Vuelta a España: Which GC riders lost time on stage 6 uphill finish

Team Jumbos Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leaders red jersey after the 6th stage of the 2021 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain a 1583 km race from Requena to Cullera on August 19 2021 Photo by JOSE JORDAN AFP Photo by JOSE JORDANAFP via Getty Images
Primož Roglič once again put his rivals on the back foot (Image credit: JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Another dramatic day on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España saw the race lead change once again as Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) cracked on the final uphill test, while Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) held off a late charge from Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) to win the stage. 

Roglič finished on the same time as Cort and created a neat gap on his main rivals in the general classification, with Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-PremierTech) and Enric Mas (Movistar) finishing four seconds back and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) a further four seconds in arrears. 

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General classification after stage 6
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 21:04:49
2Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:25
3Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:36
4Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:41
5Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
6Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:53
7Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:58
8Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:04
9Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:12
10Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:01:17
11Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers0:01:22
15Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe00:02:09
17David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates0:02:14
18Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers0:02:18
19Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert0:02:19
33Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo0:04:28
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