Giro d'Italia 2013, stage six: Mark Cavdendish prevails in sprint finish Luca Paolini retained the race leader's maglia rosa for another day, although the stage didn't pass without complications for some of those who have a longer-term claim on it, notably Bradley Wiggins. The Sky leader was one of many riders caught up behind a crash on the first of two laps of the 16km finishing circuit. He appeared to be unscathed and quickly started to chase after the large lead group with the assistance of a number of team-mates, who impressively erased a deficit of almost a minute in little more than 10km. From that point on, Wiggins rode very close to the front, or even on it. With 3.5km to go, he went to the very front of the line and remained there until well inside the 3km banner to ensure he didn't lose any time, as was the case two days ago. Just as he did on day one, Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) spent most of the stage in the break, on this occasion with compatriot Jack Bobridge (Blanco). The two Australians went clear after 14km and quickly established a lead of more than six minutes, provoking a reaction from Omega Pharma, who halved their advantage and then held them at about three minutes. The pair were reeled in just before they reached the finishing circuit in Margherita di Savoia, Stage six, Mola di Bari - Margherita di Savoia 169km: Result Mark Cavendish (Gbr - Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 3hrs 56mins 03sec, 2. Elia Viviani (Ita - Cannondale Pro Cycling) ST, 3. Matthew Goss (Aus Orica-GreenEdge), 4. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra - FDJ), 5. Mattia Gavazzi (Ita - Androni Giocattoli), 6. Manuel Belletti (Ita - AG2R La Mondiale), 7. Davide Appollonio (Ita - AG2R La Mondiale), 8. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita - RadioShack Leopard), 9. Matti Breschel (Den - Team Saxo-Tinkoff), 10. Roberto Ferrari (Ita - Lampre-Merida) General classification after Stage six: 1 Luca Paolini (Ita - Katusha) 23hrs 52mins 42sec, 2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col - Team Sky) at 0.17, 3 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa - Movistar Team) at 0.26, 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita - Astana Pro Team) at 0.31, 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can - Garmin-Sharp) at 0.34, 6 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr - Team Sky) at same time, 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita - Katusha) at 0.36, 8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col - Team Sky) at 0.37, 9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) at 0.39, 10 Cadel Evans (Aus - BMC Racing Team) at 0.42