Racing | Tour De France | Stage 6

Tom Boonen will have a handy lead in the points classification now, but there's still a long way to Paris.

That was a less eventful stage than yesterday, but as always a good finish. A fine ride by Brad Wiggins but in the end it was to no avail.

We'll be back again tomorrow at 12:00 local time (11:00 BST) with live coverage of the seventh stage of the Tour de France, between Bourg-en-Bresse and Le Grand Bornand.

Provisional results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel ¦ Quick Step - Innergetic) 05:20:59
2 Oscar Freire (Spa ¦ Rabobank)
3 Erik Zabel (Ger ¦ Team Milram)
4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra ¦ Francaise Des Jeux)
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor ¦ Credit Agricole)

General classification after stage 6

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi ¦ Team CSC)

The rush for the line is wild, but it's Tom Boonen who finally wins a stage!!!! Freire second ahead of Zabel, then Chavanel and Hushovd.

Cancellara finishes in the bunch and keeps the yellow jersey.

Milram takes over before the final charge to the line, then a Rabobank man hits the front. Steegmans comes past.

Quick.Step leads until 2km to go, with Credit Agricole and Milram manouevring behind them. Will it be Boonen, Thor, Zabel, Bennati, Freire...?

Now it's Fabian Wegmann driving it on the front. His white German champion's jersey breaking the wind for his teammates. Then Tosatto comes through for a big turn.

The bunch goes under 4km to go, all as one. Wiggins is already off the back, totally spent.

The road here is two lanes wide and everyone wants to be up front. T-Mobile has a guy in the lead, with a Milram coming through for a turn.

The bunch splits around a traffic island as Brad Wiggins is finally swallowed up. He was out there for 191km. Brilliant effort, but now it's up to the sprinters to do their stuff.

The sword is hanging above Wiggins' head but it hasn't dropped yet. One more glance behind. Nope, still not there.

The Astana boys are comfortably in the peloton, albeit towards the back.