Tour de France 2015: Stage 6 Winner, Highlights, Updated Standings and Schedule

Etixx-Quick Step's Zdenek Stybar claimed victory in Le Havre in Stage 6 of the Tour de France after a chaotic finish on the closing climb that saw yellow jersey wearer Tony Martin fall. The fall resulted in Martin breaking his collarbone, bringing his Tour de France journey to an end, according to Sky Sports.

Stybar took advantage of the holdup behind him to attack the front in the last few hundred metres, and pre-stage favourite Peter Sagan and the chasing pack could not catch him.

Martin's fall inside the last kilometre also saw Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana come down, and the German was helped across the line, per Sky Sports Cycling:

Team Europcar provided the standings for Stage 6:

The general classification standings stay the same despite the late crash, as it came in the last three kilometres:

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx-Quick Step	22:13:14
2	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	+12
3	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25	+25
4	Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo	+33
5	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal	+38

After the drama of Wednesday's stage that saw numerous crashes involving several high-profile riders, Stage 6's opening proceedings were slightly more typical.

Three riders made an early breakaway stick, with Europcar's Perrig Quemeneur, Cofidis' Kenneth Vanbilsen and MTN-Qhubeka's Daniel Teklehaimanot moving away from the peloton after just five kilometres.

At one point the trio opened up a 12-minute lead, but it always seemed inevitable they would be drawn back in by the main group.

They were still clear with 30 kilometres remaining and took on the last of the three Category 4 climbs of the day together.

Eritrean Teklehaimanot took all three of the climbing points from the stage, including the final one on offer at Cote du Tilleul, and he made history as he took the polka dot jersey for King of the Mountains, per RTE Sports' Des Cahill:

As shown by the stage's profile, a finish for the pure sprinters was not expected given the climb up to the end at Le Havre, per Le Tour:

Tinkoff-Saxo's Sagan was the pre-stage favourite and was well set in the peloton as the breakaway group were reeled back in.

Vanbilsen was left on his own at the front with 10 kilometres to go as he attacked, and Quemeneur and Teklehaimanot let him go.

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka	3
2	Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	2
3	Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team	1
4	Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo	1
5	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	1
6	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	1

The Belgian was finally swallowed up just ahead of the final climb with three kilometres to go and Etixx-Quick Step were leading the peloton.

Martin was second nearing the finish as the climb took its toll, but the German fell inside the last kilometre on a straight, causing a chaotic crash near the finish.

"I was extremely unlucky," Martin said, via Barry Glendenning of the Guardian. "I can't really remember what happened. I touched the wheel of the rider ahead of me. It's the Tour, luck and bad luck are very close together. It's often the way accidents happen. You're not going that fast and then you fall over each other with all your weight."

Czech rider Stybar came out on top in the end as confusion reigned, hitting the front and coming home.

Friday's Stage 7 will see the 190.5-kilometre run from Livarot to Fougeres, and the flat profile will make it a day for the sprinters.

It's an easier stage following the trials of the first few days with little to trouble the riders, but an exciting finish should be in store.