An Post Rás Focus on Day Six

Yannis Yssaad (France Armée de Terre) attacked late to claim stage six of An Post Rás on Friday. The 23-year-old sprinted to the line to give the French team their first stage win of the week.

Yssaad had the legs to edge out stage one winner Nicolai Brøchner Nielsen (Denmark Riwal Platform Cycling) who finished second and green jersey holder (points classification) leader Dennis Bakker (Netherlands Delta Cycling) in third. Stage four winner Matthew Teggart (An Post Chain Reaction) came home best of the Irish in seventh place.

Day six of the race took the riders south of Dungloe through craggy mountains and sweeping fields. At 132.1 kilometers, the stage was the second shortest of the week, but featured seven categorised climbs and one An Post prime at Dunkineely.

It was another great day for James Gullen, rolling in at 25th to keep hold of the yellow jersey (general classification) going into day seven:

Daire Feeley (Galway Team iTap) remains the best of the county riders and tops the county rider table while Michael O’Loughlin (Britain Team Wiggins) heads the u23 table.

Today's stage is from Donegal to Ardee.