ROME, March 11, 2013 – Slovakia’s Peter Sagan won the sixth stage of
the Tirreno-Adriatico over 209km around Porto Sant’Elpidio on Monday as
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead.
In wet conditions, Sagan of the Cannondale team sprinted away in the final
300 metres to beat Nibali, with Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez in third.
Despite finishing second on the day, Nibali, of Astana, seizes the overall
leader’s blue jersey from Britain’s Chris Froome, who had a disappointing day
and drops to second in the general classification, 34 seconds back.
Stage
1. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN 5hr 45min 17sec, 2. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) at
2sec, 3. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) same time, 4. Mauro Santambrogio
(ITA/VIN) 44, 5. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) s.t., 6. Chris Horner (USA/RSH)
s.t., 7. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) s.t., 8. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 50, 9.
Thor Hushovd (NOR/BMC) s.t., 10. Simon Geschke (GER/ARG) s.t.
Overall standings
1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 27 hr 57min 26sec, 2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY)
at 34sec, 3. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 37, 4. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 48,
5. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 58, 6. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 1:05, 7. Mauro
Santambrogio (ITA/FAR) 1:20, 8. Pryzemyslaw Niemiec (POL/LAM) 2:54, 9. Andrey
Amador (CRC/MOV) 2:58, 10. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 3:08