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Stage 6: Caravaca de Cruz → Murcia
Date: Thursday, September 2
Distance: 151 km

Stage 6 start time: Thursday 13:54 CEST (11:54:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Caravaca de Cruz
Earliest live video: 16:00 CEST (2:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live video, audio and text options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Murcia


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Stage 6 preview: Caravaca de Cruz → Murcia, 151 km (mostly flat)


This year's stage 6 has a finish similar to last year's Stage 10. The short, steep cat 2 climb cresting 17km from the finish should once again produce a bunch sprint in Murcia won last year by Simon Gerrans.

August 29 post: This stage starts and finishes in two cities, Caravaca de la Cruz and Murcia, used in the last Vuelta a Murcia and last year's Vuelta a Espana. Murcia is the seventh largest city in Spain and is a frequent Vuelta a Espana host.

Stage 6 starts out easy, but the one categorized climb on this day, a cat 2, is close to the finish. The official race info is a little confusing as the timetable indicates the cat 2 climb crests 17 km from the finish, but the race write-up says it's 10 km from the top to the finish. It's also shorter and steeper than advertised.

In any case, the finish to this stage with the cat 2 climb was featured at the end of last year's stage 10 finish in Murcia and we know Sky's Simon Gerrans, riding for Cervelo last year, won a four man bunch sprint on that day.

The Murcia region is where last year's Vuelta winner, Alejandro Valverde, hails from. And despite currently serving a delayed 2-year doping suspension for getting caught up in the 2006 Operación Puerto scandal, there is suppose to be some sort of (informal) celebration. — Steve

Stage 6 climbs
Km 131 - Alto de la Cresta del Gallo - 5.1 km at 6.2% (7 km at 4.36% according to the official info) - Category 2
9 Big Photos from the same 2009 Stage 10 Gallo descent and Murcia finishsirotti


Ryder Hesjedal leading Simon Gerrans, Alexandre Vinokourov and Jakob Fuglsang down the cat 2 Alto de la Cresta del Gallo descent before the flat finish in Murcia, similar to the finish this year. Of these four, only Simon Gerrans is back.

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