Demi Vollering Takes Tour De France Femmes Lead with Stunning Stage Win | Sports-Games
- 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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Kasia Niewiadoma never got the shovel during Vollering - instead the Dutchman ran away himself
Demi Vollering is number one in the sporting standings and prize money. – @ASO/GaëtanFlamme On the day of the final stage of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes, Demi Vollering is comfortably leading the prize money standings for this edition. The Dutch rider has distinguished herself twice in this race, with stage wins in Mâcon-Belleville-en-Beaujolais on stage 5 and in Nice the day before the final stage. This latter victory allowed her to take the…
The female one: in eight stages five cyclists wore the yellow jersey, and there are only 8 seconds of gap between the first and second
Dutch woman Demi Vollering has won the eighth and penultimate stage of the Tour de France of Women.
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