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Annemiek van Vleuten won stage six of the Giro d’Italia Donne as she extended her overall lead. <\/span><\/p>\n The defending champion, from the Netherlands, powered away from the peloton to take victory on the 104.4km run in Canelli.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes was second after she beat Germany’s Liane Lippert, who was third, to the finishing line.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s super cool to win on a day that before you think it’s maybe for a sprinter,” said Van Vleuten.<\/span><\/p>\n “Lorena Wiebes showed that it could be for a sprinter [but] I tried to avoid that and go for attack. <\/span><\/p>\n “When a plan comes together on the final climb, it’s super nice.”<\/span><\/p>\n She added: “It’s a 2.5km climb for the finish and you could feel everyone was a bit tired from yesterday.”<\/span><\/p>\n Antonia Niedermaier, who had won stage five and was second in the overall standings, was involved in a crash with Urska Zigart and both have been forced to abandon the race.<\/span><\/p>\n It means four-time race winner Van Vleuten leads American Veronica Ewers by three minutes and three seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned\/Movistar) 2hrs 39mins 04secs <\/span><\/p>\n 2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned\/Team SD Worx) +20secs<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Liane Lippert (Ger\/Movistar) same time<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Soraya Paladin (Ita\/Canyon SRAM Racing) +25secs<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Silvia Persico (Ita\/\/UAE Team ADQ) +28secs<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ\/SD Worx) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Mavi Garcia (Spa\/Liv Racing TeqFind) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 8. Ane Santesteban (Spa\/Jayco-AlUla) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 9. Fem Van Empel (Ned\/Team Jumbo-Visma) +31secs<\/span><\/p>\n 10. Ally Wollaston (NZ\/ Soudal Quick-Step) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned\/Movistar) 14hrs 58mins 29secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Veronica Ewers (USA\/EF Education-Tibco-SVB) +03:03<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Juliette Labous (Fra\/DSM-Firmenich) +03:39<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Gaia Realini (Ita\/Lidl-Trek) +03:59<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Mavi Garcia (Spa\/Liv Racing TeqFind) +03:18<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Erica Magnaldi (Ita\/UAE Team ADQ) +04:21<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den\/FDJ-Suez) +05:11<\/span><\/p>\nStage six results<\/h3>\n
General classification<\/h3>\n