Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) came oh so close to winning stage 6 and possibly even the general classification at the Simac Ladies Tour with a 39-kilometre solo breakaway, but in a dramatic finale, the 23-year-old was caught on the line by world champion and eventual winner Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime).
In the end, Smulders finished fourth on the day and seventh in the final GC, 23 seconds behind Kopecky.
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