Stage six of the WorldTour race Volta a Catalunya finished with a bunch sprint with Tour de France stage winner Simon Gerrans narrowly missed out on a podium spot finishing the day in fourth place.
Colombian climber Esteban Chaves spent 130kilometres of the 197kilometre stage in the breakaway, alongside ten others who were all eventually caught in the closing metres. Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) took the stage honours into Vilanove i la Geltru.
Sport director Neil Stephens said the day unfortunately didn't quite work out for ORICA-GreenEDGE.
"We got a bit split at the start and Gerrans had to do a bit of work early on," Stephens said. "We decided we would sprint for Daryl Impey today, but as it turned out we probably didn't execute the finish as well as we could have."
| Place | Rider/Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davide Cimolai (ITA) - Lampre - Merida | 4:35:13 |
| 2 | Nikias Arndt (GER) - Team Giant-Alpecin | ST |
| 3 | Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL) - Lotto Soudal | ST |
| 4 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 5 | Daryl Impey (RSA) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 6 | Petr Vakoc (CZE) - Etixx - Quick-Step | ST |
| 7 | Aleksei Tsatevich (RUS) - Team Katusha | ST |
| 8 | Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) - IAM Cycling | ST |
| 9 | Bertjan Lindeman (NED) - Team LottoNl-Jumbo | ST |
| 10 | Lorenzo Manzin (FRA) - FDJ | ST |
| Place | Mitchelton-SCOTT Riders | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 5 | Daryl Impey (RSA) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 37 | Damien Howson (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 84 | Jack Haig (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | ST |
| 113 | Amets Txurruka (SPA) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:01:54 |
| 117 | Ruben Plaza (SPA) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:01:54 |
| 127 | Esteban Chaves (COL) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:02:41 |
