As it happened: Race leader takes stage victory and extends his lead on stage 6 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026

Two second places for Del Toro across this race but held the leaders jersey but he now has the stage win to go with it.

A rapid finishing Tobias Johannessen pips Jorgenson to second with Pellizzari only managing fourth in the end.

Isaac Del Toro wins stage 6 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026

200 metres to go

Del Toro looks so smooth and will surely take this stage win after a last ditch move by Jorgenson moments ago.

500 metres to go

Pellizzari drops Healy but Del Toro and Jorgenson are winching the local man back.

Anders Johannessen working for his brother, Tobias. They clearly want the stage and are closing in on Pellizzari who, in turn, is closing in on Healy.

2km to go with Healy still leading with Del Toro leading the chase.

Healy still pushing out front.

Bilbao and Van Aert caught by the Primož Roglič led peloton.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe move to the front with Hindley.

3km to go and the final climb begins with Van Aert holding 10 seconds on the chasers.

Christen dropped after giving his all for Del Toro.

Del Toro moves up to second wheel just behind Christen with a Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe trio of Jai Hindley, Giulio Pellizzari and Primož Roglič then the Visma-Lease a Bike guys and the rest.

Finally, Gregor Mühlberger and Clement Braz Afonso are caught with 7km to go.

Christen makes it back to the front with a very impressive ride for his teammate, Del Toro.

Here is the Camerino climb. They have climbed it twice already but they have one more ascent of it to the finish at the top in the town.

The duo out front have extended their gap again to 15 seconds.

21 riders in the main group with Mühlberger and Braz Afonso still holding on!

Tim Rex is done and Van Aert takes over the sole job of working for Jorgenson.

About 25 riders left in this peloton.

Breakaway caught by the Van Aert led peloton.

Pellizzari looks to be struggling to close the wheel to Primož Roglič but is still there for the moment.

Visma-Lease a Bike hit the front with Tim Rex and Wout Van Aert to set up Matteo Jorgenson.

With that last ascent of the Camerino climb, it is confirmed that Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) has won the KOM classification with a max of just five points available tomorrow. The Spanish rider just needs to finish the race within the time limit.

Just 30 seconds for Braz Afonso and Mühlberger after a superb effort.

One lap to go as Braz Afonso leads Mühlberger across the finish line. Will they be ahead the next time around? Very very unlikely as the UAE Team Emirates-XRG led peloton are just 38 seconds behind them.

Alessandro Pinarello (NSN) is having a superb week and the 22-year-old is sat on Christen’s wheel in the peloton, just ahead of Del Toro and the rest.

The peloton being destroyed yet again on the Camerino climb as the riders tackle it for the second time. Christen takes over the pacing yet again.

Vermaerke leads the peloton ahead of riders from Bahrain Victorious, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Visma-Lease a Bike.

The peloton are about to catch the Carapaz group thanks to Vermaerke.

Carapaz needs the road to start going up again as he is losing time on the leaders and is slowly being caught by the Christen led peloton.

Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is working on the front of the peloton and has pulled 30 seconds off Carapaz’s gap despite the Ecuadorian working hard with Ganna, Kielich, Silva and Calzoni.

Carapaz joins the Ganna group who are 56 seconds down on the two leaders.

Carapaz, who started the day two minutes and 11 seconds down on Del Toro, has a minute on the peloton now after his attack.

The break has put over a minute back into the peloton with the gap at two minutes and 18 seconds.

Carapaz distances Albanese.

Mühlberger and Braz Afonso have about 35 seconds on the chasing group of Ganna, Calzoni, Kielich and Silva with a further 30 seconds back to Carapaz and Albanese.

Albanese starting to really struggle in the breal. Likewise Ganna, Kielich, Silva and Calzoni as Mühlberger and Braz Afonso push clear.

Alaphilippe is now at the back of the peloton and appears to be done with his work for Storer.

Onto the Camerino climb for the first time that will take the riders across the finishing line for the first time.

The peloton is maybe made up of about 40 riders. Maybe less.

