Dylan Groenewegen tastes victory again in the Tour de France

The sprints of this week in the Tour de France 2024 seem to be the resurrection of some sprinters who seemed to have been left out of the predictions. If the other day it was Biniam Girmay, yesterday Mark Cavendish, in this 6th stage who managed to impose himself in the sprint was the Dutchman from Jayco AlUla Dylan Groenewegen. Meanwhile, the great favorite to dominate the sprints of this Tour, Jasper Philipsen, continues with his score at zero.

Calm in the peloton of the Tour de France 2024 on the day before the first time trial

Second consecutive flat stage in the Tour de France 2024, with a route of 163 km along the Rhone Valley between Macon and Dijon, a beautiful environment surrounded by some of the vineyards where some of the most famous and expensive wines in the world are produced, and lush forests and fairy-tale villages. However, an unattractive terrain for the cycling show unless the wind appeared.

In fact, there were not even any breakaway attempts and the stage passed peacefully until, with 95 km to go, the wind began to make its appearance. Lotto-Dstny tried to push but it was 10 km later when Visma-Lease a Bike took the lead and several splits occurred, with almost the entire UAE Team Emirates except Tadej Pogacar, left in the second group. However, the situation did not continue as the route entered a more sheltered section, so calm returned to the race.

Finally, we only had to determine the outcome of the sprint of the day in a final straight where Uno-X was leading until Alpecin-Deceuninck made its appearance like a bull in a china shop. Mathieu van der Poel tried to finish the job with a powerful launch for Jasper Philipsen but, when it came down to it, the Belgian did not have the necessary strength and soon began to be overtaken, on the right by Wout van Aert, who closed him off rudely, and on the left Arnaud de Lie started with strength.

De Lie's gunpowder didn't last long and, on his wheel, Dylan Groenewegen had seen the move perfectly and measured it perfectly to overtake the Lotto-Dstny rider and win with total clarity.

Stage 6 Classification

1. Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) 3h31'55''
2. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +00''
3. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) +00''
4. Fernando Gaviria (Movistar Team) +00''
5. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) +00''
6. Arnaud de Lie (Lotto-Dstny) +00''
7. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) +00''
8. Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +00''
9. Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) +00''
10. Pascal Ackermann (Israel-PremierTech) +00''

General Classification

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 26h47'19''
2. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) +45''
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +50''
4. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) +1'10''
5. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +1'14''
6. Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers) +1'16''
7. Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) +1'32''
8. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +1'32''
9. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) +3'20''
10. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) +3'21''