Cycling-Vos wins stage six to extend lead before Tour heads to mountains

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Road - Women's Road Race - Final - Tokyo to Fuji International Speedway - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in action during the Women's Road Race. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

(Reuters) -Yellow jersey holder Marianne Vos of Jumbo-Visma timed her sprint to perfection to win stage six of the inaugural women's Tour de France on Friday and extend her lead at the top of the general classification.

Stage six was a hilly 129 km course from Saint-Die-des-Vosges to Rosheim and Vos's Jumbo Visma team mates positioned themselves in the front with 2 km to go.