Its amazing Vermaerke is still riding after his crash. He lost it on the corner and very nearly held it up. His momentum just kept taking him towards the wall which he hit, then he hit his head and then careered on the asphalt. Quite something that it was only him that came down.

Alaphilippe continues pushing with Storer now on his wheel.

Alaphilippe is doing a terrific ride here. He has brought the gap down to two minutes up to the break. And even dropping it inside that.

The riders are now on the finishing circuit.

KOM leader, Sevilla, out the back but he will keep the jersey today thanks to no-one dangerous being in the break. He just needs to stay on his bike and finish inside the time cut.

Alaphilippe’s pacing is absolutely destroying the peloton as he works for Storer. He has taken a minute off the breakaway’s advantage.

Alaphilippe actually has his GC leader, Michael Storer (Tudor), a few wheels behind as he may be setting up a very early attack.

Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and a rider from Polti-Visit Malta briefly had a little gap on the peloton but he looked like he was just setting his own tempo rather than attacking.

So we are basically on the finishing circuit now, they don’t cross the finish line for the first time in Camerino.

Multiple teams on the front of the peloton as the gap hovers around four minutes to the breakaway of seven riders.

Back in the peloton, it is the team of the race leader, UAE Team Emirates-XRG who set the pace. Del Toro will be keen to get a stage win after two second places.

The race make it to the valley and the halfway point on the stage.

The break have almost completed the main part of the descent off the Sassotetto. They have three short climbs to do before finally descending to the valley and head towards the finishing circuit.

Two hours of racing done. The break have an advantage of four minutes and 20 seconds on the peloton.

Even if Kielich won every single KOM today including the one to the finish, he would still not beat Sevilla’s 33 points. The Spaniard will be pleased to know his jersey is safe for another day.

The break are about to crest the Sassotetto climb.

The gap has dropped a touch to three minutes and 22 seconds.

5km to the top of the climb.

The riders have almost 4000 metres of elevation gain today.

The riders are just about to start the all category climb to the highest point of the entire week, the Sassotetto.

Just 5km to the intermediate sprint in Sarnano with the break pulling away with a gap onf one minute 24 seconds.

Puncture for Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Premier Tech).

Ineos Grenadiers currently lead the peloton.

Tiberi doesn’t get away though. He was chase down after getting a small gap solo.

Van der Poel and Bettiol were, indeed, caught.

Just 20km to the intermediate sprint in Sarnano at the base of the Sassotetto climb.

Van der Poel and Bettiol may still be ahead of the bunch. Awaiting confirmation on that one.

Van der Poel and Bettiol caught.

Van der Poel and Bettiol have just 10 seconds on the peloton.

Van der Poel sat up on the final climb yesterday as he may have thought he didn’t have the legs to compete with the likes of Del Toro. It also meant he lost enough time to allow him to go into breaks as he is now almost eight minutes down in the GC.

Peloton all back together with two riders out front. The bunch is being pulled along by Visma-Lease a Bike.

Riders who are definitely in the front split are race leader Del Toro as well as Van der Poel and Van Aert. No suggestion that other big GC names are in the group.

Once again, there are 30 points max up for grabs in the KOM classification. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) seems pretty empty after multiple days in the break, he has 12 points over Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and 15 points over Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United) going into today.

Van Aert is really pushing in these early kilometres as he tries to force the break of the day with pure power alone, seemingly.

The move by Van der Poel and Van Aert didn’t stick and the peloton is, currently, all together.

Corbin Strong (NSN) didn’t start today due to coming down with an illness.

A puncture for Gianni Moscon (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) delays the start.

The riders have started the neutralised zone.

Sign on is almost complete at the beautiful square in San Severino Marche.

The neutral start is in about 10 minutes.

Jerseys:

Blue, GC – Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Purple, Points – Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
Green, KOM – Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta)
White, Youth – Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)*

*Worn by – Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)

The start town of San Severino Marche is also the hometown of second overall, Pellizzari. He would’ve hoped to still be in the leader’s jersey going into today for his homecoming, but it wasn’t to be. He does still wear the white best young riders jersey on Del Toro’s behalf, though.