Meanwhile a familiar face …
“At the end I was empty” Mathieu van der Poel admitted that he had waived the sixth stage after the end of the sixth stage. “I sat on the limit all day. At the end I was empty and it was a fight against myself,” said Van der Poel at the NOS . “At first I regretted the flight. It looked good for the yellow sweater, but you knew that there would still be an acceleration from the peloton. That turned out, because the difference was ultimately 1 second.”
Mathieu van der Poel is approaching Wagtmans with his tenth yellow sweater in the eternal ranking of Dutch gatherers. Wagtmans rode twelve days in yellow between 1954 and 1956.
The list is – for the time being unsuccessed – supplied by Joop Zoetemelk. The one -off Tour winner (1980) received the yellow jersey 22 times between 1971 and 1980.
The man who starts again in yellow on Friday. Even if it was keelekiele …
Van der Poel is now the number two in the points classification. In the battle for the green sweater, he has four points less than Jonathan Milan from Italy: 112 at 108.
Thijmen Arensman is the second Dutchman in 39th place. He admitted 6.36.
“Standed on the pedals all day” “We have been on the pedals all day. I chose my moment and I think I have surprised them a little,” said Healy, the winner of the day. He has never been the best in the Tour.
Van der Poel has a 43 second lead on Remco Evenepoel, the number three of the rankings.
It is the tenth yellow sweater from his career for Van der Poel.
Van der Poel has the yellow sweater in 1 second! What a day this is …
Pogacar is also inside, at 5.26 from Healy. Is it enough for Van der Poel?
Van der Poel must admit 3.58. Is it enough for the victory?
There is Van der Poel! He is looking for a way up. A few more meters.
Simmons wins the battle for second place. He beats Storer in a sprint. It is waiting for Mathieu van der Poel.
Healy is inside! The fifteenth Irish winner in the Tour.
Healy goes standing towards the finish. He sees his attack mud is rewarded!
A few hundred meters before Healy, which impressively solos towards the finish.
Van der Poel’s yellow Tui does not seem to be in danger, but he squeaks and squeaks …
2 km – Van der Poel is having a hard time. He must also unload with the pursuers, together with Tejada.
Another 5 km – The solo of Healy only takes 5 kilometers. But yes, he has to climb one more time. How do his legs feel? The Irishman started at the Côte de Vaudry, the steepest climb of the day.
That will not come as a surprise … Healy has been voted the most combative rider of the day. He is only 6.8 kilometers away from his first Tour victory.
10 km – Healy has started the last 10 kilometers. He already has almost 2 minutes ahead. His legs do not fall still. An impressive solo of the Irishman.
Healy can be the first Irish stage winner in the Tour since 2020. Five years ago, Sam Bennett was the best, on the Champs-Elysées.
Another 17 km – Healy keeps going hard and now has a 1.16 lead over his two pursuers, Simmons and Storer. There is one more climb to go, although the steepest climb of the day.
Another 23 km – In the meantime, Healy has almost 6 minutes ahead of the peloton, which takes it easy. The latter is good news for Van der Poel with a view to the general classification.
26 km – Van der Poel must let Simmons and Storer go! Van der Poel cannot follow on the Côte de Saint-Michel de Montjoie. He now has a minute and 16 seconds behind the leader, Healy. Simmons and Storer admit about 52 seconds.
28 km – Healy started at the Côte de Saint -Michel de Montjoie, the penultimate climb of the day. The Irishman is holding strong and the lead is yet holding.
Healy can ever win his second stage in a big round. In 2023 he won a ride in the Giro d’Italia.
In this way Healy spurted away from the seven other refugees.
34 km – Van der Poel and the other six must remain guilty of the answer to Healy. The Irishman now has 40 seconds ahead. Should Van der Poel satisfy himself with ‘only’ the yellow sweater?
The man who takes the lead: the Irish Ben Healy of EF Education – Easypost.
39 km – Healy has a 23 seconds ahead. The Irishman escaped the moment the leading group seemed to be a bit shusted.
