La 6ème étape du Tour de Californie a été remporté par la Colombien Esteban Chaves du team Orica GreenEdge. Au terme des 156,1km entre Santa Clarita et Moutain High, il devance en solitaire De La Cruz et Danielson.
Parti dès le début dans un groupe d’échappée avec Davis De La Cruz (TNE), Thomas Danielson (GRS) Javier Megias (TNN), Jack Bobridge (BEL), Christopher Jones (UHC), il vont compter jusqu’à 4 min d’avance. Malgré un chasse du team Sky du leader Wiggins, les fuyards arrivent au pied de la dernière difficulté avec 3 min d’avance. Plusieurs coureurs ont déjà abandonné le tour avec la chaleur suffocante.
Dès les premiers mètres, Chaves part seul à 5 km du finish, derrière personne ne peut suivre. Wiggins contrôle l’écart mais Dennis cède un peu de terrain. Au final Chaves l’emporte en solitaire de De La Cruz.
Au général, Wiggins conserve le maillot de leader et augmente son avance de quelques secondes su Dennis et Craddock. Le premier Français est Thomas Damuseau (Giant) 19 ème et le jeune Français Clément Chevrier à la 25 ème place.
Classement de la 6ème étape.
| 1 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge | 4:09:13 | |
| 2 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:13 | |
| 3 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:41 | |
| 4 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:53 | |
| 5 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 6 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:55 | |
| 7 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp | ||
| 8 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:07 | |
| 9 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale | 0:01:15 | |
| 10 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:16 | |
| 11 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
0:01:21 | |
| 12 | Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp |
0:01:24 | |
| 13 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano |
0:01:32 | |
| 14 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky | ||
| 15 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:01:38 | |
| 16 | Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:01:41 | |
| 17 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:01:46 | |
| 18 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:01:49 | |
| 19 | Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:01:55 | |
| 20 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:02:09 | |
| 21 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | 0:02:11 | |
| 22 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:21 | |
| 23 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp |
0:03:06 | |
| 24 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:03:45 | |
| 25 | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | 0:04:59 | |
| 26 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:05:37 | |
| 27 | Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | ||
| 28 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:06:12 | |
| 29 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:18 | |
| 30 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team | ||
| 31 | Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:06:31 | |
| 32 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | 0:07:19 | |
| 33 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:24 | |
| 34 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 35 | Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:08:22 | |
| 36 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:12:05 | |
| 37 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 38 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp | ||
| 39 | Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | ||
| 40 | Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:15:40 | |
| 41 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | ||
| 42 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 43 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 44 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 45 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 46 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 47 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | 0:16:09 | |
| 48 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky |
0:16:23 | |
| 49 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team |
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| 50 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | 0:18:29 | |
| 51 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 52 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing |
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| 53 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis – Hagens Berman | ||
| 54 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 55 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 56 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 57 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 58 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 59 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 60 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 61 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team |
0:18:54 | |
| 62 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team |
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| 63 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:18:57 | |
| 64 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
0:19:50 | |
| 65 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team | ||
| 66 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:20:20 | |
| 67 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:21:22 | |
| 68 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp |
0:22:17 | |
| 69 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:22:32 | |
| 70 | José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura |
0:23:05 | |
| 71 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 72 | Edward King (USA) Cannondale | 0:23:30 | |
| 73 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | ||
| 74 | Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 75 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 76 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 77 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 78 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 79 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 80 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | ||
| 81 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 82 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 83 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 84 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 85 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis – Hagens Berman | ||
| 86 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 87 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 88 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 89 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 90 | Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team | ||
| 91 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 92 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 93 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 94 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 95 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team |
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| 96 | Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 97 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | ||
| 98 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies |
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| 99 | William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies |
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| 100 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 101 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 102 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 103 | Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 104 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | ||
| 105 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team |
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| 106 | Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 107 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 0:23:55 | |
| 108 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale | ||
| 109 | Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 110 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 111 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 112 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||
| 113 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 114 | Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:24:24 | |
