Stage 6

The road

How it was won

1. 139 km to go

   A thirty-strong break

   A huge move goes clear on the road to the volcano, with Esteban Chaves marked among them — a handicap start that will shape the day.

2. 25 km to go

   Astana's infernal pace on Etna

   On the black slopes of Etna, Astana set a brutal tempo that cracks Meintjes and Formolo and cuts the peloton to twenty, before Chaves attacks solo on the steepest ramp with 5.5km to go.

3. 32 km to go

   Yates throws caution to the wind

   With 1.5km to go the maglia rosa contenders can only watch as Simon Yates surges away and opens twenty seconds — a first, emphatic show of his brilliant form.

4. 4At the line

   Chaves wins, Yates into pink

   Yates catches Chaves inside the final 600m and sportingly ushers his team-mate across for the win, taking the maglia rosa himself.

The result