41 km – Healy has a hole of 10 seconds …
42 km – Healy Demarries! Healy drives away from the leading group of Acht. He immediately hit a hole. Van der Poel and Co have to work.
It now has all the seem like that …
47 km- Storer is the first rider on top of the Côte de Juvigny-le-Tertre. He takes two points.
49 km – The riders are three -quarters of the sixth stage. But there are still three climbs to go, of which the Côte de Juvigny-le-Tertre (third category) is the following.
Another Dutch touch in the leading group, next to Van der Poel. Simon Yates from Visma – Lease A Bike is also one of the leading group of eight.
Will it be a victory of someone from the escape? It would mean a scoop in this Tour.
62 km – The Irish Dunbar is the first rider to come up and takes two points for the mountain classification. His countryman Healy comes up second.
“Let’s do this together”, it sounded from UAE Team Emirates. For the time being, Van der Poel gives them checking.
64 km – Van der Poel started his leading group of eight riders on the Côte de Mortain Cote, the third climb of the day. In the final phase there are three more climbs, the steepest of which is just before the finish.
69 km – What about Van der Poel’s lead? Well, it rose to two minutes and 51 seconds. The leading group is preparing for the Côte de Mortain Cote, the third climb of the day.
Does Van der Poel go for his second stage victory in the Tour de France? It seems to be there today. There are four more climbs on the program …
One of these eight riders seems to go (for the time being) for the day win: Mathieu van der Poel (Ned), Simon Yates (GBR), Ben Healy (Irish), Quinn Simmons (US), Michael Storer (Aus), Eddie Dunkar (Irish), Will Barta (Colold tejada).
Another 83 km – UAE Team Emirates it all seems to be okay. The Pogacar team checks in the peloton. Van der Poel’s lead is now a minute and 48 seconds.
Are we going to see this image again today? We will know in about two hours …
The atmosphere is good at Vingegaard, which rode a bad time trial on Wednesday. Can he still recover this tour?
Van der Poel rode just virtually in yellow. His backlog at Pogacar was 1.28, while the lead of him and his fellow refugees was just a little more than a minute and a half.
Another 90 km to go – it has become a bit quieter in the sixth stage. The leading group has formed and checks the peloton, with UAE Team Emirates first. The lead fluctuates between 1.20 and 1.30.
The question is: how much is Pogacar located to keep it yellow? As his teammate Tim Wellens said: The Tour is still long …
Van der Poel and Co’s lead is rising and is now a minute and a half.
Van der Poel in the sixth stage. With his seven fellow refugees, he already has a lead of a minute and 18 seconds.
Van der Poel is now virtually in second place in the general classification. He is only 21 seconds behind Pogacar …
Another 102 km – The front runners have hit a hole of a minute. Is this the flight that stays away until the finish?
Another 103 km – UAE Team Emirates nestles at the head of the peloton. What are the plans of Tadej Pogacar today?
47.4 kilometers per hour, on this course. It is going so fast today. In this way it becomes an early finish …
Another 110 km – It was enjoyment for cycling enthusiasts in the first 90 kilometers. There is a lot of driving, attacks are being made and they will close again.
120 km – The peloton is not stopping. Various riders try to drive to the leading group, but without success.
127 km – Van der Poel and his fellow refugees are running out again. The gap is now 22 seconds.
Michael Storer, Simon Yates and Eddie Dunbar have reported to the leading group.
Another 130 km – and then the lead was only 6 seconds … there is a lot of driving today.
Another 132 km – Van der Poel and the other refugees still have a 12 -second lead. Not so long ago the gap was just over half a minute.
139 km – Van der Poel escaped! Van der Poel has Ben Healy, Quinn Simmons, Harold Tejada and Will Barta with him.
Still 143 km – It is going very fast on the sixth day of the Tour de France. During the first sixty kilometers, an average of 46.6 kilometers per hour is driven.
Still 144 km – Tim Wellens is the first to be upstairs and takes over the ball of sweater from Tadej Pogacar, the man in yellow.
