(ANSA) - Etna, May 10 - Colombia's Esteban Chaves broke away
five kilometres from the end of Thursday's sixth stage of the
Giro d'Italia to beat teammate Simon Yates of Britain by a
couple of metres, with Yates taking the leader's pink jersey
from Austrialia's Rohan Dennis.
The stage was a 169-km run from Caltanissetta to Etna in
Sicily.
It was a triumph for the Mitchelton-Scott team which placed
Chaves and Yates first and second followed by teammate Thibaut
Pinot third, 26" behind.
Australia's George Bennet was fourth and Italy's Domenico
Pozzovivo fifth, both with the same time.
Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez was sixth, Carapaz seventh, Tom
Dumoulin eighth, Fabio Aru ninth and Chris Froome tenth.
Chavez wins on Etna, Yates takes pink (3)
After sixth stage