Marianne Vos

The Dutchwoman extended her lead in the yellow jersey with the win, the 242nd of her career.

Henderson attacked off the front once again, along with Le Net, followed at distance by Lowden. With 15km to go, these three established a lead of about 200m over their breakaway colleagues, as the peloton sat 400m behind. Into the final 1.5km, Jumbo-Visma were leading things for Vos, with Trek and SD Worx also well positioned. 4. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo, at 35s Because of this, the gap was reduced to below 30 seconds. Koch was caught by the bunch at this point. There was a temporary split in the front group, but this came back together. 2. Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service, at 30s 10. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo, all at same time UAE Team ADQ and Valcar-Travel & Service were the teams pulling behind. 4. Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo The category four Côte de Klingenthal was challenged by the break first, with Lowden taking the maximum two points. 2. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ

After two-time stage winner Lorena Wiebes crashed, Marianne Vos doubled up herself in style on Stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes. Vos leads the general ...

Marianne Vos won stage six of the women's Tour de France to extend her lead at the top of the general classification.

The last two stages will be in the mountains with Saturday's stage seven a 127.5 km ride from Selestat to Le Markstein Fellering in the Vosges mountains. Friday's stage six was a hilly 129 km course from Saint-Die-des-Vosges to Rosheim and Vos's Jumbo Visma team mates positioned themselves in the front with 2km to go. As the group sprinted to the finish, Vos accelerated and took the lead with 250 metres to go and eventually pipped Italian Marta Bastianelli of UAE Team ADQ by a mere bike length to win the stage while Lotte Kopecky was third.

The pack rides past the Arc de Triomphe during the 1st stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race between the Tour Eiffel and the Champs-Elysees, ...

The day after Lorena Wiebes took a brace of Tour de France Femmes victories, the yellow jersey Marianne Vos matched the feat. She hasn't finished below ...

Vos stayed along the right hand barriers and picked her way through a messy last 400 metres to take the victory. Vos’s Jumbo-Visma yanked the field along. There were a number of attacks after the start in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges but none failed to get any traction. The last day before the high mountains featured three Cat. 4s and a Cat. 3 placed evenly along the 128.6 km. Simone Boilard was the top Canadian in 16th. She hasn’t finished below fifth in the first six stages.

Marta Bastianelli of Team UAE ADQ finished second with Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx), who was stuck in a train behind settling for third, all on the same time.

Meanwhile FDJ’s Marie Le Net made a bold solo attack. Vos is so far ahead in the green jersey classification, the lead remained largely unchanged with Russia’s Tamara Dronova collecting the 25 points on offer. Their lead fell apart with Trek-Segafredo assuming dominance towards the business end of the day. “It was quite a difficult race, we had a good situation with Anna Henderson in the breakaway, it was a big breakaway and a strong chase as well," Vos said. Image 1 of 33 Image 1 of 33

After two-time stage winner Lorena Wiebes crashed, Marianne Vos doubled up herself in style on Stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes. Vos leads the general classification by 30 seconds from Silvia Persico heading into the final two stages, when the race ...

Tour de France Femmes leader Marianne Vos won stage six of the race after outsprinting Marta Bastianelli of the UAE Team, but warned of 'other names up ...

“There’s not enough time to reflect,” she said. “Just enough time to eat and sleep. The DSM riders’ hopes of taking a third stage win were dashed after she crashed on a downhill section with 21km still to ride.

Vos beat Marta Bastianelli and Lotte Kopecky to claim her second win of the week as the hilly 129km stage from Saint-Die-des-Vosges came down to a sprint finish ...

Saturday’s stage from Selestat to Le Markstein Fellering includes three category one climbs, finishing just after the summit of the Grand Ballon. Vos now leads the classification by 76 points. “It was quite a difficult race but we had a good position with Anna in the breakaway but it was a pretty strong chase,” Vos said.

Going into the mountains Vos' hold on yellow isn't certain, but the likelihood of her going green is sound.

We wanted to spend the energy right and put the focus on the stage victory. So, aiming for the green jersey is also costing a lot of energy along the way. “For us, up front, we were aiming for a stage victory and that worked out on Monday. And now a second one in the yellow jersey is already more than we could have dreamed of or expected.