Vuelta a Espana: Tony Martin denied solo victory as Michael Morkov wins stage six

Germany's Tony Martin agonisingly missed out on a day-long lone breakaway victory on stage six of the Vuelta a Espana after being caught just metres from the finish line in Caceres.

Stage six result 1 Michael Morkov (Den) Saxo-Tinkoff, 3:54:15
2 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida, same time
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Leopard, st
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
7 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step, st
8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step, st
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, st
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin, st General classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, 22:38:07
2 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Leopard, +3secs
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Saxo-Tinkoff, +8
4 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Leopard, +16
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +21
6 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack-Leopard, +26
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky, +28
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, +31
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo-Tinkoff, +38
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff, +42 Other jerseys - Green (points classification): Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEDGE)
- Blue polka dot (mountains classification): Nicolas Roche (Ire) Saxo-Tinkoff