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Stage 6

Heerlen, 110.4km

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Susanne Ljungskog (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) maintained her hold on the leader's jersey by arriving in the same group as stage winner, Judith Arndt (T-Mobile), to become the 2006 Holland Ladies Tour winner. Trixi Worrack (Équipe Nürnberger) was second overall and Judith Arndt third.

Ljungskog's team-mate, Linda Villumsen took the Young Rider competition and Buitenpoort-Flexpoint won the team award. Best sprinter was Bertine Spijkermann (Therme Skin Care), whilst Judith Helmink (@Work) won the Most Aggressive Rider competition. The Points competition was taken by Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) and Susanne Ljungskog took the Mountains competition from week-long leader, Marianne Vos (DSB).

This final stage contained more climbing than any other - 8 climbs which contributed to the mountains competition. The bunch stayed together in the early stages, although Marianne Vos popped off the front to take some early mountains classification points. Before mid-stage, the race had split into 2 main bunches. It was not until much later in the race that the decisive break at the front went away. The group contained eventual stage winner, Arndt and race winner, Ljungskog.

Once this group got away, the time gap kept growing. The leaders beat the main bunch by over 6 minutes at the end of the stage. Loës Gunnewijk (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint) and Lisa Christensen (Bianchi Aliverti) finished between the bunch and the leaders, 2 minutes 21 seconds in arrears. Vos finished back in the bunch, whilst Ljungskog was able to take enough points over the closing 'bergs' to take the jersey from the World Cyclo Cross Champion.

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Surname	Name	Team	Time / Gap
1	ARNDT	Judith	TMP	2h59'32"
2	LJUNGSKOG	Susanne	BFL	00"
3	BELTMAN	Chantal	VVP	00"
4	ARMSTRONG	Kristin	USA	00"
5	GUDERZO	Tatiana	ITA	00"
6	WORRACK	Trixi	NUR	00"
7	HÄUSLER	Claudia	NUR	05"
8	GUNNEWIJK	Loes	BFL	2'21"
9	CHRISTENSEN	Lise	ALI	2'21"
10	ANDREASSON	Veronica	SAF	6'07"

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Surname	Name	Team	Time / Gap
1	LJUNGSKOG	Susanne	BFL	18h03'40"
2	WORRACK	Trixi	NUR	1'02"
3	ARNDT	Judith	TMP	1'39"
4	GUDERZO	Tatiana	ITA	1'54"
5	BELTMAN	Chantal	VVP	2'31"
6	GUNNEWIJK	Loes	BFL	2'39"
7	ARMSTRONG	Kristin	USA	3'23"
8	CHRISTENSEN	Lise	ALI	6'09"
9	VILLUMSEN	Linda	BFL	6'27"
10	SANDIG	Madeleine	BFL	6'40"

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