Tour de France 2024: On far proper, Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 6 dash in Dijon(Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photographs)
The peloton stays in a holding sample on the wide-open roads of stage 6(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Race chief Tadej Pogačar stays close to the entrance of the peloton(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Race chief Tadej Pogačar is simple to identify within the peloton within the yellow jersey among the many pack of riders biking to Dijon(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
The peloton faces the lingering menace of echelons with 100km to go(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Favourites Primož Roglič and Wout Van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike experience on far left facet of peloton, Mark Cavendish and Michael Mørkøv of Astana Qazaqstan within the centre because the race heads to Dijon(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Nicolas Prodhomme of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rides alongside Sean Quinn of EF Schooling-EasyPost, carrying the colors of US nationwide champion on his equipment and bike on the nation’s Independence Day (Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Jasper Stuyven of Lidl-Trek (left) shares a subject, possibly sprinting, with Arnaud De Lie of Lotto-Dstny(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Stage 5 winner Mark Cavendish of Astana Qazaqstanrides close to the entrance of the peloton on the 163.5km stage 6 from Mâcon to Dijon(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Axel Zingle of Cofidis and Jonas Abrahamsen of Uno-X Mobility, within the Polka dot Mountain Jersey, participate within the breakaway(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Jonas Vingegaard rides within the peloton, protected by his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Race chief Tadej Pogačar of UAE Group Emirates is prepared for the stage 6 begin in Mâcon(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Decorations in Mâcon previous to the stage 6 begin(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Followers of Mark Cavendish cheer on the stage 6 begin in Mâcon(Picture credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Photographs)
Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla) delivered a surprising dash to win stage 6 of the Tour de France in a photograph end, beating Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) narrowly to the road in Dijon.
A busy run to the road noticed Alpecin-Deceuninck carry again their finest leadout from 2023 with World Champion Mathieu van der Poel delivering Philipsen in very best place to launch for the road. However exploding with extra pace out of Arnaud De Lie’s wheel behind him was Groenewegen, who held off the Belgian with a to bike throw.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) maintained his prime sprinting kind with third on the day within the inexperienced jersey however he lacked the top-end pace to match the larger man Groenewegen.
This was the Dutchman’s first win on the Tour since stage 3 of the 2022 race and his sixth profession win on the French Grand Tour.
After a day which posed fixed threats of echelons en route heading from Mâcon within the crosswinds, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) arrived safely within the bunch after one other chaotic finale, regardless of being remoted earlier within the day in one of many splits.
