2020 Giro d'Italia Stage 6 Results & Recap
Stage 6 of the 2020 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Démare the fastest on stage 6\nBy Clara Beard
Arnaud Démare gave the peloton a lesson in exceptional sprinting this evening in the magical city of Matera when an unstoppable boost of speed surprised the stage favorites, and jetted him toward his second win at the 2020 Giro d'italia. The French champion came from several bike lengths behind to post up with ease across the line in the ancient rock city, ahead of Michael Matthews (Mitchelton-Scott) and Fabio Felline (Astana Pro Team).
“It’s just awesome, it’s great,” he said at the finish. “This morning I was really unsure whether or not it would end with a sprint, but we wanted to give it a try and the guys did a great job again. I cannot thank them enough. They were even almost too strong when they brought me up four kilometers from the finish. Today I enjoy it a lot more. This one was not easy to get but I could raise my arms clearly, and it makes me all the more happy to do it with this beautiful jersey. That makes it two already on the Giro. For now, it’s a delight."
Demare will have to swap his tricolore jersey for a cyclamen one as the new leader of the sprinters competition. He bypassed Sagan by 39 points today. João Almeida (DQT) remains in the maglia rosa, despite a freak collision with Brandon McNulty during a radio change.
It was a fairly quiet start to the 188km stage from Castrovillari, where Filippo Zana (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè), Jimmy Whelen (EF Pro Cycling), Mattia Bais (Androni Giocattoli Sidermec), and Marco Frapporti (Vini Zabù–KTM) took off down the road in the opening metres, and eventually gained 10 minutes on the peloton, before the tables turned in the latter part of the stage.
When the gap came down to a minute, James Whelan (EF1) attacked in a last ditch effort to stay away, but was caught with 25 kilometres to go. That was when the race reset, and the sprinters and GC teams, took over control of the speed and outcome of the remainder of the stage.
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