2017 Vuelta a España Stage 6 Results & Recap
Stage 6 of the 2017 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Marczynski sprints to victory in Sagunto
Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) laid claim to the biggest win of his career today on stage six of the Vuelta a Espana. The Polish rider spent the day in the breakaway and won the three-up sprint to take the biggest win of his career for the Lotto Soudal team. Pawel Poljanski (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second and Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) came across the line in third. All three riders flew across the line together in a tight finish.
Play by play
The start of stage six began much like yesterday’s stage, with attacks darting away from the start. \nValerio Agnoli (Bahrain - Merida) and Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) were the first two riders to make any success on the peloton, before getting swallowed back up.
Eventually, with help from the first Category 3 climb of the day, a large group established itself with a few minutes advantage. Team Sky was never willing to give up too much time to the 25 plus riders, so the gap dwindled around 2 minute and 30 seconds for the majority of the stage.
The front group included Jan Polanc (UAD), Darwin Atapuma (UAD), Lachlan Morton (DDD), Bob Jungels (QST), Marc Soler (MOV), Jesper Hansen (AST), Tomasz Marczynski (LTS), Ricardo Vilela (MZN), José Joaquín Rojas (MOV), Larry Warbasse (ABS), Davide Villella (CDT), Jarlinson Pantano (TFS), Giovanni Visconti (TBM), Clément Chevrier (ALM), Daniel Navarro (COF), Sergey Chernetsky (AST), Maxime Monfort (LTS), Enric Mas (QST), Axel Domont (ALM), Daan Olivier (TLJ), Pawel Poljanski (BOH), Cesare Benedetti (BOH), Toms Skujinš (CDT), George Bennett (TLJ), Antonio Pedrero (MOV), David Arroyo (CJR), Lennard Kämna (SUN) and Maxim Belkov (KAT).
It was in the peloton where we saw a race within a race. On the category two Puerto del Garbi, Trek Segafredo took over from Team Sky at a blistering pace in an attempt to fracture Sky’s grasp on the dynamic. They succeeded, and with the help of Peter Stetina, Alberto Contador eventually had Chris Froome isolated.
Help came from Pantano who dropped out of the original breakaway to help Contador put the pressure on the GC contenders. Aru, Chaves and Nibali succumbed to the pace, but eventually regained their position on the downhill lead in to the finish.
Out of the original break, only Marczynski, Poljanski and Mas remained. The trio had a 45 second gap to the chase group that included Froome and Contador and were able to hold them off to the finish.
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