Tuesday’s sixth stage was one of the longest: 113 cyclists left early from Tacuarembó and after 195 kilometers along routes 26 and 3, they arrived in Paysandú, where, as yesterday, Leonel Rodríguez, two-time national road champion who defends the Club Ciclista Cerro Largo, and who has been the best Uruguayan sprinter for a long time, won the final sprint.
It was a massive finish in the capital of Santa Cruz, where a peloton of 94 riders came to define. Behind the winner, Pablo Anchieri from Náutico de Boca del Cufré came second, Adrián Rodríguez from Club Ciclista Fénix third, Ignacio Maldonado from San Antonio de Florida fourth and Juan Echeverría from Paysandú LIL fifth.
Once again, the favorites did not distance themselves in the individual general classification, which continues to be led by the Brazilian Kleber Ramos of UniFunvic, followed by the Argentinean Alejandro Quilci of Cerro Largo at 18” and by Mateo Mascarañas of Náutico de Boca del Cufré at 46”.
It was a stage to save energy, where the riders preferred to manage thinking about the key stage ahead. Minutes before 08:00 a.m. tomorrow Wednesday, they will start one by one the individual time trial, which will completely shake the individual general classification and will mark between who will be the war on the road in the next days.
The seventh stage of the Uruguayan round will be disputed this Wednesday, with an individual time trial of 21.5 kilometers on route 90. The South American race will end on Sunday, March 31 in Montevideo, when the successor of Argentine Jorge Giacinti, winner of the last edition in 2023, will be announced.
In addition, in the afternoon there will be another 125-kilometer sub-stage from Paysandú to Mercedes along routes 3, 24 and 2.
Tour of Uruguay 2024
Results Stage 6 | Tacuarembó -> Paysandú (194,8 km)
| 1 | Leonel Rodríguez | Club Ciclista Cerro Largo | 4:06:12 |
| 2 | Pablo Anchieri | CNP Bocas del Cufré | m.t. |
| 3 | Sandro Rodríguez | C.C. Fénix | m.t. |
| 4 | Ignacio Maldonado | San Antonio de Florida | m.t. |
| 5 | Juan Martin Echeverria | Equipo Paysandu | m.t. |
| 6 | Kleber Silva | Unifunvic Pindamondangadaba | 0:02 |
| 7 | Cristhian Gutiérrez | Armonía CC | 0:02 |
| 8 | Alan Matías Presa | Club Ciclista Cerro Largo | 0:02 |
| 9 | Agustín Martínez | SAT Team | 0:02 |
| 10 | Santiago Pérez | Alas Rojas de Santa Lucia | 0:02 |
Ranking General
| 1 | Kleber Silva | Unifunvic Pindamondangadaba | 20:21:33 |
| 2 | Alejandro Quilci | Club Ciclista Cerro Largo | 0:18 |
| 3 | Mateo Mascarañas | Club Náutico de Boca Cufré | 0:46 |
| 4 | Leonel Rodríguez | Club Ciclista Cerro Largo | 0:47 |
| 5 | Samuel Morales | Club Náutico de Boca Cufré | 0:50 |
Source: www.elpais.com.uy