La Vuelta Femenina 2026: Anna van der Breggen digs deep to win summit finish of stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 6 of the Vuelta Femenina , dominating the finishing climb to Les Praeres, and took the overall lead. She arrived at the summit finish ahead of Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) and Marion Bunel (Visma-Lease a Bike), who rounded out the podium.

Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) had attacked into the 3.7km finishing climb, but her small gap was quickly closed, and Van der Breggen immediately started setting the pace. On the crazily-steep slopes of up to 27% gradient, she rode rider after rider off her wheel.

Anna van der Breggen celebrates stage 6 win and earns the red leader's jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

Van der Breggen moved from fourth overall to the GC lead with the victory.

"It was a really hard day. A climb like this, I think I’ve never seen that before," said Van der Breggen.

"The girls took care of me all day.…