Jodie has been racing for several years now and likes any event that involves sprinting and not too many hills. She initially used cycling as an important part of her rehabilitation from a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. She then got into racing as a replacement for martial arts in which she represented Australia and won Gold, Silver & Bronze medals in the Martial Arts World Games in 2000. Stage 6 - June 12: Gap - Briançon, 106km
Pierrick Fédrigo from BBox Bouygues Telecom won stage 6. Cadel finished with Contador and Valverde, so no change to the top overall placings. A full report is here.
Main results:
1 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.48.17 (38.685 km/h)
2 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0.04
3 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.05
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9 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.17
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14 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4.12
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto
16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
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19 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 4.21
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(142 riders started and finished)
General classification after stage 6:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.15.46
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.16
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1.04
4 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.52
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Next stage:
Stage 7 - June 13: Briançon - Saint-François-Longchamp, 157km. Includes climbs over Col du Galibier and Col de la Croix de Far. Profile.
Provided by Geoff Schmidt. Thanks to Cycling News (www.cyclingnews.com) for race reports and results.