La Vuelta Femenina stage six LIVE - Demi Vollering looks to retain red jersey on second mountain stage

33" now as the peloton speed up, Visma-Lease a Bike leading the chase.

Just over 5km to go to the intermediate sprint, the gap has dropped to 51".

Team Visma-Lease a Bike, FDJ-SUEZ, and AG Insurance - Soudal Team are all lined up at the front of the bunch.

Gap at 1:29 for the four breakaway riders, Bastiaenssen motivating them. A reminder of the top five in each classification going into today's stage:

1. Vollering

2. Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) 0:31

3. Riejanne Markus (Team Visma- Lease a Bike) 0:53

4. Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale) 1:10

5. Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) 1:13

1. Marianne Vos (Team Visma- Lease a Bike) 115

2. Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx - Protime) 103

3. Faulkner 63

4. Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) 62

5. Markus 52

1. Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) 20

2. Vollering 10

3. Niamh Fisher-Black (Team SD Worx - Protime) 8

4. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) 8

5. Longo Borghini 7

Gap at 2:02 now.

Gap at 2:16, Vas and Bredewold pulling the peloton. 12.8km to go until the intermediate sprint.

2:14 now for the four breakaway riders.

Not much to report, but the gap has gone up to 3:00.

Vollering stopped for a nature break which prompted the same from others in the bunch, but the red jersey has made her way back up to the group with ease due to the slowed pace. Gap of 2:52 to the breakaway group now.

Spainish national champion Mavi García (Liv AlUla Jayco) is back with the peloton after going to the team car. Gap of 2:23 to the breakaway Mareille Meijering (Movistar Team) also goes back to the car to collect refreshments for her team.

The gap is still (just) over two minutes at 2:02, no change to report elsewhere.

The gap is down to 2:19 as the bunch pass through another feed zone.

It's 2:32 now for the breakaway.

A lead of 3:06 now for the breakaway as the road elevates.

Hearing news that Van Alphen has a abandoned the race after her crash - wishing her a speedy recovery! Gap 3:13 from the breakaway to the bunch.

Cecchini leads the bunch now as Vollering's team take over at the front of the chase group, the gap now 3:33 to the breakaway.

The yellow and black team split the group with an attack that prompts lots of reaction from the peloton. Achtereekte and Van Agt launch themselves from the back of the bunch to spark the move.

She gets back on the road but looks to be in pain in her right arm after the crash. The gap is 3:43 between the breakaway group and the chasers, and Van Alphen will have to ride solo for a while to catch up with them again.

The bunch had slowed down slightly as they approach the feed zone, but a crash at the centre of the bunch took down multiple riders including Aniek van Alphen (Fenix-Deceuninck) who's taken down first by a bottle from a rider behind that gets caught in her back wheel. She was really impressive on the descent yesterday, and looks to be changing her bike here and receives medical attention.

2:39 now for the front four. Nerlo has started the most La Vuelta Femenina stages in the group at 16, and has the best past finish result out of all of them at 35.

It's 2:13 for the breakaway group, Vas and Bredewold currently at the front of the peloton. Alison Jackson returns to bidon collection duties for EF Education-Cannondale, and Longo Borghini goes back to the Lidl-Trek car to fix her radio.

We have live pictures! Currently, Laura Molenaar (VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team), Fauve Bastiaenssen (Lotto Dstny Ladies), Claudia San Justo (Eneicat - CMTeam), and Aurela Nerlo (Winspace) have formed a breakaway group after multiple attacks from within the peloton in the opening kilometres. They currently have a gap of 1:55 ahead of the chasers.