2018 Criterium du Dauphine

Pello Bilbao (Astana) won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné to La Rosiere after the intense 110km of racing across four major cols revealed the real overall contenders for this year’s race.

Geraint Thomas and his Team Sky teammates carefully defended his race lead, with the Welshman producing a late attack to gain a few extra seconds on his overall rivals before Sunday's final stage.

Thomas finished 21 seconds down on Bilbao, with Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) third at 23 seconds. Thomas now leads Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) by 1:29, with Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) third at 2:01.

Criterium du Dauphine stage 6 - Brief Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team	3:34:11
2	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	0:00:21
3	Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:23
4	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5	Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	0:00:26
6	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:02
7	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:01:20
8	Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:40
9	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky	0:01:45
10	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates

General classification after stage 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	20:51:19
2	Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	0:01:29
3	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:01
4	Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates	0:02:30
5	Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:02:39
6	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:10
7	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:03:29
8	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	0:03:40
9	Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:49
10	Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:04:00