Esteban Chaves reclaims red jersey with Vuelta a España stage six victory

The Colombian attacked on the finishing climb to Sierra Cazorla to take second Vuelta stage victory and regain the overall lead

Esteban Chaves wins stage six of the 2015 Tour of Spain

(Image credit: Watson)

Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) regained the overall lead at the 2015 Vuelta a España as he soloed to victory on stage six; his second stage win of the race after the summit finish on stage two.

The Colombian continues a remarkable Vuelta for Australian team Orica, who now count three-stage wins after Caleb Ewan's victory on Wednesday and two stints in the leader's jersey, as Chaves finished five seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), who began Thursday's stage as race leader by one second.

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