Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 6 GC Update: Tadej Pogacar maintains strong overall lead as Juan Pedro Lopez survives late crash with top-10 intact

One of the most anticipated days heading into the 2024 Giro d'Italia, stage 6's visit to the gravel roads of Tuscany threw up plenty of drama, as Movistar Team's Pelayo Sanchez secured the stage win from the breakaway.

In the peloton behind however, despite a few scares the GC guys managed to escape relatively unscathed. Tadej Pogacar is still the leader, with the same advantage over all his rivals in the Top 10: Geraint Thomas, Daniel Martinez, Cian Uijtdebroeks, Einer Rubio, Lorenzo Fortunato, Juan Pedro Lopez, Jan Hirt, Alexey Lutsenko and Esteban Chaves.

Perhaps the most striking incident in terms of the fight for the overall on stage 6, happened when Juan Pedro Lopez went to the ground in a late crash. Thankfully for the Spaniard, he managed to recover from it and finish the day safely in the group of GC favourites.

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
2. Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers): +0:46
3. Daniel Martinez (BORA - hansgrohe): +0:47
4. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma - Lease a Bike): +0:55
5. Einer Rubio (Movistar Team): +0:56
6. Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan Team): +1:07
7. Juanpe López (Lidl-Trek): +1:11
8. Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step): +1:13
9. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team): +1:26
10. Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost): +1:26