Stage Report: A strange day in la Vuelta with a big break going away early. Sepp Kuss was in the lead group as was Lenny Martinez. Kuss put in his winning move on the final climb to hold off Martinez for the win, but the young Frenchman took the overall lead from Remco Evenepoel, who wasn’t on a good day. The final K of stage 6
Sepp Kuss won the sixth stage of la Vuelta. On the final climb, the Jumbo-Visma rider turned out to be the best of a leading group of 42 riders who had broken away early in the stage. The American stayed ahead of Lenny Martinez of Groupama-FDJ, who grabbed the leader’s red jersey. Primoz Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard dealt a blow to Remco Evenepoel on the final climb. Stage win and nearly the red jersey for Sepp Kuss Race director, Fernando Escartín : “The climb up to the Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre becomes tougher in its final slopes, as seen the first time we finished a stage there, back in 2019. Without a doubt, this stage could well mark the first notable differences in the general classification.” Stage 6 profile
Stage 6 of the Vuelta a España promised a spectacular finish on the observatory of Javalambre. The Pico del Buitre, as the climb is called, is a kind of Spanish Planche des Belles Filles. As the climb progresses it gets steeper and steeper. In the last kilometres, the gradient barely drops below 10%. The […]
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