Tour de France stage six: Mark Cavendish among favourites
Last Updated: 07/07/16 7:03pm
The Tour de France continues on Thursday with a 190.5km sixth stage from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban.
Much of the stage is on rolling road and there are two categorised climbs in the first 75km, but the finish is flat and the day should end in a sprint.
Here is everything you need to know...
The profile
Start time
11.50am BST.
Estimated finish
4.22pm BST.
Weather forecast
Sunny.
The favourites
- Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick-Step) – 6/4
- Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) – 4/1
- Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) – 4/1
- Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) – 8/1
- Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) – 9/1
Current general classification
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing, 25:34:46
2 Julian Alaphilippe (fra) Etixx - Quick-Step, +5:11
3 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar, +5:13
4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha, +5:14
5 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, +5:17
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Giant-Alpecin, same time
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, st
8 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana, st
9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac, st
10 Dan Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step, st
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