The Women’s Tour drew to a close in the historic city of Oxford today, with Maike van der Duin securing victory in the sprints competition – the team’s first win in a WorldTour stage race classification.
Stage 6 began in reasonably relaxed fashion, with the peloton staying together for the first part of the race.
Then, just before the 50km mark, a large bunch broke free, including some of the GC contenders. We had Jesse representing us in this group, but the gap never reached further than 30 seconds, with the main ambition being GC riders chasing bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint.