Stage 6

The road

How it was won

1. 143 km to go

   Fraile hunts the mountains points

   Omar Fraile attacks the climb with verve and pushes his lead past three minutes, chasing both the polka dots and a stage — with Zeits, Bakelants, Didier, Losada and Frank lying in wait behind him.

2. 230 km to go

   Movistar take responsibility

   With 30km to go and Mathias Frank clear of the field, Movistar and José Joaquín Rojas set a furious pace off the narrow descent and the day starts to close in on the escapees.

3. 310 km to go

   Yates goes with Moreno

   Frank's gap is down to seconds when Dani Moreno attacks — and brings Simon Yates with him. The Briton catches and drops Moreno, then Frank, and simply keeps going.

4. 4At the line

   Yates' first Grand Tour stage

   Simon Yates solos into Luintra 22 seconds clear of Luis León Sánchez, a first Grand Tour win for the 24-year-old months after a terbutaline ban his team's paperwork caused.

The result