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Vuelta a España 2015: Stage 6

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January 1 - September 13, Cordoba, Spain, Road - Worl🐎dTour

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of stage 6 of the𓂃 2015 Vuelta a España. The road from Córdoba to Sierra de Cazorl🌠a is 200.3 kilometres long with an uphill finish.

 

Hello everyone, we're in for anotherཧ tough day's racing in the Andalucían furnace, with over 200 kilometres to cover before another finishing climb. 

140km remaining from 200km

Here's how the General Classification looks after yesterday's stage:

There has been another bid for freedom from the bunch and this time it looks as if a breakaway might stick. Five riders havꦡe gone clear and have managed to open up a lead of nearly a minute.

A couple of abandons to tell you about. David De La Cruz (Etixx-QuickStep) did not take to the start this morning, still hampered by a broken collarbone sustained in a crash at the Tour de Pologne. Matej Mohoric (Cannondale-Garmin) was forced to pull out after 30-odd kilometres and several trips back to ꦛthe medical car. 

Breaking: Pierre Rolland signs for Cannondale-Garmin

Colombia were reluctant to let this five-man group go without being present in it and they have now sent Miguel Ángel Rubiano up th🌜e road in pursuit. He was gaining💮 on those ahead until a crash halted his progress but he's now back up and 1 minute 30 seconds behind. The peloton is a further minute and a half back. 

Remem💜ber Vincenzo Nibali? He was expelled from the Vuelta on stage 2 after taking a lengthy and blatant tow from a team car. He had planned to make a swift return to racing elsewhere but it looks like UCI rules will prevent him from doing so. Here's the story:

117km remaining from 200km

The Giant-Alpecin is doing mu♊ch 🌞of the work on the front of the peloton leading the chase. 

Up front the rolling roads are causing problems in the꧟ break.&nb♌sp;

There are no categorised climbs until the 145km point but the roads are up and down until that poiℱnt.   

It's been a suer fast sta♊ge so far, with the average speed for the second hour at 45.7 km/h.

The riders have already covered 95km ♐of the 200km stage. However today, the climb to the finish will be the decisive and toughest moment of the stage. 

Rubiano has rejoinꦛed the break after struggling briefly. 

Behind  the Giant-Alpec꧙in team continues to lead the chase in defence of Tom Dumoulin's leader's jersey.

90km remaining from 200km

The break includes some strong riders.

Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) is al꧑ways aggressive and gives his all, while Niki Terpstra (Etixx - Quick-Step) has won Paris-Rou𒅌baix but can also climb pretty well. 

Cyril Gautier (Team Europca🦋r) is always aggressive and gives his all, while Niki Terpstra (Etixx - Quick-Step) has w🧜on Paris-Roubaix but can also climb pretty well. 

Kristijan Durasek (Lampre-Merida) won the Tour of Turkey in the spring and a stage at the 🏅🐭Tour de Suisse.

⛎Peter Velits showed his form by ♌winning the opening TTT with BMC at the the Vuelta.  

Gautier is currently the virtual race leader but the peloton will 💟surely chase t𒀰hem down.    

75km remaining from 200km

Who is your tip for the stage win?  

With 135km covered, the rider♉s are about to hit the impoꦓrtant first categorised climb of the stage.  

The Alto de Baeza is onl🐟y a category 3 climb and not steep but it rises for 11.8km.&♏nbsp; 

A lon🧔g gradual descent follows but then road rises gradually again all the way to the finish. The final 3km are steeper, at 6.3%. 

The climb up through Cazorla seems perfect for Valv꧂erde. Positioning will be vital in the final kilometre as the roads turns right and then curves l🍰eft just before the line.    

60km remaining from 200km

Peter Sagan sa💧id he might rest up today 🅰and not try for the victory. As a result his Tinkoff-Saxo team is not doing any work today. 

The Alto de Baez𓃲a has hurt the six breakaway rideඣrs. The gap has fallen to 3:15. 

It's a hot day out there, with riders jerseys covered in salt d𝔍ue to 🥀the heat and sweating.

Behind team𓂃s are frequently dropping back for fresh🔯 bidons.  

The Mo🐭vistar team is continue to work with Giant-Alpecin on the flat roads over the top of the climb.

40km remaining from 200km

In many ways this stage is a fina🔥l warm-up 𓆉for the start of the important mountain stages on Friday. 

The Movistar and Giant-Alpecin teams aওre lined out on the front of the peloton. Their chase is very 🧜serious. 

The gap is fallin⛦g fast as the peloton is lined out as Nacer Bouhanni drops back to his Cofidi𓃲s team car for bottles.

The gap to the break is down to 1:30.

The riders in the break are taking on some final bottles with 25km to go. T🧸he race judges stop feeding from cars and 'close the bar' with 20km to go.  

