The three -time German champion Liane Lippert has to wait for her first stage win at this year’s Tour de France.
The 27-year-old from Friedrichshafen belonged to an outlier group over 123.7 kilometers long on the sixth stage over 123.7 kilometers, but was left behind on the last climb.
Lippert, who already took four and five and five in the second and third stage, had recently caused a sensation at the Giro d’Italia with two stage wins.
The French woman Maeva Squiban sincerely secured the day’s victory in front of compatriot Juliette Labous. In the overall ranking, the third -placed Kim Le Court Pienaar from Mauritius remains in the lead.
Your lead over the French woman Pauline Ferrand Prevot is now 26 seconds according to further time credits.
Defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma is 30 seconds back as the third. The former tourist winner Ricarda Bauernfeind, who was represented in the group of favorites, delivered a strong performance and drove to 17th place.
On Friday, on the seventh stage over 159.7 kilometers from Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry, awaiting the climb to the Col du Granier. A total of three mountain ratings are to be mastered. The tour ends on Sunday after nine stages in Chatel.