The return arrived this Thursday, August 28 in Andorra on Thursday for a 6th stage which was to mark The real start of the battle between the favorites in the general classification. With 3,475 meters of elevation gain to swallow on this course of 170.3 km towards PAL, where the arrival was tried at the top of an ascent From 9.6 km to 6.4 %, the best climbers had a beautiful playground to express themselves. Contested in rainy and fresh conditions, this day finally smiled at a beautiful breakaway which received the blessing of the Visma | Lease a Bike of Jonas Vingegaard. And the strongest among these 10 attackers, it was undoubtedly been Jay Vinethe Australian ofUAE Team Emirates-XRG Islanding just before the final justice of the peace to sign a solo demonstration to the line and thus afford a 3rd victory on the Tour of Spainafter his double in 2022! Best placed runner to the general at the front, Torstein Træen He also known his day of glory since he seizes the red jersey following his 2nd place at 54 “!
Video – Jonas Vingegaard has again left his red jersey
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Ayuso says goodbye to the general, David Gaudu loses ground
At 30, the Norwegian offers himself a very good reward with this unique leader, he who only counts his record on the Switzerland Tour Last year. Also in the running to win this red jersey, Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS astana) and Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) finally crossed the line in 3 and 4th position. On the favorite side, the first surprise first came from the explosion of Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)! Not in good shape, the wearer of the white jersey fell for more than 5 km from the summit and probably lost all hope for the general, arriving in 62nd position and conceding in the end more than 7 minutes.
The fight was then launched by Giulio Ciconne After a lot of work from his team Lidl-Trek. If the Italian first made the difference with the red jersey Jonas Vingegaardthe two men were finally taken over by their pursuers in the final, where they neutralized themselves. A group of 12 leaders therefore crossed the line together at 4'19 “, with it within it Ciccone and Vintegaard, Mais Aussi Joao Almeida, Egan Bernal, Antonio Tiberi, Jai Hindley, Tom Pidcock, Matthew Riccitello et Felix Gall notably. Less flamboyant than in the start of the week, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) suffered and concedes 28 seconds, in a group with Ben O’Connor (Jayco AlUla) et Mikel Rural (Soudal Quick-Step).
Generally, Torstein Træen award Bruno Armirail 31 seconds. Jonas Vingegaard Now in 5th row but remains in first position of the favorites, at 2,33 “, or 8 and 9 seconds ahead Ciccone et Almeida. David Gaudu Records him in 15th position, at 3'17 “.
