Race Report: Orica-GreenEDGE did it again with one of its Young Guns and this time is was Colombian Esteban Chaves who kicked his way to another stage win and to recapture the overall lead and the red jersey from Tom Dumoulin in 3rd place. Another perfect opportunity for an Orica man to swoop to victory as the Vuelta throws up yet more excitement.A 200-kilometer stage in near 40C was going to be hard, and hard it was, but the speed and the final climb had as much to do with the toughness as the heat. A group of six headed up the road, but as expected it fell apart on the start of the final climb. Tour stage winner Steve Cummings went for a solo win from the eascape and nearly pulled it off, but was caught and dropped by the flying Esteban Chaves and the overall leader Tom Dumoulin trying to save red jersey. Chaves pushed on to take his second stage and the overall and now had 10 seconds on Dumoulin.Stage 6 has two Cat 3 climbs in the last 70 of its 200 kilometers, but the parcours is far from easy before then. The first 30K’s after the start in Cordoba are steady; from then on the profile is very lumpy before they hit the first climb, the Alto de Baeza, which climbs more than 500 meters. The second and final climb on the Alto de Cazorla looks like it only climb for 3 kilometers, an ascent...
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