With stage 3 winner Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) out of the race, Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich) was the big favourite to win stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes to Blagnac. And Kool did win the sprint– but unfortunately for her, it was a sprint for second place as Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Team) from the early breakaway just held off the sprinters by one second.
When Kool arrived at the team bus, she looked crestfallen, handing her bike to a mechanic before hugging her teammates who gave her soft words of encouragement. Kool then disappeared into the team bus for some time before coming out again to face the questions of the media, only speaking Cyclingnews, Dutch TV channel L1, and Belgian TV channel Sporza.
