Soraya Paladin (Canyon/SRAM zondacrypto) has decided to abandon today’s stage after a crash earlier.

93km to go: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) attacks! She’s followed by Chloe Dygert (Canyon/SRAM zondacrypto). The peloton remain 2mins 45secs behind the group of riders out front. I’m not sure Kopecky and Dygert’s attack has stuck.

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) who is eighth overall in the GC spoke to the Tour race centre before stage six on her ambitions:

I’m excited for what’s coming up. I still am in the top 10, it will be nice of course to keep that position, but we’ll just have to see the upcoming few days. I think there