A high-quality competition saw 13 riders record clear rounds during the first stage and progress to a jump-off.

Van Der Vleuten, riding Beauville Z N.O.P, was last to go in the jump-off, and registered a time of 39.37 seconds, claiming victory by half a second thanks to a flat-out gallop to the final fence which he risked all and cleared.

With the win, Van Der Vleuten booked his ticket to the Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix Prague Playoffs later in the year.

Second place went to Belgium’s Pieter Devos, riding Mom’s Toupie De La Roque, in 39.92.

Ireland’s Michael Duffy completed the podium, onboard Cinca 3, in a time of 40.15.

Six riders went clear in the jump-off, with less than one second between second and sixth.

Philipp Schulze Topphoff of Germany, riding Carla, placed fourth in 40.23, with Denmark’s Andreas Schou in fifth on Darc De Lux in 40.80, and Germany’s Christian Kukuk on Mumbai in sixth in 40.90.

In the overall rankings, Van Der Vleuten leads with 175 points, with Kukuk in second place with 134.2 points.

Sweden’s Malin Baryard-Johnsson, who placed eighth in Cannes, is third overall with 130.1 points, with Edwina Tops-Alexander of Australia, who finished 10^th in Cannes, fourth overall on 117 points.

Van Der Vleuten said after the Cannes leg that he would likely miss the next two rounds in Stockholm and Paris, but that he was still targeting the overall win in the series.

The seventh leg of the Global Champions Tour is due to take place in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 16 to 18.