The Colombian and Sagan’s sprint battle heads to Milano-Sanremo. Quintana retains the Maglia Azzurra. The final ITT is tomorrow.
Civitanova Marche, 13 March 2017 – Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) outsprinted Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) to claim victory in stage 6 of the 2017 Tirreno-Adriatico at Civitanova Marche. It was his first stage win after he missed out on stage 3 due to being involved in a crash. It was a narrow margin following a race finale marred by several attacks in true classics style. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) remains in the overall lead ahead of the closing individual time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto.
Tomorrow, last stage of the race, the 10km Individual Time Trial at San Benedetto del Tronto. The first rider, Matteo Pelucchi (Bora-Hansgrohe), will start at 13.05. The last rider, the Maglia Azzurra Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), will start at 15.58.
VELON DATA
Data collected by Velon’s devices on the riders’ bikes tell the detailed story of the stage: Data and an explanation guide can be downloaded here.
Stage 6 Results
Stage 6 Photo Gallery
Stage 7 – ITT Start Order
STAGE RESULT
1 – Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) 168km in 4’09’31”, average speed 40.398kph
2 – Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) s.t.
3 – Jasper Stuyven (Trek – Segafredo) s.t.