Vuelta a Espana 2024 stage 6 GC Update | Ben O'Connor new race leader with almost 5 minutes over Roglic; Adam Yates, Brandon McNulty and Matthew Riccitello lose important time

Stage 6 of the Vuelta a España will be a day to remember for Ben O'Connor who took the stage win and the race lead. The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider is the new red jersey with a large gap over Primoz Roglic on a day where a few important riders lost important time.

O'Connor gained over 6:30 minutes on the peloton and is now the red jersey with 4:51 minutes over Roglic. Florian Lipowitz, Cristián Rodríguez and Clément Berthet also benefited from the breakaway to climb to 4th, 6th and 11th respectively.

On the contrary, the hilly day - which also saw a few crashes - saw Adam Yates lose 2:23 minutes on the peloton. American hopes Matthew Riccitello and Brandon McNulty also lost many minutes and could have been taken out of GC contention.

Vuelta a Espana turned on it's head! Ben O'Connor wins stage 6 with solo breakaway attack and takes race lead from Primoz Roglic

1	O'CONNOR Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	23:28:28
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04:51
3	ALMEIDA Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 04:59
4	LIPOWITZ Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 05:18
5	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 05:23
6	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 05:26
7	TIBERI Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 05:29
8	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	+ 05:32
9	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 05:38
10	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 05:49
11	BERTHET Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 05:49
12	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 05:49
13	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 05:51
14	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 05:52
15	KUSS Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 06:05
16	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 06:11
17	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 06:15
18	DEL TORO Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:17
19	BENNETT George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 06:17
20	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 06:21
21	BERRADE Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 06:29
22	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 06:44
23	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 06:48
24	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 06:53
25	TEJADA Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 06:57
26	UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 07:07
27	ROCHAS Rémy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 07:23
28	ARENSMAN Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 07:48
29	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 07:56
30	DE PLUS Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 08:05
31	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 08:19
32	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 08:21
33	DUNBAR Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 08:25
34	BOU Joan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 08:42
35	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 09:04
36	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 09:10
37	MARTINEZ Daniel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 09:27
38	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 09:41
39	WOODS Michael	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 09:46
40	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10:15
41	MARTÍN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 10:22
42	OOMEN Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 10:51
43	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 11:06
44	PACHER Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 11:15
45	LECERF William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 11:31
46	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 13:16
47	TAARAMÄE Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 13:40
48	ROTA Lorenzo	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 14:02
49	KONRAD Patrick	Lidl-Trek	+ 14:07
50	GOOSSENS Kobe	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 14:24
51	MATE Luis Angel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 16:06
52	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 16:37
53	PARRA José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 17:02
54	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 17:48
55	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 18:30
56	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 18:50
57	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 19:37
58	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl-Trek	+ 19:59
59	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 20:05
60	CATTANEO Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 20:20
61	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	+ 20:48
62	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 20:56
63	VACEK Mathias	Lidl-Trek	+ 21:28
64	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 21:35
65	TRÆEN Torstein	Bahrain Victorious	+ 21:55
66	FERNANDEZ Ruben	Cofidis	+ 22:13
67	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 22:24
68	GUGLIELMI Simon	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 23:09
69	PETILLI Simone	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 23:25
70	CANAL Carlos	Movistar Team	+ 23:41
71	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 23:50
72	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Dstny	+ 23:59
73	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 24:15
74	GESINK Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 27:25
75	ZANA Filippo	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 28:15
76	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 29:00
77	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 29:51
78	TEUNS Dylan	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 31:24
79	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 31:28