Giro d'Italia Stage 6: Ponte > Roccaraso, 157kms

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Alexandre Kolobnev leads the first escape up the first climb to Bocca di Selva

gazprom

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Fabian Cancellara guards the head of the peloton with Filippo Pozzato...

trek

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

The sun is barely out in force, but Marcel Kittel is already applying his sun-protection...

etixxcream

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

The peloton reaches the hillside town of Cerrito Sannita...

scenerygiro

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Giant-Alpecin is chasing at five-minutes, led by China's Cheng Ji...

alpecinji cheng

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

The peloton climbs upwards, only too aware this is first mountain stage of the race...

scenery

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

The Giant-led peloton approaches the summit of the Bocca di Selva at 1,400-metres...

scenerygiro

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

A sudden storm drops freezing-cold rain on the peloton as it descends from the Bocca di Selva...

rain

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Pim Ligthardt and Tim Wellens are getting across to the escape with Laurent Didier...

lotto

Giro d'Italia.jpg

Didier now leads a five-man escape towards the final climbs - and they have a nine-minute gap!

lotto

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Giant-Alpecin is chasing, but not too hard...

alpecin

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Sam Bewley now leads a Green Edge offensive with 45-kilometres to go...

oge

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Francesco Bongiorno has managed to crash on a wide climbing highway...

bardianicrash

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Sonny Colbrelli crashes minutes later with a Tinkoff rider...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Tim Wellens has taken off alone as the hills begin - and he is six-minutes ahead..!

lotto

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Astana now takes control of the peloton with 15-kilometres to go...

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Jacob Fuglsang jumps away from the peloton to provoke a reaction...

astana

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Tom Dumoulin shows he's not scared of Astana's tactics and rides ahead of Nibali, Scaroni and Capecchi...

alpecinmaglia

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Wellens is staying minutes ahead on the final climb - a stage-win is a virtual certainty for him now..!

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Fuglsang has company in Siutsou with six-kilometres to go, but they won't catch Wellens...

astana

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Javier Moreno starts to ratch up the pace, splitting the favourites group in the process...

movistar

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Vincenzo Nibali suddenly attacks - but he looks strained with the effort...

astana

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Tom Dumoulin has suddenly gone ahead of Nibali and pulls away with Pozzovivo and Zakarin...

alpecinmaglia

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Zakarin and Siutsou have almost caught Fuglsang in the last 500-metres...

katusha

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Tom Dumoulin looks winded, but he's taken more time out of his rivals today...

alpecinmaglia

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Rafal Majka attacks from the chasers, he too will gain some time..!

tinkoff

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Rigoberto Uran makes a move with Jungles and Chaves - he too gains time..!

cannondale

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Mikel Landa and Nibali are suffering as some of their rivals try to get away...

sky

Giro d'Italia - Stage 6

Tim Wellens celebrates another great win for the Lotto team..!

lotto