Sanchez wins sixth stage of Paris cycle race

Former winner Luis Leon Sanchez outsprinted breakaway companion Jens Voigt to win Fridays sixth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race as Briton Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead.Since his overall win in the race in 2009, Spanish time-trial champion Sanchez had won a Tour de France stage and the Clasica San Sebastian but failed to turn into the big Tour contender some had predicted he would become.Fridays win, his fourth in the Paris-Nice, was a reminder that he was still a rider to be reckoned with.The Spaniard, though, has no hope of final victory after inding himself trapped in an echelon in the second stage.Sanchez and Voight, the oldest man in the peloton at 40, found themselves in the front after dropping their companions in a seven-man break on the last of five hills on Fridays route.In the final stretch, the German surged first with 300 metres to go, before being overtaken on the line.Valverde is fourth, 18 seconds behind Wiggins, and Fridays ride from Suze-la-Rousse confirmed it would be tricky for the Movistar team leader to outdo the Briton.After four kilometres, Wiggins and 25 other riders used the mistral wind on the roads of Provence to catch their rivals off-guard and Valverde found himself trapped at the back and forced to chase from behind for 50 kms.