GC Update Vuelta a Espana 2025 Stage 6 - Jonas Vingegaard loses Red Jersey again as breakaway shake up the standings
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The general classification at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana has been shaken up once more on stage 6 as a strong breakaway prevailed on the first mountain top finish of the Grand Tour to take not only the stage win, but also the Red Jersey.
Jay Vine was the winner of the day, but arguably the biggest winner was Bahrain - Victorious' Norwegian talent Torstein Traeen. The 30-year-old finished 2nd on the day, but through his breakaway escapades, he rises 25 places in the GC standings to unseat Jonas Vingegaard from the very top and take a relatively firm grip on the Red Jersey.
Traeen now leads the Vuelta by 31 seconds from former Giro d'Italia leader Bruno Armirail, with Lorenzo Fortunato and Louis Vervaeke - both also from the day's breakaway - in 3rd and 4th at 1:01 and 1:58 respectively. Vingegaard then rounds out the top-5, still best placed of the 'genuine' Red Jersey challengers, but now 2:33 down on the race lead.
Joao Almeida (+2:41) looked in trouble for a moment on the final climb, but recovered well to cross alongside Vingegaard and co, with Giulio Ciccone (+2:42), Matteo Jorgenson (+2:49), Jai Hindley (+2:53) and Giulio Pellizzari (+2:53) closing out the top-10 of the GC standings.
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GC Update Vuelta a Espana 2025 Stage 6
| 1 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | 20:25:46 |
| 2 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 31 |
| 3 | Fortunato Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | + 01:01 |
| 4 | Vervaeke Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:58 |
| 5 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 02:33 |
| 6 | Almeida João | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 02:41 |
| 7 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 02:42 |
| 8 | Jorgenson Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 02:49 |
| 9 | Hindley Jai | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:53 |
| 10 | Pellizzari Giulio | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:53 |
| 11 | Bernal Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:55 |
| 12 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:58 |
| 13 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 03:03 |
| 14 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 03:09 |
| 15 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | + 03:17 |
| 16 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 03:20 |
| 17 | Cepeda Jefferson | Movistar Team | + 03:26 |
| 18 | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain Victorious | + 03:31 |
| 19 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | + 03:34 |
| 20 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:38 |
| 21 | Shaw James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:49 |
| 22 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 03:53 |
| 23 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 03:57 |
| 24 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:15 |
| 25 | López Martin | XDS Astana Team | + 04:44 |
| 26 | Beloki Markel | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:53 |
| 27 | García Raúl | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 04:57 |
| 28 | Ryan Archie | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:59 |
| 29 | Meintjes Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 05:21 |
| 30 | Romo Javier | Movistar Team | + 05:21 |
| 31 | Chumil Sergio | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 05:22 |
| 32 | Balderstone Abel | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 05:49 |
| 33 | Harper Chris | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 05:56 |
| 34 | Frigo Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 06:10 |
| 35 | Samitier Sergio | Cofidis | + 06:30 |
| 36 | Garofoli Gianmarco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 06:38 |
| 37 | Tulett Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 06:59 |
| 38 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 08:59 |
| 39 | Poels Wout | XDS Astana Team | + 09:18 |
| 40 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 09:39 |
| 41 | Rolland Brieuc | Groupama-FDJ | + 09:49 |
| 42 | Langellotti Victor | INEOS Grenadiers | + 10:09 |
| 43 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 10:13 |
| 44 | Schachmann Max | Soudal Quick-Step | + 10:34 |
| 45 | Scotson Callum | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 10:38 |
| 46 | Molard Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 10:46 |
| 47 | Guardeño Jaume | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 11:10 |
| 48 | Higuita Sergio | XDS Astana Team | + 11:21 |
| 49 | Bisiaux Léo | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 11:57 |
| 50 | Hirt Jan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 12:30 |
| 51 | Howson Damien | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 12:44 |
| 52 | Bagioli Andrea | Lidl-Trek | + 12:54 |
| 53 | Silva Thomas | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 13:01 |
| 54 | Braz Afonso Clément | Groupama-FDJ | + 13:01 |
| 55 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | + 13:12 |
| 56 | De Pestel Sander | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 13:18 |
| 57 | Rivera Brandon | INEOS Grenadiers | + 13:44 |
| 58 | Vansevenant Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 14:04 |
| 59 | Peters Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 14:58 |
| 60 | Faura José Luis | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 15:00 |
| 61 | Zwiehoff Ben | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 15:46 |
| 62 | Pickering Finlay | Bahrain Victorious | + 16:03 |
| 63 | Bernard Julien | Lidl-Trek | + 16:09 |
| 64 | Sheffield Magnus | INEOS Grenadiers | + 16:21 |
| 65 | Staune-Mittet Johannes | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 17:35 |
| 66 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 18:43 |
| 67 | Kelderman Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 19:15 |
| 68 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 19:25 |
| 69 | Ermakov Roman | Bahrain Victorious | + 20:23 |
| 70 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 21:24 |
| 71 | Großschartner Felix | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 21:44 |
| 72 | Verona Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 26:58 |
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