Liane Lippert won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia Women in Chieti. It was a comeback victory for the Movistar rider after she was forced to miss most of the early season due to a stress fracture, and she was clearly overjoyed at the finish.
The 26-year-old German rider was part of four-up breakaway which had formed with 39km to go of the 159km stage, and managed to hold off a reduced bunch of favourites on the final climb up to the town centre finish in Chieti.
