Vuelta a Espana stage 6 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 6 - Bilbao-Ascension al Pico Jano. San Miguel de Aguayo 181.2 km

1 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck 4:38:00
2 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:15
3 Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16
4 Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:55
5 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 1:37
6 Pavel Sivakov (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers 1:37
7 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 1:37
8 Jai Hindley (Aus) BORA - hansgrohe 1:37
9 Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) INEOS Grenadiers 1:37
10 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:37


Changes in GC, stage 6 compared to stage 5 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+50 Robert Stannard
+48 Luis Angel Mate
+46 Mikel Bizkarra
+40 Jay Vine
+30 Oscar Cabedo
+29 Jose Herrada
+29 Joan Bou
+29 Callum Scotson
+28 Fausto Masnada
+27 Davide Villella

Biggest losers by position :
-61 Lawson Craddock
-59 Lucas Hamilton
-57 Nikias Arndt
-55 Brandon Mcnulty
-55 Fred Wright
-50 Carl Fredrik Hagen
-41 Raul Garcia Pierna
-39 Mads Pedersen
-33 Jasha Sutterlin
-32 Quentin Pacher
-31 Ethan Hayter

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:55 Jay Vine
+4:36 Remco Evenepoel
+4:33 Enric Mas
+3:50 Juan Ayuso
+3:08 Wilco Kelderman
+3:08 Thymen Arensman
+3:08 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+3:08 Simon Yates
+3:08 Primoz Roglic
+3:08 Pavel Sivakov

Biggest losers by time :
-33:55 Itamar Einhorn
-31:43 Ethan Hayter
-31:33 Boy Van Poppel
-31:33 Carl Fredrik Hagen
-31:33 Gerben Thijssen
-31:33 Henri Vandenabeele
-31:33 Ivo Oliveira
-31:33 Jasha Sutterlin
-31:33 Lluis Mas
-31:33 Mads Pedersen
-31:33 Raul Garcia Pierna

Favourites by position :
+22 Hugh Carthy
+19 Ben O'Connor
+12 Enric Mas
+10 Gino Mader
+9 Wilco Kelderman
+9 Jai Hindley
+7 Joao Almeida
+4 Sergio Higuita
+3 Simon Yates
+1 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+1 Primoz Roglic
-4 Alexey Lutsenko
-6 Vincenzo Nibali
-7 Mikel Landa
-9 Richard Carapaz

Favourites by time :
+4:33 Enric Mas
+3:08 Wilco Kelderman
+3:08 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+3:08 Simon Yates
+3:08 Primoz Roglic
+3:08 Joao Almeida
+3:08 Jai Hindley
+3:08 Gino Mader
+3:08 Ben O'Connor
+2:48 Sergio Higuita
+2:32 Hugh Carthy
+1:46 Richard Carapaz
-1:22 Mikel Landa
-10:13 Vincenzo Nibali
-21:55 Alexey Lutsenko

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Remco Evenepoel 20:50:07 (was 9th at 4:36)
2 Rudy Molard 0:21 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Enric Mas 0:28 (was 15th at 5:01)
4 Primoz Roglic 1:01 (was 5th at 4:09)
5 Juan Ayuso 1:12 (was 19th at 5:02)
6 Pavel Sivakov 1:27 (was 7th at 4:35)
7 Tao Geoghegan Hart 1:27 (was 8th at 4:35)
8 Carlos Rodriguez 1:34 (was 11th at 4:42)
9 Simon Yates 1:52 (was 12th at 5:00)
10 Joao Almeida 1:54 (was 17th at 5:02)
11 Jai Hindley 1:55 (was 20th at 5:03)
12 Wilco Kelderman 1:55 (was 21st at 5:03)
13 Gino Mader 2:03 (was 23rd at 5:11)
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15 Ben O'Connor 2:09 (was 34th at 5:17)
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18 Sergio Higuita 2:22 (was 22nd at 5:10)
19 Richard Carapaz 2:56 (was 10th at 4:42)
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22 Hugh Carthy 3:16 (was 44th at 5:48)
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32 Mikel Landa 6:33 (was 25th at 5:11)
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52 Vincenzo Nibali 16:06 (was 46th at 5:53)
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117 Alexey Lutsenko 45:47 (was 113rd at 23:52)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sam Bennett 127 (unchanged)
2 Mads Pedersen 118 (unchanged)
3 Marc Soler 47 (unchanged)
4 Primoz Roglic 41 (was 8th with 30 points)
5 Remco Evenepoel 41 (was 34th with 14 points)
6 Enric Mas 37 (was 13th with 22 points)
7 Fausto Masnada 36 (was 15th with 21 points)
8 Pascal Ackermann 34 (was 4th with 34 points)
9 Tim Merlier 34 (was 5th with 34 points)
10 Daniel Mclay 34 (was 6th with 34 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Victor Langellotti 13 (unchanged)
2 Jay Vine 11 (was 12th with 1 points)
3 Ruben Fernandez 11 (was 0 points)
4 Mark Padun 10 (was 0 points)
5 Remco Evenepoel 6 (was 0 points)
6 Roger Adria 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
7 Lawson Craddock 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
8 Marc Soler 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
9 Joan Bou 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
10 Fausto Masnada 5 (was 13th with 1 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 UAE Team Emirates 61:44:41 (was 2nd at 1:27)
2 Bahrain - Victorious 0:10 (was 5th at 1:40)
3 INEOS Grenadiers 0:15 (was 10th at 5:55)
4 Movistar Team 0:34 (was 4th at 1:34)
5 BORA - hansgrohe 1:10 (was 11th at 6:30)
6 EF Education-EasyPost 4:25 (was 15th at 7:22)
7 Jumbo-Visma 5:55 (was 12th at 6:31)
8 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 8:45 (was 13th at 6:37)
9 Astana Qazaqstan Team 11:54 (was 7th at 2:22)
10 Groupama - FDJ 16:54 (was 1st at 47:40:10)
11 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 19:32 (was 6th at 2:12)
12 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 24:55 (was 3rd at 1:29)
13 Burgos-BH 27:26 (was 9th at 3:34)
14 Trek - Segafredo 28:00 (was 14th at 6:38)
15 Cofidis 34:47 (was 17th at 9:17)
16 Team DSM 35:44 (was 18th at 9:47)
17 Equipo Kern Pharma 39:51 (was 8th at 2:56)
18 AG2R Citroen Team 48:10 (was 16th at 8:00)
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 49:49 (was 21th at 35:17)
20 Alpecin-Deceuninck 49:52 (was 22th at 41:27)
21 Team Arkea Samsic 1:01:16 (was 20th at 26:28)
22 Lotto Soudal 1:39:30 (was 23th at 45:30)
23 Israel - Premier Tech 1:41:27 (was 19th at 22:40)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jan Hirt (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 6 <<<
Daan Hoole (Trek - Segafredo) 5
Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech) 3
Steff Cras (Lotto Soudal) 2
Total retirements : 4


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