Daniel Martins (TeamUAE Emirates) wins stage 6 tour d France.

Daniel Martin (UAE Team Emirates) attack's to win stage 6 victory atop Mur de Bretagne, Tour d France.

It has been three years after AG2R La Mondiale denied Dan Martins a stage atop the Mur de Bretagne, the Irishman had his revenge, holding off a late challenge from Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) to secure stage 6 of the Tour d France.

Behind Martin, the battle for the yellow jersey burst into life ahead of the final of two accents up the Mur de Bretagne with Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) suffering mechanicals. The Frenchman lost 31 seconds to his rivals, with the Giro d'Italia runner-up fairing even worse and dropping a further twenty seconds.

Stage 6 General classification

1, Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) BMC Racing Team 22:35:46,
2, Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 00:00:03,
3,Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:00:05,
4, Julian Alaphilippe (France) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:06,
5, Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:12,
6, Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:18,
7, Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 00:00:45,
8, Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team 00:00:51,
9, Rafal Majka (Poland) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:00:52,
10, Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana Pro Team 00:00:53