Michael Matthews edges out Phil Bauhaus to win stage six of Volta a Catalunya 2019

The Australian returns to winning ways with a second victory

Michael Matthews wins the bike throw on stage six of the Volta a Catalunya (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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Michael Matthews (Sunweb) defeated Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida) in a photo finish to win stage six of the Volta a Catalunya.

The win is the Matthews’ second in the race having also triumphed in stage two, and overtakes Friday’s winner Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the points classification.

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