I think what actually happened (i only just watched the last 20km late last night), was that he was 1:13 behind front trio when he crashed at the 3km mark, but was only 37 odd seconds behind Froome's group and closed it down some before the finish. What I read at the time of the race (via twitter) was wrong, there was no neutralization of his time, it seems.

I would agree the rule is in place for a problem outside of the control of the rider, not a rider mistake.

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C'mon, I'm about to start watching stage 7 and there is nothing here to read yet.

There is a separate stage 7 thread that I started last nite. I figured that with everyone getting tired, a long stage, bumpy profile, and everyone going to the well killing each other on stage 6, we may see some damage on stage 7. Time for a new thread!