Australia's Rory Sutherland is doing a lot of the work for Movistar, chipping away at the b🍬reaks le𝕴ad.

20km remaining from 200km

It's 39C out on the road at the moment, hence need for lots of bཧidons. 

15km remaining from 200km

Tersptra is still trying to drag the break along before moving off the front.  ꦕ 

Attack! Rubiano goes away and is joineꩵd and passed by Cummings. 

The six only have 30 seconds and so Cumm𝄹ings will have to hope that the peloton ease.

10km remaining from 200km

Team Sky is also hꦜelping the chase behind, perhaps again riding for Roche. 

The remains of 🤡the break have been caught, with just Terpstra chasing Cummings up the road. 

Cummings ha🍰s a 50 second lead but faces the tough 3.3km climb up ⛦to the finish.

6km remaining from 200km

Team Sky has also♕ backed off, perhaps thinking of the GC battle 🅺rather than a stage win.

It is almost time for the climb to the finish through the oli♑ve groves. 

Cannondale-Garmin is leading the chase now, thinking of the ♉stage victory. 

Other riders are already getting spat out of theꦜ peloton.🐟 

Cummings makes to the brief descent s𒐪ection. He faces just the 3.3km climb now. 

His lead is still 30 seconds a🅰nd he is descending at 70km/h.&nb♛sp;

2km remaining from 200km

Orica is leadin🐟g tꦦhe chase for Chaves but Cofidis also kick hard. 

It's going to be tough for Cummings to stay away.

2km remaining from 200km

Sagan sitꦕs up and so will not fight for the sprint win.

Chaves passes Cummings and goes clear alone.

Chaves passes Cummings and goes clear alone.

Dumoulin is still in the chase group. 

Last kilometre! Dumoulin goes꧂ after Chaves.  

But Movistar and Valverde are lurking.  

Chaves has a 100m lead on Dumoulin.  

Dan Martin attacks behind. 

Chaves is still clear but is suffering.

Martin catches Dumoulin!

Chaves is still fighting and clear as Roche attacks behind 🐓too෴. 

Chaves ✱loo๊ks set to win and take back the race lead.

He takes the final curve alone and wins with his arms in 💧the air. 

Martin takes second.

Dumoulin is third, with the 🧜GC contenders just a ▨few seconds back.  

Martin fi🐠nished just 5 seconds back on Chaves. 

Froome was in the main chase group, along with Valverde, Quintana and just behind van Garderꦺen. 🌼;

The chasers were 11 seconds down on Chaves. 

Chaves deserved to take the win and the red jersey by attacking early and on his own. Everyone else hesitated but h🌸e fought for every second. 

Chaves now leads overall by 10 seconds.

Dumoulin is s⛎econd, with Dan Martin 𝓰moving up to third at 33 seconds.

Esteban Chaves won his secoဣnd stage and is arguably an overall contender now. 

Stay with us for more li👍ve coverage post-stage. We will have all the reaction 𒉰from Chaves and the other riders. 

The top ten overall is already෴ spread across mo🍸re than a minute.

The big-name GC contenders are packed closely with Valverde ওleading 𝔍Froome by 6 seconds. 

Rodriguez is a second behind Froome, with Quintana 🔥at 2 seconds.

Aru is slightl🃏y 𒀰off the pace, 23 seconds down on Valverde. 

Chaves cracks a huge💫 smile on the podium and enjoys his mꦫoment of success.

Chaves sprays the champagne on the podium. He loves💦 to win. 

Chaves also smiles as he pulls on the red leader's jersey. H🐟e now leads Dumoulin by 10 🧔seconds.

It's bee𝐆n a great week for the Orica-GreenEdge team, as Darryl 🦋Impey explained.

Neil Stephens has mentore𓄧d Chaves in recent months and took pride in the latest win for Orica.

Peter Sagan sat up part-way up the climb and admitted he♔ suffered in the heat.

Estꦜeban Chaves again praised is Orica-🦋GreenEdge teammates for their support.

It will be fascinating to see how well Chaves can do on Friday's seventh st🎉age to La Alpujarra in the Sierra Nevada.

The stage is 191km long and so will be anot♐her hot dayও in the saddle.

Check out our initial stage report and photos fr꧃om the Vuelta by clicking here.

Britain's Steve Cummings (MTN-Qhubeka) was the hero of the day, going in the break and trying to stay away solo. He was caught on the ste൲ep climbing just 2km from the finish.

In other news today, the UCI made it clear that Vincenzo Nibali will not be abel to ⛦race again until after the Vuelta a  Espana. He is likely to  race with the Italian national team in the final races of the season to prepare for the world roa🔯d race championships. 

Our reports on the race also spoke♍ To Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) about his hopes at the Vuဣelta. 

Thanks for joining us🔯❀ for our live coverage form the Vuelta. 

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