‘Six is my lucky number’: Liane Lippert sees double after sprinting to Giro d’Italia Women stage six victory (again)

Liane Lippert took her first victory since winning stage six in last year’s Giro d’Italia Women after outsprinting breakaway rival Pauline Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck on the same stage in this week’s Giro d’Italia Women at Terre Roveresche (Orciano di Pesaro).

The Movistar rider had attacked from a small breakaway group in the final 10 kilometres of what was a relentlessly lumpy 145km outing which passed through San Marino along the way.