Still 145 km – The peloton started the second climb of the day: the Côte de la Rançonnière.
Still 146 km – The flight of Wout van Aert with Pablo Castrillo did not last long. The pair has already been picked up by the peloton.
Former Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard is driving in the bulb sweater today. He is third in the bulb classification, behind Tadej Pogacar that drives in yellow and Tim Wellens, who plays in the Belgian shirt as National Champion.
156 km – Wout van Aert and Pablo Castrillo are running out. They have hit a hole of 15 seconds.
160 km – Wout van Aert attacks, shortly after the group of refugees has been raised by the peloton. He has a small hole, together with Pablo Castrillo from Movistar.
162 km – the first of sixth climbs is on: the Côte du Mont -Pinçon. It was just a taste of what is to come today. Four climbs from the third category to go and one of the fourth category.
Today’s stage has a total of 3500 altimeters, which is quite unusual for the north of France. It seems like a ride for the punchers, riders for the short explosive work.
169 km – The Colombian Harold Tejada van Astana joins the two front runners.
UAE Team Emirates is not going to defend Yellow Tim Wellens, the Belgian teammate of Tadej Pogacar, has indicated that there is not everything to defend it yellow. “If it depends on us, the escape will remain ahead. The Tour is still long,” he told the Belgian media.
Another 174 km – Quinn Simmons (Lidl -Trek) and Ben Healy (EF Education – Easypost) have a small lead, about 15 seconds.
Another 177 km – Jonathan Milan is now virtually in green. He then takes over the point sweater from Tadej Pogacar.
Another 179 km – Milan wins intermediate sprint today’s intermediate sprint is won by Jonathan Milan of Lidl -Trek. Mathieu van der Poel became second, Biniam Girmay third.
The intermediate sprint took place after 22 kilometers.
185 km – the first kilometers went without details. Intermarché-Wanty nestles at the head of the peloton, with Roel van Sintmaartensdijk regularly in the lead.
Today’s start was in the native region of Kévin Vauquelin van Arkéa – B & B Hotels. And he knew that too …
Vingegaard does not count on Sprint Jonas Vingegaard Doesn’tn’t Expect the Sixth Stage of the Tour de France to End in a Sprint Involving The GC Contenders, Like Earlier This Week in Boulogne-Sur-Mer and Rouen. “It will be another tough day with ups and downs all day. This could be a day for a long breakaway,” Said the Dane to Eurosport.
‘Fight for the Early Breakaway’ Mathieu van der Poel Expects a Hectic Start to the Sixth Stage of the Tour de France. “It will be a very difficult day for the whole peloton. I think the breakaway has a chance. I don’t know how eager Pogacar is to keep that yellow jersey within the team, but it will be a fight for the early breakaway,” said Van der Poel before the start in Bayeux to the NOS.
Can Mathieu van der Poel Achieve Something Today in This Hilly Stage? His gap to tadej pogacar is one minute and 28 seconds. Remco Evenepoel, Winner or Wednesday’s Time Trial, is 42 Seconds Behind Pogacar.
It is again hot today in the North of France. It is Sunny and around 26 Degrees Celsius.
Départ Réel! We are definitely underway in the Sixth Stage of the Tour de France. Tour Director Christian Prudhomme Has Given His approach from his red tour car.
Tadej Pogacar at the Start in Bayeux, for the first time in the Yellow Jersey Duration This Edition. Will he Still Be Wearing It in About Five Hours? The finish is expected around 5:30 pm.
Départ Fictif! The Riders Have started Their First Kilometers in Bayeux. A Few More Minutes Until the Official Start.
The man in Yellow Today, for the first time in this Tour de France.
Today’s Stage is The Longest of This Week. Only Sunday’s Stage to Boulogne-sur-Mer was Slightly Longer.
The Sixth Stage Goes from Bayeux to Vire Normandie. It is a stage of just over 200 kilometers, 201.5 to be exactly.
Still 119 km – Valentin Madouas, Marco Haller and Raúl García Pierna Tried to Make the Crossing, but they didn’t get away.