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Results of the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain on Thursday, a 150.1 kilometer course from Ciudad Real to Toledo.

6th stage
1. Paolo Bettini (ITA) 3h 19min 28sec, 2. Phillippe Gilbert (BEL) s.t., 3.
Alejandro Valverde (ESP) s.t., 4. Oscar Freire (ESP) s.t., 5. Daniele Bennati
(ITA) s.t., 6. Davide Rebellin (ITA) s.t., 7. Sebastien Hinault (FRA) s.t., 8.
Greg van Avermaet (BEL) s.t., 9. Karsten Kroon (NED) s.t., 10. Matti Breschel
(DEN) s.t., 11. Alessandro Ballan (ITA) s.t., 12. Xavier Florencio (ESP) s.t., 13. Filippo Pozzato (ITA) s.t., 14. Daniel Moreno (ESP) s.t., 15. Alberto Contador (ESP) at 6sec.

Overall
1. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) 17h 35min 35sec, 2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) at 10sec, 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) at 26sec, 4. Alberto Contador (ESP) at 57sec, 5. Carlos Sastre (ESP) at 1min 37sec, 6. Daniele Bennati (ITA) at 1min 42sec, 7. Jurgen van Goolen (BEL) at 1min 44sec, 8. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) at 2min 01sec, 9. Dominique Cornu (BEL) at 2min 8sec, 10. Daniel Moreno (ESP) at 2min 20sec, 11. Igor Anton (ESP) at 2min 27sec, 12. Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) at 2min 29sec, 13. Alessandro Ballan (ITA) at 2min 30sec, 14. Erik Zabel (GER) at 2min 35sec, 15. Andriy Grivko (UKR) at 2min 37sec

Stage Recap