La Vuelta 2022 – How to watch Stage 6 on Thursday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

The Jumbo-Visma stranglehold at La Vuelta is… over! Sadly, it was not quite as dramatic as it sounds. After Jumbo sports director Addy Engels announced before Stage 5 that the team planned to hand over the red jersey, well, they did exactly that. That allowed Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) to take over at the head of the race, although he will have to survive the race’s first summit finish to cling onto it for a second day on Thursday and keep his hopes alive of surpassing his four days in red at the 2018 Vuelta.

Ad So what's in store on Stage 6? Vuelta a EspañaSoler powers to Stage 5 win to end Spanish drought, Molard takes red17 HOURS AGO The first summit finish and the first major climbs should shuffle the pack and coax out the genuine GC contenders, although it could well be a breakaway that goes the distance and battles for the win on the Pico Jano – a largely benign 12.6km pass being used for the first time in Vuelta history. «This is a great chance if you’re feeling good to go into that and do as much as you can, get as much time as you can. I think we’ll probably see a very aggressive final climb,» said a very excited Adam Blythe on The Breakaway.

Before that, the shorter but harder Collada de Brenes with its two 15% ramps and less forgiving average gradient of 8.2% should prove a sterner test. Keen to find out a little bit about each of the 21 stages, including the route profiles? Why, step right over here. Desperate to know the key dates and stages in the battle for the red jersey — i.e.

where La Vuelta 2022 will be won and lost? We've got you covered here. Only interested in the big names descending on Spain? Here's our rundown of the GC contenders. Or are you simply hoping to see a full startlist, complete with a