The 160-kilometer race ended with an electrifying breakaway from yesterday’s winner Maeva Squiban, who attacked up and over the final climb after sitting in the 17-woman breakaway all day. Squiban’s attack continued down the nearly 20-kilometer descent as she came screaming in for a second stage in a row. Behind her, Cedrine Kerbaol, American Ruth Edwards, and Shirin van Anrooij came in second through fourth.
Right behind them, the GC contenders had regrouped on the long descent into the finish, navigating the technical town as they battled for seconds in the general classification. Kim LeCourt maintained her GC lead after an impressive descent, leaving the rider in the yellow for yet another day as the race heads into the final two stages in the mountains.
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Stage 6 Results – Top 5
- Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ)
- Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly)
- Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health)
- Shirin Van Anrooij (Lidl Trek)
- Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)
General Classification – Top 5
- Kim Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal)
- Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) @ +26 sec.
- Kasia Niewiadoma Phinney (Canyon/SRAM/Zondacrypto) @ +30 sec.
- Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) @ + 31 sec.
- Anna Van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) @ +35 sec.
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Molly writes about cycling, nutrition and training with an emphasis on bringing more women into sport. She’s the author of nine books including the Shred Girls series and is the founder of Strong Girl Publishing. She co-hosts The Consummate Athlete Podcast and spends most of her free time biking and running on trails, occasionally joined by her mini-dachshund.
Trevor Raab is the senior photographer for Runner’s World and Bicycling, a dedicated cyclocross racer, and, occasionally, a product reviewer for the Test Team. He fits the typical “how I got into bikes” story: his dad introduced him to mountain bikes when he was a kid, then found skateboarding in the middle, worked as a bike shop mechanic, and now he’s riding or racing every sort of bike he can find.