La Vuelta 2025 Stage 6 LIVE - Jonas Vingegaard with a slender lead in red over the UAE Emirates trident as the Vuelta reaches the high mountains

A new Rojo, and 750m more climbing than even today. It's going to be tough. For everyone.

My only feat is that it turns out to be one of those Vuelta stages that's too hard and ends up neutralizing the race. We'll find out tomorrow, when I'll be right here.

1. Torsten Traeen 20'25'46"
2. Bruno Armirail +31"
3. Lorenzo Fortunato +1'01"
4. Louise Vervaeke +1'58"
5. Jonas Vingegaard +2'33
....

43. Juan Ayuso +10'13

By a single point from Louis Vervaeke, who didn't pick up any points on the final climb.

What an accomplishment for the 30 year-old Norwegian, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer a few years ago.

He sounded confident yesterday, and with Ayuso some minutes down, there can be no argument.

Ten of them left, I'll tell you who shortly. They're about to cross the line but I don't think they'll be any gaps.

And he looks to continue on with another attack. Tom Pidcock might be in trouble, as they now have 1km to ride.

In 58 seconds we'll know if he's the new race leader. (He will be.)

It's number three for him, this one at home, and two in a row for UAE Emirates. That might have to count as a consolation prize, though. They could be struggling when the Andorran dust settles.

As Vine goes under the kite, why shouldn't Vingo look to put time into UAE, whose GC challenge(s) look to be wobbling.

Vingegaard follows. Buitrago looks to keep Tiberi in it, while Sepp Kuss sits behind marking.

The stage win isn't happening but the red jersey looks like it is. He has 20 seconds over Armirail and more than four minutes on the bunch. Back down the road Ben Tulett is riding very well for Jonas Vingegaard.

Giulio Ciccone must be feeling strong. Carlos Verona has ridden strongly and hands over to Bagioli. Everyone else, UAE most visibly, line up behind Ciccone.

And officially he's fallen off, even as the peloton aren't on the charge and is still more or less complete. This is a big shock, unless he can get back.

It is coming down to Træen now, who has displaced Castrillo from second spot and can surely now roll the dice. The red jersey looks to be his so why not go for the stage as well?

He's certainly giving it a go. Torstein Træen looks to have won the battle of the red jersey, as Armirail is struggling to match his pace - for now.

Which looks to be it for De Bruyne, Garofili, and Ryan. They've at least stemmed their losses to Vine, but they need to pull back real time. The steepest section of this climb is nearer the top, though.

Fortunato follows, and Traen hitches a lift too. Archie Ryan looks to come across, with his team-mate James Shaw there as well. It wasn't working and it's the right call to form a smaller, more motivated group, but it's no good if they all get across and restore the status quo.

He's closing in on a minute, and the riders behind are just wasting time. Maybe none of them have the legs, but if they don't buy a ticket... Obviously a couple of them has more interest in a red jersey, which means just riding steady.