| 115 | John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:25:16 | |
| DNF | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin Sharp |
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| DNF | Nicolai Brochner (Den) Bissell Development Team | ||
| DNF | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team |
Classement général provisoire
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 22:03:42 | |
| 2 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
0:00:30 | |
| 3 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:48 | |
| 4 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:02:02 | |
| 5 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | 0:02:14 | |
| 6 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:30 | |
| 7 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica GreenEdge | 0:02:39 | |
| 8 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:01 | |
| 9 | Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp |
0:03:05 | |
| 10 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:03:06 | |
| 11 | Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:03:19 | |
| 12 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing | 0:03:45 | |
| 13 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 0:03:57 | |
| 14 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale |
0:04:11 | |
| 15 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp |
0:04:27 | |
| 16 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano |
0:04:51 | |
| 17 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:07:30 | |
| 18 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | 0:08:00 | |
| 19 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:08:23 | |
| 20 | Daniel Jaramillo Díez (Col) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:09:28 | |
| 21 | Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:09:50 | |
| 22 | Benjamin King (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:10:01 | |
| 23 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:10:47 | |
| 24 | Nathan Brown (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:11:08 | |
| 25 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) Bissell Development Team | 0:12:40 | |
| 26 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:13:59 | |
| 27 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky | 0:16:04 | |
| 28 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:16:19 | |
| 29 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:16:59 | |
| 30 | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | 0:18:09 | |
| 31 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:18:34 | |
| 32 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:19:08 | |
| 33 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | 0:19:36 | |
| 34 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
0:20:11 | |
| 35 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp |
0:21:35 | |
| 36 | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:25:36 | |
| 37 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:26:41 | |
| 38 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:29:20 | |
| 39 | Robert Víctor Squire (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:30:03 | |
| 40 | Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team |
0:31:05 | |
| 41 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:31:11 | |
| 42 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:31:27 | |
| 43 | Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:31:56 | |
| 44 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:32:08 | |
| 45 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:32:54 | |
| 46 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | 0:33:00 | |
| 47 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing |
0:33:43 | |
| 48 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | 0:33:50 | |
| 49 | Edward King (USA) Cannondale | 0:34:01 | |
| 50 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:35:52 | |
| 51 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:36:00 | |
| 52 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:36:42 | |
| 53 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:36:43 | |
| 54 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:38:00 | |
| 55 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | 0:38:32 | |
| 56 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:40:23 | |
| 57 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing |
0:40:25 | |
| 58 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:40:34 | |
| 59 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | 0:41:07 | |
| 60 | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team | 0:41:37 | |
| 61 | Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team |
0:41:39 | |
| 62 | Luis Lemus (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:42:52 | |
| 63 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 0:44:03 | |
| 64 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:44:20 | |
| 65 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:44:53 | |
| 66 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:44:55 | |
| 67 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team | 0:45:23 | |
| 68 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale | 0:46:12 | |
| 69 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | ||
| 70 | Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:46:15 | |
| 71 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:48:10 | |
| 72 | Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:48:40 | |
| 73 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:48:41 | |
| 74 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale |
0:48:52 | |
| 75 | Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team | 0:49:01 | |
| 76 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:49:06 | |
| 77 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:49:19 | |
| 78 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team |
0:49:24 | |
| 79 | John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team |
0:50:22 | |
| 80 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:50:29 | |
| 81 | Alex Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:50:48 | |
| 82 | José Joao Pimenta Costa (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:52:12 | |
| 83 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:53:56 | |
| 84 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team |
0:54:08 | |
| 85 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:54:59 | |
| 86 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:55:13 | |
| 87 | Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:55:22 | |
| 88 | Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:56:27 | |
| 89 | Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 0:56:51 | |
| 90 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:56:56 | |
| 92 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:57:09 | |
| 93 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:57:11 | |
| 94 | Kevin De Masmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:57:20 | |
| 95 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | 0:57:21 | |
| 96 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:57:26 | |
| 97 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | 0:57:33 | |
| 98 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:58:00 | |
| 99 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:58:09 | |
| 100 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:58:12 | |
| 101 | Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:58:38 | |
| 102 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:58:45 | |
| 103 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:58:51 | |
| 104 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | 1:01:16 | |
| 105 | William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies |
1:01:40 | |
| 106 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing |
1:01:47 | |
| 107 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1:02:28 | |
| 108 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis – Hagens Berman | 1:02:36 | |
| 109 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 1:03:44 | |
| 110 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1:04:11 | |
| 111 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | 1:05:20 | |
| 112 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | 1:10:02 | |
| 113 | Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:10:48 | |
| 114 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | 1:13:42 | |
| 115 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp |
1:17:1 |