the yellow jersey Marianne Vos comes first in Rosheim – Liberation

She climbs for the second time on the first step of the podium since the departure from Paris. The yellow jersey Marianne Vos won the sixth stage of the Tour de France Women this Friday in Rosheim (Bas-Rhin). At 35, the triple world champion (2006, 2012 and 2013) had already won the second stage, and the yellow jersey with it, Monday in Provins (Seine-et-Marne).

The insatiable Dutchwoman, who signs a fifth podium in six finishes, settled in the sprint a small group of runners which did not include the chief sprinter Lorena Wiebes, delayed in a fall about twenty kilometers from the finish.

Upcoming mountain stage

Marianne Vos is 30 seconds ahead in the general classification over her first pursuers, including the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma, a contender for the final victory and very comfortable when the road rises. “We have to be realistic”swept this Wednesday Vos, hardly optimistic about his chances of winning after eight stages.

The seventh, this Saturday, the first meeting in the mountains and the most generous with 3,000 meters of elevation gain between Sélestat and Le Markstein, will confirm or not his words. Three climbs are on the program: the Petit Ballon (9.3 km at 8.1% average gradient), the Col du Platzerwasel (7.1 km at 8.3%) and the Grand Ballon (13.5 km at 6 .7%), the longest climb proposed this year, the summit of which is located seven terminals from the line.