Marianne Vos wins sixth stage of Giro d'Italia Donne

Marianne Vos won the sixth stage in the Giro d'Italia Donne held on Wednesday, making it her 32nd stage victory in the tour. The Dutchwoman was the fastest to cross the finish ahead of Lotte Kopecky.

There were some attempts to create a breakaway, but it remained futile. Francesca Pisciali (Mendelspeck) did try to create some distance, and later Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) and Kristen Faulkner (BikeExchange-Jayco) also tried. But the peloton soon caught up to them.

Twenty kilometers before the finish line, Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) created a gap of around one minute between her and the peloton, but in the last kilometers towards the Citta Alta, her gap reduced to 30 seconds.

After reaching the last climb of the stage, it was sprint time. Lucinda Brand was first to attack, with Marianne Vos and Mavi García counterattacking her. Vos managed to outpace her opponents and secure the stage victory. Lotte Kopecky had to satisfy herself with silver while Silvia Persico won bronze. Annemiek van Vleuten remains in the lead in the general classification.