Extended Highlights - Stage 6 - La Vuelta 2024

Name: Extended Highlights - Stage 6 - La Vuelta 2024
Uploaded: 2024-08-22T18:10:44+00:00
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22/8/2024

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00:00Czech sprinter Pavel Bitner announced himself to the world yesterday by taking his first

00:12Grand Tour stage win ahead of Wout van Aert and Caden Groves.

00:17But today isn't one for the fast men.

00:19With almost 4,000 metres of climbing, the baroudeur and the breakaway specialists will

00:23be licking their lips, although there could also be a bit of GC action, depending on how

00:28the day unfolds.

00:30Do you guys intend to defend the red jersey today?

00:33It depends on the breakaway.

00:34I think we will not kill the team on this stage because we have to manage our energies

00:39for the whole water.

00:41But it all depends on how the race will be in the first kilometres.

00:46Vismalisa Bike lost a bit of ground on stage four, but Keon Uterbroecks says there are

00:50better days ahead for him and Sepp Kuss.

00:53If we feel good then we also need to go for it, but I think in the situation we are now,

01:00our goal is to hang on as long as possible and we know that we normally become better

01:05during the three weeks, so yeah, that needs to give confidence for Madrid.

01:11João Almeida is the best placed UAE rider, but Adam Yates is also hoping to hit back

01:17after a difficult start to this Vuelta.

01:19It's been hot and I've struggled a little bit with the heat, especially stage four.

01:24I lost a little bit of time, but yeah, it's not too much.

01:28I'm still in the fight.

01:29Yeah, OK, maybe I'm a little bit behind, but it's still a long race.

01:35There's every chance the breakaway will fight for stage honours today and Carlos Verona

01:39is one of a host of riders who's hoping to be up there.

01:43Today, like a lot of people, I'll try to be in the breakaway.

01:48This is a stage where it could go all the way and we've got a bit of freedom to try

01:51different options.

01:53So I'll try to be up there, but it's going to be tough because so many riders are interested

01:57and the terrain's not super hard.

01:59It's going to be a question of luck.

02:02185km on the menu today between Jerez de la Frontera and Junqueira.

02:12There is bound to be an aggressive start and it might not be until the first climb after

02:1660km, the Cap Juan Puerta del Boyar, that a breakaway actually forms.

02:21With almost 15km at 5.5%, it will certainly thin out the peloton.

02:26There are then three Cap 3 climbs to tackle in the final 60km, including an uphill hike

02:31to the finish line.

02:34Well, as expected, there was a wild start to the stage with lots of attacking in the

02:42early kilometres.

02:44Unfortunately, that was before the live pictures had started.

02:47Still, it took a long time for the breakaway to get the green light from the peloton.

02:53Finally, with just under 100km to go, a group of 13 riders eked out a small gap.

03:00Plenty of strong names in there, including the Australian duo of Ben O'Connor and Jay

03:04Vine.

03:05There was also Florian Lipovitz, a team-mate of Primoz Roglic.

03:09The main bunch seemed happy enough with that and the gap slowly eased out to over two minutes.

03:14Mauri van Severnent was also in the front group, along with Chris Harper, Palaio Sanchez,

03:24Heiss Lehmreiser and Cristian Rodriguez.

03:28Smart tactics from Red Bull brought a hands-grower to get Lipovitz into the move, because the

03:32young German was the highest placed on GC at the front.

03:36He could potentially end up taking the red jersey from his team-mate Roglic.

03:40That would also force other teams to chase in the peloton.

03:46Bahrain Victorious eventually decided to take up the reins on behalf of their white jersey,

03:50Antonio Tiberi, but by this time the gap had swelled out to over five minutes.

03:56The idea wasn't necessarily to catch the breakaway, but at least keep them at a respectable distance.

04:02The leaders approaching the intermediate sprint, where O'Connor had his eye on the six bonus

04:07They put him level on time with Lipovitz and in the frame for the red jersey.

04:16The front group would end up being shattered on the day's second climb, the Puerto del

04:20Viento, as O'Connor and Lehmreiser attacked.

04:25The Aussie was clearly having a very good day.

04:28He and the young Dutchman quickly built a lead of 45 seconds on their nearest chasers.

04:33Marco Frigo and Erko Baradei, who were joined by Peleo Sanchez.

04:41The Lipovitz group was now over a minute back, with the peloton still at around five minutes.

04:46Roglic was apparently OK with losing the red jersey today.

04:51Still, UAE Team Emirates and Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe didn't want to give O'Connor too

04:56much time, so they began to pace a bit harder.

04:59The leaders embarking on the penultimate climb and two would soon become one.

05:06It's Ben O'Connor who has decided to leave his breakaway companion, his Lehmreiser, behind.

05:13O'Connor absolutely hammering his way through the final part of this stage, with shades

05:17of his victory in Tignes at the Tour de France in 2021.

05:21He now led the peloton by over six minutes and was set to take a huge overall lead.

05:28Further back, the remnants of the breakaway were chasing in vain, with Lipovitz also set

05:32to vault up the GC.

05:34Movistar were helping to chase in the bunch, but the damage was done.

05:38What a performance this was from Ben O'Connor.

05:43Here on the Alto de las Abejas, it's Ben O'Connor who stung the race.

05:47He stung his rivals and he's going to ride into the red jersey.

05:52He's going to take the red jersey, but along with that, he's going to join that elusive

05:56club of winning a stage in each and every Grand Tour.

06:01From the Tour de France to the Giro d'Italia, now La Vuelta a España, Ben O'Connor is the

06:07first rider from Decathlon Egyptois Le Mondial to wear the leader's jersey in La Vuelta.

06:19O'Connor completing his Grand Tour hat-trick in some style, with a crushing victory on

06:24this sixth stage.

06:25The Australian simply in a league of his own today, and he has given himself a superb

06:30opportunity to finish on the overall podium.

06:32He now leads La Vuelta by almost five minutes.

06:36I felt like I could win this stage from the start, so it's pretty special, you can just

06:41go out and crush it like that, I absolutely loved every moment.

06:45I was looking at the triple Grand Tour winners, and a list of guys have done it before this

06:51race started, so I'm proud of what my name there on that list, and I guess the red jersey

06:58as well, so it's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience maybe, so I'm going to enjoy every

07:03moment.

07:04That's a third win this season for O'Connor, who is off to Jayco Alula next year.

07:09Frigo was second at four minutes thirty-three, with Isaac del Toro leading in the GC group

07:14at six minutes thirty-one.

07:16So O'Connor leads Roglic by a whopping four minutes and fifty-one seconds overall, while

07:21Lipowicz climbs up to fourth.

07:23Adam Yates crashed however, and he finds himself over nine minutes off the pace.

07:29No change in the green jersey standings, with Wout van Aert still thirteen points clear

07:33of Caden Groves.

07:36Sylvain Monniquet holds onto the polka dot jersey, with Sanchez and O'Connor moving into

07:40the top six after their efforts today.

07:45We've also had a change in the youth classification, with Lipowicz now leading Tiberi by 11 seconds.

07:52Tomorrow we will have a punchy stage to Cordoba, with only one climb that comes late in the

07:56day.

07:57Join us for that on Friday, and thanks for watching.

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