Greig Leach

Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) continued to show just how strong of a sprinter she is this year. Already in the sprinters' Maillot Vert, she outsprinted both Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) - again! - and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) to take the maximum points still available at the intermediate sprint in Pepinster. Further back, Anniina Ahtusalo (Uno X-Mobility) in her Maillot Blanc decided against spending the extra energy for just a couple of points more or less. Despite that decision, she dropped out of the best young rider's jersey given who won today's stage. And the fact that she came in almost seventeen minutes after the stage winner didn't help her quest to stay in white. On the other hand she did move into fifth in the race for the Maillot Vert.