Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2018 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

March 24, 2018

Tirreno-Adriatico 2018 – Stage 6 – Vlelha – Torrefarrera : 117 km

The 2018 Volta a Catalunya is a road cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place between 19 and 25 March 2018 in Spain. It will be the 98th edition of the Volta a Catalunya and the ninth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.

Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) came out on top in a two-up sprint to decide stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya. The 24-year-old German outsprinted breakaway companion Diego Rubio (Burgos BH) with Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) leading home the peloton in third.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) finished safely within the peloton to retain his overall lead with one stage remaining in the race.

The leading pair broke away early in the stage and built up an advantage of around four minutes. The stage had been shortened from 194 to 117 kilometres due to fear of snow, but the riders still had to deal with pouring rain and windy conditions throughout. In the end, it was the wind that saved the break, with a strong tailwind carrying them all the way to the finish in Vielha.

The peloton began their chase too late but with 27km remaining the bunch split to pieces due to crosswinds, with Mitchelton-Scott, Bahrain-Merida and Bora-Hansgrohe doing the majority of the work.

Schachmann and Rubio had seen their lead shrink to two minutes with 50km to go but with 15km remaining the gap still hovered at just under a minute. They still had a chance.

The bunch at this point was down to less than 40 riders, and the firepower was lacking when it came to narrowing the gap. The sprinters’ teams rallied in the final 5km and reduced the gap to 28 seconds but when the two leaders made it under the final 1km to go banner the fate of the bunch was sealed.

Rubio looked to lead the sprint out but the canny Schachmann sat back and came through to take the win in the final 75m. The victory marked Schachmann’s first win in the WorldTour.

With one stage to go Valverde leads Egan Bernal (Team Sky) by sixteen seconds. Valverde’s teammate, Nairo Quintana is third, a further ten seconds back.

Results :
1 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 2:34:25
2 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:18
4 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
6 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
7 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
13 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
15 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
18 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
19 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
20 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
21 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
23 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
24 Fabio Duarte (Col) Manzana Postobon
25 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
26 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
27 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
29 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
30 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
32 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
34 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
35 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
36 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
37 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
38 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
39 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
40 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
41 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
42 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
43 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
44 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
45 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
47 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
48 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
49 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
50 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
52 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon
53 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
55 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
57 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
58 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
59 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
60 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
61 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
62 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
63 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
64 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
65 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
66 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
67 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
68 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
69 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
70 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
71 Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
72 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
74 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
75 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
76 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
78 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
79 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
80 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
81 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
82 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
83 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:54
84 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:58
85 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:27
86 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:03:10
87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
88 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
89 Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
90 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH
91 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
92 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH
93 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
94 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
96 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
97 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
98 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
99 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
100 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
101 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
102 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
103 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal
105 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
106 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
107 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
108 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
109 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
110 Igor Merino Kortazar (Spa) Burgos BH
111 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
112 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
113 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
114 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon
115 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
116 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
117 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic
118 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH
119 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
120 Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
121 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
122 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
123 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
124 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
125 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
126 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
127 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
128 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
129 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
130 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
131 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
132 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal
133 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
134 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
135 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
136 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Manzana Postobon
137 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon
138 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon
139 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
140 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
141 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
142 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
143 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
144 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
145 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
146 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:49
147 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:05:07
148 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:05:10
149 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:04
DNF Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 24:56:48
2 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:00:16
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:26
4 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:48
5 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:12
6 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:18
7 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:20
8 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:24
9 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:26
10 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:28
11 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
12 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:30
14 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:31
15 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:32
16 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:36
17 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:42
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:54
19 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:02:05
20 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:02:37
21 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:38
22 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:40
23 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:42
24 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:02:45
25 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:46
26 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon
27 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:08
28 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:40
29 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:04:57
30 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:01
31 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
32 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:05:34
33 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:05:48
34 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:05:57
35 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:12
36 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:28
37 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:06:33
38 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:57
39 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
40 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:04
41 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:07:17
42 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
43 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:07:19
44 Fabio Duarte (Col) Manzana Postobon
45 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors 0:07:29
46 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:07:53
47 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:08:10
48 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:08:22
49 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:48
50 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:37
51 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:51
52 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:10:04
53 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:10:09
54 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:10:17
55 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:29
56 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:41
57 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:49
58 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:11:53
59 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:55
60 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:12:22
61 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:13:38
62 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:07
63 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:47
64 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:14:49
65 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:15:27
66 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:31
67 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:17:23
68 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
69 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:17:41
70 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:18:48
71 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:52
72 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:19:22
73 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:19:31
74 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:19:48
75 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:20:15
76 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:20:48
77 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:21:45
78 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:21:58
79 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:22:13
80 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:22:18
81 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:22:56
82 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:29
83 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:03
84 Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:24:27
85 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:24:50
86 Igor Merino Kortazar (Spa) Burgos BH 0:24:58
87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:25:37
88 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:26:20
89 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:26:26
90 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:27:02
91 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:27:22
92 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:27:25
93 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:27:27
94 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:58
95 Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:27:59
96 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:28:01
97 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH 0:28:04
98 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:06
99 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors 0:28:39
100 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:29:03
101 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:29:28
102 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:29:47
103 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
104 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:19
105 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:30:34
106 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:30:59
107 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data 0:31:04
108 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:31:12
109 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:31:27
110 Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:31:31
111 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:31:37
112 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:32:24
113 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin 0:32:27
114 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:33:04
115 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:33:25
116 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:33:35
117 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:34:40
118 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:35:20
119 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:35:32
120 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH 0:36:01
121 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:36:53
122 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:37:31
123 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
124 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:37:54
125 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:39:35
126 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:40:01
127 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:40:08
128 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:40:39
129 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:40:54
130 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:40:56
131 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon 0:41:25
132 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:42:16
133 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:43:44
134 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:44:22
135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:44:58
136 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:46:58
137 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:49:15
138 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:49:22
139 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:50:04
140 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 0:50:18
141 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:52:01
142 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:52:27
143 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
144 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:54:18
145 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:54:19
146 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:54:41
147 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:55:08
148 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:56:20
149 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:04:04