• Dutchwoman’s second stage win after her success in Provins
  • Vos warns of ‘other names up front’ after final mountain stages

The Tour de France Femmes leader, Marianne Vos, of the Jumbo-Visma team, won stage six of the race, from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Rosheim, in the Alsace, taking her second stage victory after Monday’s success in Provins.

However the yellow jersey holder acknowledged that the weekend’s double whammy of mountain stages in the Vosges would ensure a change of race leadership. “It’s another kind of race on Saturday and Sunday,” she said. “I’ll try to recover as well as I can, but there are some really good climbers and we’ll see other names up front tomorrow.”

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