Tour de France stage 6 Live – Can Mark Cavendish extend record tally in Dijon?

-119km

There’s plenty of tension on this stretch of their course, but no crosswind excitement just yet. The host broadcaster has been offering some snatches from race radio, and the teams are all issuing familiar instructions about the need to be together in numbers towards the front.

A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this point. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed towards the front, though they appear to be positioned for safety rather than with the express intention of trying to force an echelon.

-125km

The intensity in the peloton has abated since that intermediate sprint, and for now at least, nobody appears to be tempted to throw themselves onto the offensive. It is striking that the GC riders are all moving up, flanked by their teams. The wind isn’t likely to be strong enough to split the field here, but caution is the byword.

Intermediate sprint – result

1          Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)         20 pts

2          Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) 17

3          Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)    15

4          Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)            13

5          Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)        11

6          Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dsnty) 10

7          Sam Bennet (Decathlon-AG2R)         9

8          Mike Teunissen (Intermarché-Wanty)            8

9          Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty)    7

10        Dorian Godon (Decathlon-AG2R)     6

11        Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)         5

12        Jai Hindley(Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)         4

13        Oliver Naesen (Decathlon-AG2R)     3

14        Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)   2

15        Oscar Onley (DSM)    1

Girmay’s points classification lead is up to ten points over Pedersen thanks to his second place in that intermediate sprint.

-132km

Victor Campenaerts leads out the sprint for Arnaud De Lie, and the Belgian is so strong he briefly rides off the front alone. He sits up before the sprint, where Jasper Philipsen takes the verdict ahead of Biniam Girmay, with Mads Pedersen third across the line.

-135km

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