Le Tour 2021 – Stage 6

Tours > Châteauroux

Distance: 160.6 kilometers.

A Flat stage with a single Cat 4 climb.

• Côte de Saint-Aignan 72.6 km (cat 4: 2.1km @ 2.9%)

The intermediate sprint is at 104.3 km at Luçay-le-Mâle.

Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101) [Yellow] 20 hours 09 minutes 17 seconds
Mark Cavendish (DQT – 055) [Green] 148 Points
Ide Schelling (BOH – 078) [Polka Dot] 5 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [White] 2

Stage winner: Mark Cavendish (DQT – 055)
Combative: Greg Van Avermaet (ACT – 128 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Jumbo – Visma ( TJV – 011-018 ) [Yellow numbers]

This was Mark Cavendish’s 32nd stage win on the Tour, only 2 short of the legendary Eddy Merckx’s record and Cav’s third win in Châteauroux. This is also the second stage without withdrawals.

Top 30 below the fold

1 Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101)
2 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) + 00h 00′ 08″
3 Wout Van Aert (TJV – 012) + 00h 00′ 30″
4 Julian Alaphilippe (DQT – 051) + 00h 00′ 48″
5 Alexey Lutsenko (APT – 188) + 00h 01′ 21″
6 Pierre Latour (TEN – 201) + 00h 01′ 28″
7 Rigoberto Uran (EFN – 111) + 00h 01′ 29″
8 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018) + 00h 01′ 43″
9 Richard Carapaz (IGD – 022) + 00h 01′ 44″
10 Primož Roglič (TJV – 011) + 00h 01′ 48″
11 Kasper Asgreen (DQT – 052) + 00h 01′ 49″
12 Geraint Thomas (IGD – 021) + 00h 01′ 54″
13 Wilco Kelderman (BOH – 073) + 00h 01′ 56″
14 Enric Mas (MOV – 065) + 00h 01′ 58″
15 Bauke Mollema (TFS – 044) + 00h 02′ 08″
16 Jakob Fuglsang (APT – 181) + 00h 02′ 16″
17 David Gaudu (GFC – 081) + 00h 02′ 35″
18 Nairo Quintana (ARK – 136) + 00h 02′ 45″
19 Vincenzo Nibali (TFS – 041) + 00h 02′ 55″
20 Sergio Andres Higuita (EFN – 114) + 00h 03′ 06″
21 Peio Bilbao (TBV – 162) + 00h 03′ 24″
22 Jhoan Esteban Chaves (BEX – 172) + 00h 03′ 24″
23 Søren Kragh Andersen (DSM – 141) + 00h 03′ 38″
24 Sergio Luis Henao (TQA – 191) + 00h 03′ 55″
25 Richie Porte (IGD – 026) + 00h 03′ 58″
26 Lucas Hamilton (BEX – 174) + 00h 03′ 59″
27 Sonny Colbrelli (TBV – 163) + 00h 04′ 23″
28 Toms Skujins (TFS – 046) + 00h 04′ 29″
29 Emanuel Buchmann (BOH – 072) + 00h 04′ 31″
30 Steven Kruijswijk (TJV – 014) + 00h 04′ 39″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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