Vos wins stage six to extend lead before Tour heads to mountains
Yellow jersey holder Marianne Vos timed her sprint to perfection to win stage six of the women's Tour de France on Friday and extend her lead at the top of the general classification.
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‘Disaster!’ – Lorena Wiebes, Lotte Kopecky in nasty crash on high-speed descent at Tour de France Femmes
Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) was involved in a nasty high-speed crash on Stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes. The two-time stage winner was unseated along with fellow sprinter Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Alena Amialiusik (Canyon/SRAM) with 23km remaining of the undulating run from Saint-Die-des-Vosges to Rosheim. Ad/> “That’s a disaster,” said Dani Rowe on Eurosport commentary as Wiebes sat crumpled on the floor.
Marianne Vos doubles up in yellow on Stage 6 after Lorena Wiebes crash at Tour de France Femmes
Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to Stage 6 victory at the Tour de France Femmes to extend her lead in the yellow jersey to 30 seconds ahead of the mountains, and practically secure the green jersey. Vos followed up her victory on Stage 2 with another dominant sprint success, although she was helped by the absence of Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) who was unable to latch back on after crashing on a descent at high speed.
Tour de France Femmes 2022 - Riders criticise longest stage of race after 'boring' and 'dangerous' stage
Several Tour de France Femmes riders have criticised the length of the fifth stage, describing it as «boring» and «dangerous». The stage from Bar-le-Duc to Saint-Die-des-Vovsges was 175.6km, the longest race day for the women's peloton both of the Tour and since the creation of the Women's World Tour in 2016. Ad/> UCI regulations allow for a maximum race length of 160km for both one day races and individual, forcing race organisers ASO to apply for an exemption.
Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 6 on Friday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
All set, Marianne Vos? The Tour de France Femmes may be just three stages from finishing, but the Jumbo-Visma star is going to need to produce the defensive performance of her life if she is to keep the maillot jaune. Ad/> The kindest of those three tests comes on Friday, the last time the climbs have the audacity to be classed as hills rather than mountains.
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‘You have to be realistic’: Marianne Vos under no illusions on keeping yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes
Tour de France Femmes race leader Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) has said that “you have to be realistic” about how long she can stay in yellow, and that the brutal gravel on Stage 4 is “a part of cycling". Vos is top of the standings after winning one stage and finishing second in two more, but speaking after a tough Stage 4 she admitted that it wasn’t likely she would stay in the lead ahead of the climbing in the mountains over the weekend. Ad/> «Of course, you have to be realistic, and with the climbs coming up this weekend, normally, the GC riders are very strong and will take a lot of time,” Vos said.
