2. Lance Armstrong Astana in 19:29:22
3. Alberto Contador Astana in 19:29:41 at 00:19
4. Andréas KlÖden Astana in 19:29:45 at 00:23
5. Levi Leipheimer Astana in 19:29:53 at 00:31
6. Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream in 19:30:00 at 00:38
7. Tony Martin Team Columbia - Htc in 19:30:14 at 00:52
8. Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Slipstream in 19:30:38 at 01:16
9. Gustav Larsson Team Saxo Bank in 19:30:44 at 01:22
10. Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - Htc in 19:30:51 at 01:29

Points

1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - Htc 106 points
2. Thor Hushovd Cervelo Test Team 105 points
3. Gerald Ciolek Team Milram 66 points
4. Tyler Farrar Garmin - Slipstream 54 points
5. Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 53 points
6. Joaquin Rojas Jose Caisse D’epargne 53 points
7. Oscar Freire Rabobank 47 points
8. Thomas Voeckler Bbox Bouygues Telecom 41 points
9. Romain Feillu Agritubel 39 points
10. Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne 36 points

King of the Mountains

1. Stéphane Auge Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne 14 points
2. Jussi Veikkanen Francaise Des Jeux 9 points
3. David Millar Garmin - Slipstream 8 points
4. Sylvain Chavanel Quick Step 8 points
5. Tony Martin Team Columbia - Htc 6 points
6. Anthony Geslin Francaise Des Jeux 6 points
7. Koen De Kort Skil-Shimano 6 points
8. Cyril Dessel Ag2r-La Mondiale 5 points
9. Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 points
10. Maxime Bouet Agritubel 4 points

Young Rider

1. Tony Martin Team Columbia - Htc in 19:30:14
2. Roman Kreuziger Liquigas in 19:30:53
3. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas in 19:30:58 at 00:44
4. Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank in 19:31:03 at 00:49
5. Rigoberto Uran Caisse D’epargne in 19:32:34 at 02:20
6. Nicolas Roche Ag2r-La Mondiale in 19:32:38 at 02:24
7. Joaquin Rojas Jose Caisse D’epargne in 19:32:39 at 02:25
8. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - Htc in 19:32:55 at 02:41
9. Peter Velits Team Milram in 19:33:58 at 03:44
10. Nicolaï Trussov Team Katusha in 19:34:07 at 03:53

Team

1. ASTANA at 56:54:18
2. TEAM SAXO BANK at 02:33
3. TEAM COLUMBIA - HTC at 02:45
4. GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM at 03:05
5. LIQUIGAS at 04:26
6. CERVELO TEST TEAM at 05:40
7. TEAM MILRAM at 06:33
8. QUICK STEP at 06:42
9. AG2R-LA MONDIALE at 06:46
10. CAISSE D’EPARGNE at 06:57