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.