Gall teammate
O’Connor wins stage 6 with a crazy hussar ride!
The 6th stage of the 79th Tour of Spain has become the spectacular prey of solo rider Ben O'Connor!
The 28-year-old Decathlon team-mate of Felix Gall set off alone 27 kilometers before the finish in Yunquera and also took over the red jersey from Red Bull captain Primoz Roglic. O'Connor is now 4:51 minutes ahead of the Slovenian, who now has a difficult task on the way to his 4th overall victory. Gall slipped back slightly from 6th to 9th place.
Gall and Konrad finish with the peloton
Behind Roglic followed the Portuguese Joao Almeida (+4:59) and the German Florian Lipowitz (+5:18). Gall, who finished with the peloton on Thursday like Patrick Konrad, is a full 5:38 minutes behind in 9th place.
O'Connor, who started the Vuelta as the Decathlon captain, is now ahead of Gall again after the East Tyrolean finished 5th on stage 4 and O'Connor, fourth overall at the 2021 Tour de France, opened up some of the gap.
The stage started in a supermarket in Jerez de la Frontera. There were barriers next to rows of stores, and instead of people with shopping carts, the pros were bustling around in the corridors. Posts on social networks showed them on conveyor belts and next to a children's play area.
The racers spun a few meters through the store before heading outside. The mountainous section of the route covered 185.5 kilometers to Yunquera. The French supermarket chain announced that this was the first start of a stage at such a location "in the history of cycling".
According to the company, it has been the main sponsor of the Tour of Spain for twelve years. Several World Tour teams have major supermarket giants as sponsors.
The result of stage 6:
1st Ben O'Connor (AUS) Decathlon 4:28:12 hrs.
2nd Marco Frigo (ITA) Israel-Premier Tech +4:33 min.
3rd Florian Lipowitz (GER) Red Bull +5:12
Further:
16. Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl +6:31
38. Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon - same time
101. Patrick Gamper (AUT) Red Bull +20:32
113th Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain - same time
The standings in the overall standings:
1st Ben O'Connor (AUS) Decathlon 23:28:28 hrs.
2nd Primoz Roglic (SLO) Red Bull +4:51 min.
3rd Joao Almeida (POR) UAE +4:59
Further:
9thFelix Gall (AUT) Decathlon +5:38
49th Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl +14:07
115th Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain +35:14
125th Patrick Gamper (AUT) Red Bull +37:10
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