Stage 6:

Yesterday's stage was a interesting one,since during the last 1500 m the riders had to face the Montjuich climb.The race yesterday was completely held in Spain;in fact it began in Gerona and ended up in that wonderful city whose name is Barcellona.Unfortunately it rained a lot,and so there were some crashes.

The breakaway du jour was formed by Auge,Chavanel,Txurruka and Garmin's Millar.With 29 kms to go,Millar attacked and none of his breakaway's companions joined him.The British rider was finally caught with just 2 kms to go,at the beginning of the Montjuich climb.

Lots of riders wanted to stay up front,so there was a lot of confusion.Feillu attacked,then HGS tried to attack as well but was immediately followed by Rojas,Freire and Hushovd.The sprint saw the victory of the Norwegian rider,while second was Freire and third was Rojas."I get my head together to be strong. I just know that finishes like this one or the one last year fit me well - and if they are the only chances I have to win, then I have to take them",said Hushovd after the stage."In the first week,Sastre gave me the chance to do what I wanted,so now I will try to support him.Of course,the green jersey is really important but we also have to help Sastre as much as we can."

Best Saxo Bank rider was Cancellara (10th),who kept the yellow jersey.Andy Schleck was 13th,while Frank was 25th.

As I said before,there were lots of crashes yesterday.Fortunately,none of the Saxo Bank riders was involved (I was worried about someone,but he didn't fall).

"It was unbelievably slippery on the roads today because of the mixture of dust and large amounts of rain we got on the course but fortunately we all got through the stage without any accidents",said Andy after the stage.

Between the riders who crashed there were Farrar,Rogers,Haussler (who crashed twice),Ten Dam,Arashiro,Hincapie,José Marchante,Boonen,Spilak (he also crashed twice) and Sapa.Luckily,none of them had to abandon the race.Some riders lost contact from the head of the race just because of all these crashes.Between the unlucky guys there was poor Denis Menchov,who is now 64th in the GC.(Photo Reuters)