Vine Wins Stage Six As Traeen Claims Vuelta Lead

Jay Vine powered to triumph successful shape six of nan Vuelta a Espana arsenic Torstein Traeen came 2nd to return nan wide title lead.

Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) led a solo onslaught successful nan last 20km aft breaking distant from a 10-man group which sewage distant early connected nan 170.3km agelong crossed nan Pyrenees from Olot successful Catalonia to Pal successful Andorra.

It was a 3rd individual Vuelta shape triumph for nan 29-year-old Australian.

Norway's Traeen, 30, vanished 54 seconds down Vine but nan Bahrain Victorious rider jumped from 26th to first successful nan wide classification.

Traeen, who was diagnosed pinch testicular crab successful 2022 and announced he was free from nan illness nan pursuing year, holds a 31-second lead complete France's Bruno Armirail successful nan wide rankings.

Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) vanished 3rd successful nan first acme decorativeness of nan race and is besides 3rd successful nan GC standings.

Meanwhile, two-time Tour de France victor Jonas Vingegaard, who began nan time pinch nan reddish jersey, dropped to 5th wide and now trails Traeen by 2mins 33secs.

Great Britain's James Shaw (EF Education-Easy Post) took sixth spot connected Thursday and is 21st overall.

Friday's seventh shape of nan Vuelta is different upland stage, starting astatine Andorra la Vella and finishing astatine Cerler.

1. Jay Vine (Aus/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 4hrs 12mins 36secs

2. Torstein Traeen (Nor/Bahrain Victorious) +54secs

3. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita/XDS-Astana) +1min 10secs

4. Bruno Armirail (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +1min 15secs

5. Pablo Castrillo Zapater (Spa/Movistar) +1min 52secs

6. James Shaw (GB/EF Education-Easy Post) +2mins 5secs

7. Louis Vervaeke (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +2mins 15secs

8. Ramses Debruyne (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +2mins 19secs

9. Archie Ryan (Ire/EF Education-Easy Post) +2mins 42secs

10. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +4mins 19secs

1. Torstein Traeen (Nor/Bahrain Victorious) 20hrs 25mins 46secs

2. Bruno Armirail (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +31secs

3. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita/XDS-Astana) +1min 1sec

4. Louis Vervaeke (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +1min 58secs

5. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma–Lease a Bike) +2mins 33secs

6. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +2mins 41secs

7. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 42secs

8. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) +2mins 49secs

9. Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +2mins 53secs

10. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) aforesaid time