Pelayo Sánchez surpasses Alaphilippe and Plapp in another successful stage of the escape, and Pogacar remains the leader
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The Asturian cyclist of Movistar Pelayo Sánchez ha cattlethis Thursday, the sixth stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italiabeing the fastest of the escape of the day, which, like Wednesday, has been played for victory. Sánchez has surpassed, in the arrival, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) and Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), in a day that has not brought with it changes in the top positions of the general classification; thus, the Slovenian of the team UAE Emirates Tadej Pogacar continues as leaderwith the pink jersey, another day.
It has been a stage with spectacular momentsin which a nice fight between the men who have formed the escape and the main groupand in which, furthermore, as expected, The three stretches of “sterrato” that the runners have had to face, those twelve kilometers of racing on dirt, have left images to remember.
In the lead, around halfway through the stage, seven cyclists remain: in addition to Sánchez, Alaphilippe and Plapp, they have completed the group of escapees Matteo Trentin (Tudor), Kaden Groves (Alpecin), Vendrame (Decathlon) and Fiorelli (Bardiani). In the decisive section, Pelayo Sánchez, Alaphilippe and Plapp have proven to be the strongest, and have remained in the fight against the peloton, which, controlled by the UAE and INEOS, has not been able to hunt them down. At the finish line, the young Asturian, debutant in the WorldTour, has played his tricks better than anyone else.
On Friday, a key stage arrives, the seventh: a 40.6 kilometer time trial, between Foligno and Perugiawhich can lead to differences between the men who choose to fight for the final maglia rosa.
Stage classification
1 – SÁNCHEZ Pelayo (Movistar) 4:01:08
2 – ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Soudal) mt
3 – PLAPP Luke (Jayco) + 0:01
4 – PICCOLO Andrea (EF Education) + 0:24
5 – NARVÁEZ Jhonatan (INEOS) + 0:29
6 – MEZGEC Luka (Jayco) mt
7 – HERMANS Quinten (Alpecin) mt
8 – SCHULTZ Nick (Israel) mt
9 – MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (BORA) mt
10 – LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana) mt
General ranking
1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 23:20:52
2 – THOMAS Geraint (INEOS) + 0:46
3 – MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (BORA) + 0:47
4 – UIJTDEBROEKS Cyan (Visma) + 0:55
5 – RUBIO Einer (Movistar) + 0:56
6 – FORTUNATO Lorenzo (Astana) + 1:07
7 – LÓPEZ Juan Pedro (Lidl-Trek) + 1:11
8 – HIRT Jan Soudal (Quick-Step) + 1:13
9 – LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana) + 1:26
10 – CHAVES Esteban (EF Education) mt
Source: Eitb

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