Tour de San Luis: Kleber da Silva wins stage six as Daniel Diaz retains lead to all but seal victory

Daniel Diaz is set to be crowned winner of the 2015 Tour de San Luis on Sunday after consolidating his overall lead on a sixth stage won by Brazil’s Kleber da Silva.

Da Silva attacked out on a four-man lead group inside the final 1.5km of the final climb to the summit finish at Filo Sierras Comechingones and won by two seconds from runner-up Rodolfo Torres.

Diaz crossed the line six seconds down in third, while 2014 race winner Nairo Quintana finished a further nine seconds later in fourth.

The result means Diaz’s lead in the general classification over second-placed Torres is cut to 1min 5sec, but with only a sprint stage into San Luis remaining, the 25-year-old Argentinian is almost certain to secure his second overall victory at the Tour de San Luis in three years.

Quintana will have to settle for third place overall, currently 1min 34sec back, having been repeatedly out-climbed by Diaz and Torres in the race's three mountains stages.

Mark Cavendish finished stage six in 101st place and is now 90th overall.

Stage six result

1 Kleber da Silva (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose dos Campos, 3:12:00
2 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Colombia, +2secs
3 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose dos Campos, +6
4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +15
5 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, +17
6 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement, +22
7 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin, +34
8 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Colombia, +39
9 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, same time
10 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman, +1:23

General classification

1 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose dos Campos, 20:04:37
2 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Colombia, +1:05
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +1:34
4 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement, +2:02
5 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Colombia, +3:16
6 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, +3:26
7 Leandro Messineo (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos, +5:21
8 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin, +5:29
9 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman, +5:35
10 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha, +5:39