Vuelta a España: Stage 6

As expected the big climb near the end dropped the sprint favorites like Farrar and Cavendish, but not big man Thor Hushovd. He powered through over the climb to take the win. No change in the overalls, and tomorrow looks to be a classic sprint stage.

General classification after stage 6

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	22:36:26
2	Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:00:10
3	Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
4	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	0:00:12
5	Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia	0:00:16
6	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia	0:00:29
7	Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team	0:00:49
8	Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank	0:00:50
9	Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne	0:00:54
10	Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia	0:00:55