Tour de France 2020: Lutsenko solos to glory, Yates retains yellow
Alexey Lutsenko is the best rider of the breakaway. The Kazach solos to victory on Mont Aigoual, while Jesús Herrada finishes in second and Greg Van Avermaet in third. Adam Yates stays in the overall lead. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 6th stage Tour de France 2020
1. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz)
2. Jesús Herrada (spa) + 0.55
3. Greg Van Avermaet (bel) + 2.15
4. Neilson Powless (usa) + 2.17
5. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 2.52
6. Bauke Mollema (nld) + 2.53
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (pol) s.t.
8. Egan Bernal (col) s.t.
9. Richard Carapaz (ecu) s.t.
10. Adam Yates (gbr) s.t.
GC after stage 6
1. Adam Yates (gbr)
2. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 0.03
3. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.07
4. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 0.09
5. Egan Bernal (col) + 0.13
6. Tom Dumoulin (nld) s.t.
7. Esteban Chaves (col) s.t.
8. Nairo Quintana (col) s.t.
9. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t.
10. Miguel Ángel López (col) s.t.
11. Bauke Mollema (nld) s.t.
12. Thibaut Pinot (fra) s.t.
13. Mikel Landa (spa) s.t.
16. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 0.15
17. Emanuel Buchmann (ger) + 0.22
20. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 0.41
21. Sergio Higuita (col) s.t.
Race report
Roche is the first successful attacker. Van Avermaet, Herrada and Cavagna chase him down, followed by Powless, Boasson Hagen, Oss and Lutsenko. The eight attackers widen the gap to more than 6 minutes.
Almost 5 kilometres before the summit Powless and Lutsenko leave their companions behind before the Kazach goes alone with 4 kilometres to climb. Higuita loses contact in the peloton, but bounces back.
He reaches the summit 27 seconds ahead of Herrada. The main group is 3 minutes in arrears.
The Kazach extends his lead and wins the race with a comfortable margin. Herrada finishes in second, while Van Avermaet outsprints Powless for third place.
Alaphilippe wins 1 second back with a sprint to the line. Yates stays out of trouble and stays in the overall lead.
Other interesting reads:
– route
– KOM classification
– points classification
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