Giro 2020: Commanding sprint win Démare, Almeida still in pink

The 6th stage of the Giro is a lumpy race with an uphill sprint finish in Matera. Arnaud Démare outpowers Michael Matthews and Fabio Felline, while João Almeida retains the pink jersey (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 6th stage Giro d’Italia 2020

1. Arnaud Démare (fra)
2. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
3. Fabio Felline (ita) s.t.
4. Sebastián Molano (col) s.t.
5. Davide Cimolai (ita) s.t.
6. Andrea Vendrame (ita) s.t.
7. Mikkel Honoré (den) s.t.
8. Peter Sagan (svk) s.t.
9. Enrico Battaglin (ita) s.t.
10. Jhonatan Narváez (ecu) s.t.

GC after stage 6
1. João Almeida (por)
2. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.43
3. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 0.48
4. Harm Vanhoucke (bel) + 0.59
5. Vincenzo Nibali (ita) + 1.01
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ita) + 1.05
7. Jakob Fuglsang (den) + 1.19
8. Steven Kruijswijk (nld) + 1.21
9. Patrick Konrad (aut) + 1.26
10. Rafal Majka (pol) + 1.32

21. Simon Yates (gbr) + 3.52

Race report
Bais, Zana, Whelan and Frapporti attack from the gun to open up a gap of more than 9 minutes.

Whelan goes solo on the Millota-climb. The Austrlian reaches the summit alone before he is reeled in by the peloton inside the last 14 kilometres.

Although the last kilometres feature a steep kick up the race comes down to a sprint finish. Démare powers to a commanding victory, bike lengths ahead of Matthews and Felline.

Almeida says in the overall lead.

Another interesting read: route 6th stage 2020 Giro d’Italia.