Six-second time bonus turns Ciccone's Tour de France yellow

For a few moments after the finish at the top of La Planche des Belles Filles on stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday, Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) thought he had finished second on the stage and was also second in the overall classification, still a few seconds behind Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Then his day and his life got turned upside down in an instant, when it was confirmed he had taken the race leader's yellow jersey by six seconds thanks to the six-second time bonus he secured for second place on the stage.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.