Emma Norsgaard holds off Charlotte Kool to win stage six

Emma Norsgaard held on to win stage six of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

Denmark’s Emma Norsgaard held on to assert victory on stage six of the Tour de France Femmes by metres as Charlotte Kool chased her down.

Norsgaard was a part of a three-rider breakaway away with almost 100km left of the stage from Albi to Blagnac.

The chasing peloton, led by Dutchwoman Kool, caught the opposite two riders however was unable to beat Norsgaard to the road.

Lotte Kopecky got here third to stretch her general result in 53 seconds.

Norsgaard, who has missed a big chunk of the season after breaking a collarbone within the Strade Bianche in March, had appeared comfy however needed to hold on within the latter levels as Kool and the chasing pack completed only a second behind her.

“I wish to thank everybody round me for nonetheless believing in me after being out the entire spring,” mentioned an emotional Norsgaard, who turned 24 on Wednesday. “I am tremendous emotional. It is the most important victory ever.”

Victory for Norsgaard means a second stage win for Movistar on this 12 months’s tour.

“I am not a sprinter any extra I’ve to understand it,” she added. “I is perhaps quick, however I can’t sustain with the actual sprinters. I took an opportunity immediately and reached for the celebs.”

Saturday’s penultimate stage seven is 90km from Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre.

Ending with a climb on the well-known Col du Tourmalet, Belgian Kopecky will probably be hoping to take care of the lead she has held because the opening stage, earlier than the race ends in Pau with Sunday’s time trial.

Stage six outcomes

1. Emma Norsgaard (Den/Movistar) 2hrs 59mins 16secs

2. Charlotte Kool (Ned/Staff DSM) +1sec

3. Lotte Kopecky (Bel/SD Worx) Similar time

4. Marianne Vos (Ned/Jumbo-Visma)

5. Soraya Paladin (Ita/Canyon SRAM Racing)

6. Chiara Consonni (Ita/UAE Staff ADQ)

7. Julie de Wilde (Bel/Fenix-Deceuninck)

8. Lach Marta (Pol/Ceratizit-wnt)

9. Vittoria Guazzini (Ita/Fdj-suez)

10. Agnieszka Skalniak-sojka (Pol/Canyon-sram Racing A)

Common classification

1. Lotte Kopecky (Bel/SD Worx) 21hrs 54mins 30sec

2. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SA/AG Soudal-Quickstep) +53secs

3. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned/Movistar) +55secs

4. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/Lidl-Trek) Similar time

5. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon SRAM Racing)

6. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) +1min 4secs

7. Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx) +1min 7secs

8. Liane Lippert (Ger/Movistar) +1min 29secs

9. Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger/Canyon-SRAM) +1min 42secs

10. Juliette Labous (Fra/DSM-Firmenich) +1min 52secs

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