Always them, only them! The sixth stage of the Vuelta a Espana 2023 does nothing but confirm something we had already seen at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France: the power of the Jumbo-Visma. The hornets, so renamed for their yellow and black uniform, give a first show of strength also in Spain, on Pico del Buitre, finding a semi-perfect day. There is no 10 just because Sepp Kuss misses the link with the Roja shirt, which ends up in the hands of the very young – and very talented – Lenny Martinez. The Frenchman and the American, together with 40 other athletes, make a void thanks to the right escape and then humiliate each other on the final climb: the native of Durango takes the fraction (and returns to celebrate after two years), while the transalpine “restrict” to the leader’s jersey. He is the youngest ever to wear it, even surpassing the record of Rey Miguelon Indurain. The parade from the shoulders of the golden boy Remco Evenepoel, who suffers a very small crisis and is detached from the company of the ring: Roglic, Vingegaard, Ayuso, Almeida, Mas and the other baby Uijtdebroeks. The Belgian still remains the first of the big names in the standings, but now all the others are back within a stone’s throw.
The top 10 of the stage
CYCLISTTEMPO1- Kuss4:27:292- Martinez+26″3- Bardet+31″4- Landa+46″5- Soler+46″6- Poels+1’03″7- Rubio+1’05″8- Rodriguez+ 1’12″9- Cras+1’12″10- Cepeda+1’12”
The chronicle of the stage
The one starting from La Vall d’Uixó is a very delicate stage: you pedal from the sea to the Javalambre Astrofísico Observatory, with 183.5km and over 4000 meters of climbing. In short, a day for climbers, after two stages dedicated to fast wheels. The departure is the classic one, or “at full speed”, with several cyclists trying to break away. The first attempt was by Thomas De Gendt (Lotto), Diego Andrés Camargo (EF) and Rui Costa (Intermarché), but after a few kilometers the three were caught again. Same script a few minutes later, on the GPM of Puerto de Arenillas (5.8km at 4.7%): 10 of them escape, but the peloton reabsorbs them right at the summit.
Down from the descent things get more serious, around -120 from the finish. An exaggerated squad emerges from the group, made up of 43 athletes. Inside there are many prominent names such as Kuss, Valter, Tratnik, van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma), Soler (UAE), Landa, Buitrago, Poels (Bahrain), Storer, Molard (FDJ) Van Den Berg, Carthy (EF) , Castroviejo (Ineos), Lopez (Trek), Buchmann, Kämna (Bora), Engelhardt (Jayco), Moniquet, Van Eetvelt, Kron (Lotto), Bardet (dsm), Van Poppel, Rui Costa (Intermarche), Bouchard, Prodhomme , Godon (AG2R), Vervaeke, Cattaneo (Quick-Step), Rubio, Lazkano (Movistar), Cimolai, Fernandez, Rochas (Cofidis), Rodriguez (Arkéa), Cras, Doubey, Ourselin (TotalEnergies), De La Cruz, Romo (Astana), Barcelo Aragon, Barrenetxea and Cepeda (Caja Rural), but above all Lenny Martinez (FDJ), third in the general standings just 17″ from Remco Evenepoel.
The peloton was blown away by this move, and on the ramps of Alto Fuente de Rubielos (6.1km at 6.2%), today’s second GPM, accumulated up to seven minutes behind. It’s a pretty big hole that is materializing, which among other things would allow Martinez to wear the leader’s jersey with a very good advantage over the other big names in the circus. At -70, when the road moves towards Aragon, the group decides that enough is enough: this situation cannot continue. Quick-Step, Movistar and Ineos therefore immediately take the lead in shooting, taking a couple of minutes off the pacesetters. Another couple of minutes slip away in the next 50km, with the gap settling at 3’30” at the foot of the last climb, the one that leads to the Javalambre Astrofísico Observatory: Pico del Buitre (10.9km at 8 % of average slope).
Soon the full report…
The general classification
TEMPO CYCLIST 1- Martinez21:40:352- Kuss+8″3- Soler+51″4- Poels+1’41″5- Cras+1’48″6- Landa+1’58″7- Cepeda+2′ 06″8- De La Cruz+2’23″9- Evenepoel+2’47″10- More+2’50”
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From Barcelona to Madrid: details of the stages
Stage 1, Barcelona-Barcelona | Winner: DSM Firmenich | Red jersey: Lorenzo MILESI | Reports | Video finish Stage 2, Mataró-Barcelona | Winner: Andreas KRON | Red jersey: Andrea PICCOLO | Reports | Video arrivalStage 3, Súria-Arinsal | Winner: Remco EVENEPOEL | Red Jersey: Remco EVENEPOEL | Reports | Arrival videoStage 4, Andorra la Vella-Tarragona | Winner: Kaden GROVES | Red Jersey: Remco EVENEPOEL | Reports | Arrival videoStage 5, Morella-Burriana | Winner: Kaden GROVES | Red Jersey: Remco EVENEPOEL | Reports | Video arrival
Tappa 6, La Vall d’Uixó-Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory | Report | Video arrival
Stage 7, Utiel-Oliva | Reports | Video arrival
Tappa 8, Dénia-Xorret de Catí | Report | Video arrival
Tappa 9, Cartagena-Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca | report | Video arrived
Stage 10, Valladolid-Valladolid | Reports | Video arrival
Stage 11, Lerma-La Laguna Negra.Vinuesa | Reports | Video arrival
Stage 12, Ólvega-Zaragoza | Reports | Video arrival
Stage 13, Formigal-Tourmalet | Reports | Video arrival
Tappa 14, Sauveterre de Béarn-Larra Belagua | Postponement | Video arrival
Stage 15, Pamplona-Lekunberri | Reports | Video arrival
Stage 16, Liencres Playa-Bejes | Reports | Video arrival
Tappa 17, Ribadesella/Ribeseya-Angliru | Report | Video arrival
Tappa 18, Pola de Allande-La Cruz de Linares | report | Video arrived
Tappa 19, The Bath-Iscar | Report | Video arrives
Stage 20, Manzanares El Real-Guadarrama | Reports | Video arrival
Stage 21, Hipódromo de la Zarzuela-Madrid | Reports | Video arrival
How much is the prize pool?
For this 2023 edition, the organizers have kept the prize money from past years, with the winner of the Vuelta a España earning 150,000 euros, less than half of winning the Tour de France. 11,000 euros to the winner of a single stage, 3,000 euros to the super-combatant of the edition. Here is the complete jackpot.PlacePrize1°150.0002°57.9853°30.0004°15.0005°12.5006°9.0007°9.0008°6.0009°6.000from 10th to 20th°3.800
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