Vollering Wins Stage Eight, Takes Tour Overall Lead
- On Saturday, FDJ United-Suez rider Demi Vollering won the eighth stage of the Tour de France Femmes in Nice, France, seizing the yellow jersey ahead of Sunday's final stage.
- Vollering launched a decisive attack on the final climb, dropping race leader Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney, while defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot withdrew Saturday morning due to illness.
- The 171.9-kilometer route from Sisteron to Nice concluded with Vollering extending her advantage to 17 seconds, as Elisa Longo Borghini of UAE Team ADQ finished second and Niewiadoma-Phinney crossed the line third.
- "I gave it everything," said Vollering, who appeared exhausted, adding her victory proves "if you really believe in something, if you really dream big about something, then it doesn't matter what it needs to take."
- Sunday's final stage features four challenging climbs of the Col d'Eze overlooking the Principality of Monaco, with Vollering holding an eight-second lead over Niewiadoma-Phinney heading into the race's concluding day.
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Exactly where no one expected it, Demi Vollering took control of the Tour de France Femmes. She made a small mistake on the Ventoux, but on a steep street in Nice, she did rely on her own strength and seized power. "I knew it was very steep there."
The Dutch girl accelerated the pace on Saturday during the fourth and last small climb.
Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering has taken the overall lead in the Tour de France. In the eighth stage from Sisteron to Nice, the world's number one female cyclist broke away on a short but steep climb on the Chemin de l'Arieta six kilometers from the finish line, taking the overall lead from Poland's Kasia Niewiadomi-Phinney. Slovenian Urška Žigart was 39th.
With a victory on the longest stage of the Tour de France Femmes, the Dutchwoman takes the overall lead and is now eight seconds ahead of the Polish Kasia Niewiadoma.
Vollering grabs Tour de France lead in Nice
The Dutch FDJ United-Suez rider now leads the Pole by eight seconds with a title struggle in the hills outside Nice ripe for a tense finale on Sunday's final stage with a series of four climbs of the steep seven-kilometre Col d'Eze. Stage 8 was a 171.9 km run from Sisteron to Nice with a flat route interrupted by a late climb which the 2023 champion used to full advantage, dropping Niewiadoma on its steepest section. The 29-year-old Vollering th…
Tour de France Femmes — Demi Vollering takes lead to set up tense finale
The Dutch rider now leads Pole Kasia Niewiadoma by eight seconds with a title struggle in the hills outside Nice ripe for a tense finale on Sunday’s final stage with a series of four climbs of the steep seven-kilometre Col d’Eze.
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