Richie Porte comfortably defended yellow at Paris-Nice as Team Sky kept control of the race on the penultimate stage.
Stage six result
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 5:14.23
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, same time
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Leopard, st
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, st
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling, st
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun, st
10 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha, st
General classification
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky, 29:40.31
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +32secs
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +42
4 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +42
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +49
6 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +52
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +53
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, +53
9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +54
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +1.06
