Kim Le Court Pienaar wins stage 6 of the Tour de France. The rider from Mauritius wins after 153,4 kilometers. She wins the sprint of a small group. Cedrine Kerbaol takes place 2. Puck Pieterse from the Netherlands is 3.
The German rider Liane Lippert finishes the race as 6. She rides in the escape group for a long time. She lacks some bike lengths at the finish. Marlen Reusser from Switzerland stays the leader. She wears the yellow shirt.
Reusser leads by 12 seconds ahead of Demi Vollering. Antonia Niedermaier defends her white shirt. She is now place 5 in the total list. The women ride to the mountain Mont Ventoux on Friday. They must climb 2.600 meters there.
There are talks about checks before the race. Officials check the bras of the riders. Some athletes use special pads for better speed. People criticize that a man does the checks. This happens outside without privacy walls.
