Jakob Fuglsang, far right, takes stage victor from Chris Froome and Richie Porte at the end of stage 6 at Criterium du Dauphiné.
Dan Martin in mix, Criterium Dauphiné blows
Dan Martin came to the fore at the Criterium du Dauphiné on today’s stage 6 as the race blew to pieces.
The Irishman finished in 6th place and in the second group on the road. That ride sees the QuickStep man jumped into 7th place.
He is 2:14 down on new stage leader Richie Porte. And with two summit finishes to come tomorrow and Sunday Dan Martin may well nudge higher in the standings.
Today the riders faced the Mont du Chat; a savage climb followed a 15km descent into the finish at Villars-les-Dombes after 145.5km.
Martin would be distanced on the climb by the top men on the day.
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Astana duo Jakob Fuglsang and Fabio Aru surged ahead on the ascent and they were chased by Froome and Porte.
Martin was the next man on the road for a long time. However, when the four up front formed a group doing down the descent, Dan Martin could not get across and was absorbed by the chasing group.
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Fuglsang would take the sprint to win from Port and Froome.
Some 50 seconds later Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) would lead home the small chase group for 5th with Dan Martin just behind in 6th.
Tomorrow’s stage is summit finish on Alpe d’Huez. There is another summit finish on Sunday’s savage 115km stage to Plateau de Solaison.
Porte took the yellow jersey from Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal), who had held it since his solo win on stage 1.
The new race leader would get invaluable help from team mate Nicolas Roche. And when he had his job done he rode into the finish in 39th place and 6:31 down.
Stage 6: Parc des Oiseaux - La Motte-Servolex
1 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 3:41:48
2 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
4 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:50
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:06
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
10 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:14
11 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:32
12 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal
13 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:17
14 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
39 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:06:31
General Classification
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 20:52:34
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:39
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:15
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:20
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:24
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:47
7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:14
8 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:30
9 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:49
10 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 0:03:16
11 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:20
12 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:03:26
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:31
14 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:03:35
15 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:46
29 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:07:41
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