Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) was happy to cede the red jersey to the breakaway on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España, allowing a 10-man group to build a large gap on the road to Pal, with Torstein Træen (Bahrain-Victorious) taking over the lead by 2:33.
Visma made their intentions clear throughout the 170km, and with just 35km to go and approaching the Andorran border, the gap for the 10 in front had ballooned out to more than six minutes.
Træen and Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) always looked the most likely for red, having started the day 58 seconds and 1:02 behind, but despite Visma’s respect for the pair, they were unfazed by their new deficit at the finish.
Jorgenson and Sepp Kuss were made to work hard in the chase as Vingegaard marked subsequent moves on his own, but the Dane was more than up to the challenge, and by the time the line arrived, he’d successfully covered Ciccone and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), and the group of favourites arrived together.
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