Groenewegen wins sixth stage – sport.ORF.at

The Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen has won the sixth stage of the 111th Tour de France. The 31-year-old took victory in the mass sprint after 163.5 kilometers from Macon to Dijon, ahead of the Danish Milan-Sanremo winner Jasper Philipsen and Biniam Girmay from Eritrea. Veteran star Mark Cavendish played no role after his record victory the day before.

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The yellow jersey of overall winner is still worn by two-time champion Tadej Pogacar, the Slovenian is still 45 seconds ahead of Belgian time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is still in third place, 50 seconds behind.

On Friday, the stars will face off again in the first individual time trial. 25.3 kilometers have to be covered between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin. Apart from a small climb halfway along the route, the course is completely flat.

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