The Slovenian from Bora-Hansgrohe trailed the Abruzzo from Lidl-Trek by three seconds to take the lead in the rankings
Just until a few hours ago Primoz Roglic he wanted to leave the Dauphiné Tour after the bad fall that led to his retirement Juan Ayuso. The Slovenian, however, got back on the saddle and immediately found the best pedaling times, winning the sixth stage with arrival in Le Collet d’Allevard. The standard bearer of Bora Hansgrohe he was just three seconds behind a wild man Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) going to get the yellow jersey.
After the slide that knocked the Iberian out of actionUAE Team Emirates as well as Dutch Steven Kruijswijk (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)animating the first part of the stage are animating the breakaway race Magnus Cort Nielsen (Uno-X Mobility), Romain Gregoire (Groupama – FDJ), Thibault Guernalec (Arkéa – B&B Hotels), Arjen Livyns (Lotto Dstny), Mason Hollyman (Israel – Premier Tech) And Alessandro Fancellu (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) which can take a maximum of five minutes.
There Soudal-Quick Step However, he leaves no room due to Gregorie’s position in the standings and thanks to a crash involving Hollyman and Guernalec forty kilometers from the finish line. On the final climb is theIneos-Grenadiers who gives further gas chasing Gregorie, who in the meantime remained alone in the lead, but was caught again when they reached the lead Laurence De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers) e Alexander Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), able to take up little space before suffering the counterattack of Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech).
In the last kilometers the pace of the Bora duo made up of Roglic and Vlasov was followed only by Ciccone, the only one to remain close to the best with the Russian giving way in the last metres. At that point the Slovenian sprinted ahead of the Abruzzo rider, leaving the Russian eleven seconds behind and Gee thirteen behind.
Whoever comes away is the yellow jersey Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) who pays forty-two seconds and is forced to give up the top of the standings to Roglic who now leads with nineteen seconds on the Belgian and fifty-eight on the American Matthew Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike).
