2012 Tour de Suisse

Stage 6: Wittnau - Bischofszell 198.5 KM

The Peter Sagan show rolled into the pretty little town of Bischofszell giving the Slovakian his fourth win of the race. Sagan is giving the impression he can win at will, no matter the circumstances. It the widely predicted sprint Sagan found himself boxed in the peloton and almost pushed in the barriers by Swiss rider Michael Albasini, but once more proved capable of dominating leaving yongster Ben Swift (Sky) and Allan Davis (Orica GreenEDGE) to pick up the second and third spots. Albasini squeezed in fourth missing out on the honours.

Peter Sagan takes fourth win © Tour de Suiisse

A breakaway did try to thwart the outcome leading from the 35km into the race. Rubens Bertogliatti was also among the five riders at first. He was just 1'45" down on GC and at one point was virtual leader on the road. Fortunately for his companions before the peloton woke up to ththe threat he was not able to keep up the pace and had to let his escape companions pull away.

The last two surviving breakaway riders, Matteo Montagutti (Ag2r) and Troels Rönning Vinther (Saxo Bank), were only caught up with 2km before the finish in Bischofszell. As expected, Rui Costa (POR) managed to defend the yellow jersey of the overall leader during the last flat stage of this year's Tour de Suisse without any problems.

Friday's stage will be a time trial competition in Gossau. Fabian Cancellara is one of the favorites for the stage win in tomorrow's race against the clock. Let's hope the Swiss rider was trying to preserve his strength today when he reached the finish line with a deficit of almost 5 minutes.

Route Map © Tour de Suiisse

Results Stage 6 - Top 30

1	Peter SAGAN		Liquigas-Cannondale	04:30:08
2	Ben SWIFT		Sky Procycling	00:00:00
3	Allan DAVIS		Orica GreenEDGE	00:00:00
4	Michael ALBASINI		Orica GreenEDGE	00:00:00
5	Oscar FREIRE		Katusha Team	00:00:00
6	Lloyd MONDORY		AG2R La mondiale	00:00:00
7	Marco MARCATO		Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team	00:00:00
8	Alessandro BAZZANA		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:00:00
9	Matti BRESCHEL		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:00:00
10	Francesco GAVAZZI		Astana Pro Team	00:00:00
11	Zdenek STYBAR		Omega Pharma-QuickStep	00:00:03
12	Greg VAN AVERMAET		BMC Racing Team	00:00:03
13	Steven KRUIJSWIJK		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:00:03
14	Jakob FUGLSANG		RadioShack-Nissan	00:00:03
15	Wouter POELS		Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team	00:00:03
16	Mathias FRANK		BMC Racing Team	00:00:03
17	Frank SCHLECK		RadioShack-Nissan	00:00:03
18	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA		Movistar Team	00:00:03
19	Robert GESINK		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:00:03
20	Alex HOWES		Garmin-Barracuda	00:00:03
21	Gorka IZAGIRRE		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:00:03
22	Giampaolo CARUSO		Katusha Team	00:00:03
23	Georg PREIDLER		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:00:03
24	Daniele COLLI		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:00:03
25	Fabian WEGMANN		Garmin-Barracuda	00:00:03
26	Roman KREUZIGER		Astana Pro Team	00:00:03
27	Julien EL FARES		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:00:03
28	Mikel NIEVE		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:00:03
29	Vladimir GUSEV		Katusha Team	00:00:03
30	Robert KISERLOVSKI		Astana Pro Team	00:00:03

Courtesy Matsport Timing

General Classification after Stage 6 - Top 50

1	122	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA		Movistar Team	25:23:38
2	98	Frank SCHLECK		RadioShack-Nissan	00:00:08
3	48	Roman KREUZIGER		Astana Pro Team	00:00:15
4	165	Thibaut PINOT		FDJ-BigMat	00:00:19
5	158	Nicolas ROCHE		AG2R La mondiale	00:00:21
6	33	Thomas LÖVKVIST		Sky Procycling	00:00:21
7	121	Alejandro VALVERDE		Movistar Team	00:00:23
8	154	John GADRET		AG2R La mondiale	00:00:24
9	114	Mikel NIEVE		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:00:26
10	51	Tom DANIELSON		Garmin-Barracuda	00:00:29
11	47	Robert KISERLOVSKI		Astana Pro Team	00:00:32
12	92	Jakob FUGLSANG		RadioShack-Nissan	00:00:33
13	1	Levi LEIPHEIMER		Omega Pharma-QuickStep	00:00:37
14	177	Chris SÖRENSEN		Team Saxo bank	00:00:40
15	12	Giampaolo CARUSO		Katusha Team	00:00:41
16	133	Steven KRUIJSWIJK		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:00:47
17	71	Damiano CUNEGO		Lampre - ISD	00:00:57
18	13	Vladimir GUSEV		Katusha Team	00:00:58
19	131	Robert GESINK		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:01:09
20	26	Moreno MOSER		Liquigas-Cannondale	00:01:13
21	3	Dario CATALDO		Omega Pharma-QuickStep	00:01:15
22	81	Mathias FRANK		BMC Racing Team	00:01:37
23	113	Gorka IZAGIRRE		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:01:39
24	107	Wouter POELS		Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team	00:01:43
25	181	Rubens BERTOGLIATI		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:01:45
26	43	Tanel KANGERT		Astana Pro Team	00:01:47
27	112	Mikel ASTARLOZA		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:01:55
28	143	Bart DE CLERCQ		Lotto-Belisol Team	00:01:59
29	136	Tom Jelte SLAGTER		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:01:59
30	93	Linus GERDEMANN		RadioShack-Nissan	00:02:13
31	35	Salvatore PUCCIO		Sky Procycling	00:02:13
32	45	Dmitriy MURAVYEV		Astana Pro Team	00:02:27
33	185	Julien EL FARES		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:02:33
34	188	Georg PREIDLER		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:02:44
35	96	Maxime MONFORT		RadioShack-Nissan	00:02:46
36	135	Laurens TEN DAM		Rabobank Cycling Team	00:02:46
37	31	Michael BARRY		Sky Procycling	00:03:02
38	56	Thomas PETERSON		Garmin-Barracuda	00:03:18
39	84	Marcus BURGHARDT		BMC Racing Team	00:04:12
40	102	Johnny HOOGERLAND		Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team	00:04:25
41	128	Jose Joaquin ROJAS		Movistar Team	00:04:58
42	44	Francesco GAVAZZI		Astana Pro Team	00:05:00
43	61	Michael ALBASINI		Orica GreenEDGE	00:05:44
44	95	Andreas KLÖDEN		RadioShack-Nissan	00:06:26
45	85	Martin KOHLER		BMC Racing Team	00:06:33
46	172	Volodymir GUSTOV		Team Saxo bank	00:06:38
47	186	Remi CUSIN		Team Type 1 - Sanofi	00:06:56
48	115	Ruben PEREZ		Euskaltel - Euskadi	00:07:26
49	5	Zdenek STYBAR		Omega Pharma-QuickStep	00:08:40
50	88	Greg VAN AVERMAET		BMC Racing Team	00:08:47

Courtesy Matsport Timing

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