Vuelta España Stage 6: Guijuelo > Caceres, 175kms
Tony Maetin has attacked from the very start of the race - too fast for anyone to follow him..!
The peloton climbs through a small village near Bejar...
Baden Cooke is getting his rear-gear fixed...
Johan Van Summeren is also getting his bike fixed, the mechanics are busy today..!
It looks like a long suicidal effort by Martin, with little purpose at all...
Martin is in fact wearing a one-piece TT skinsuit and is clearly on a test, a few weeks short of defending his world title...
Vuelta España - Stage 6
Christian Meier is doing the chasing now, the peloton has woken up to the fact that Martin is not playing a game..!
Chris Horner and Robert Kiserlovski are surely discussing future stages where Martin won't be a factor...
Martin isn't just time trialling - he's also using his descending technique to full effect, and he has a seven-minute lead...
Yoanne Bagot is more concerned about the bottles he's carrying for his teamates...
Meier is still doing all the work for Orica-Green Edge and the peloton, but someone has to help soon...
Martin has eased up, but he's still free-wheeling at over 60-kilometres-per-hour on the gentle descent...
Toro, toro..! There's a big black bull watching the Vuelta's last hour...
Vuelta España - Stage 6
Simon Clarke's face reveals the effort everyone is making to catch an elusive Martin in the last 20-kilometres...
Incredibly, Martin is about to be caught in the last metres - and by Fabian Cancellera of all people..!
Michael Morkov wins stage six from Richeze and Cancellara - but Tony Martin was the real winner today.!
