Colombian Esteban Chaves won stage six of the Giro d’Italia on the top of Mount Etna in Sicily today.
A group of cyclists in action during stage four of the Giro d’Italia that finished in Caltagirone. Photo: Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse
The Mitchelton-Scott rider completed the 169km route, which started in Caltanissetta, in a time of 4:16:10 and was followed home by teammate Simon Yates and Groupama-FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot a few seconds later.
Yates took over the maglia rosa from BMC Racing Team’s Rohan Dennis, who is now sixth overall. Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin is second on the general classification, with Chaves in third.
Read how the race unfolded here.
The results were as follows.
Stage six
1. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 4:16:10
2. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +0:00:26
4. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
6. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
7. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
8. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
9. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
10. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
*Selected
40. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
51. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +0:00:40
65. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +0:01:51
157. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:10:04
General classification
1. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 22:46:03
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:00:16
3. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott +0:00:26
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:00:43
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +0:00:45
6. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +0:00:53
7. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +0:01:03
8. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +0:01:10
9. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo +0:01:11
10. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates +0:01:12
*Selected
29. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data +0:01:15
48. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +0:03:41
67. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +0:06:42
150. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:20:16
