Tour de France Femmes Stage 7: Vollering Takes Command 

There isn’t a doubt who’s queen of the Queen Stage, and this 12 months’s Tour de France Femmes, as SDWorx captain Demi Vollering rode away from the World Champion and defending TDFF winner Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar and Canyon/SRAM’s Kasia Niewiadoma to grab management of the seventh stage and the maillot jaune. The main trio survived the Col d’Aspin collectively and started the ultimate climb to the Col du Tourmalet the place the general title was certainly on the road. In a single day chief, Vollering’s teammate Lotte Kopecky, was not anticipated to hold on, and positive sufficient it was left to Vollering to maintain SDWorx within the dirver’s seat. She did that by shut to 2 minutes over Niewiadoma and extra over the remainder of the sector. Heading into tomorrow’s time trial, Vollering has a commanding 1.50 lead, which she is predicted to defend en path to turning into the race’s second-ever winner.

Outcomes

1. VOLLERING Demi, Crew SD Worx – Protime 2:52:43
2. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna, Canyon//SRAM Racing, at 1:58
3. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek, Movistar Crew, at 2:34
4. MOOLMAN Ashleigh, AG Insurance coverage – Soudal Fast-Step, at 2:43
5. LABOUS Juliette, Crew dsm-firmenich, at 2:46
6. KOPECKY Lotte, Crew SD Worx – Protime, at 3:32
7. SANTESTEBAN Ane, Crew Jayco AlUla, at 5:24
8. CAVALLI Marta, FDJ – SUEZ, 5:43
9. LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup, FDJ – SUEZ, 5:46
10. BAUERNFEIND Ricarda, Canyon//SRAM Racing, 6:57

GC

1. VOLLERING Demi, Crew SD Worx – Protime, 24:48:10
2. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna, Canyon//SRAM Racing, at 1:50
3. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek, Movistar Crew, at 2:28
4. KOPECKY Lotte, Crew SD Worx – Protime, at 2:35
5. MOOLMAN Ashleigh, AG Insurance coverage – Soudal Fast-Step, at 2:39
6. LABOUS Juliette, Crew dsm-firmenich, 3:41
7. SANTESTEBAN Ane, Crew Jayco AlUla, 6:23
8. LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup, FDJ – SUEZ, 6:42
9. BAUERNFEIND Ricarda, Canyon//SRAM Racing, 7:42
10. SPRATT Amanda, Lidl – Trek, 8:18

Lannemazan – Tourmalet 89.8 km

Brief and brutal GC decider within the Pýrenées, with the enduring Tourmalet as the massive centerpiece. Don’t be stunned if the primary choice occurs already on the Aspin although.

Anticipated end time: 19:05-19:25 CEST

Octavia Lapize: Demi Vollering

Feels fully bizarre to make this prediction however the basic sense actually is that Demi has lastly reached a climbing stage barely higher than a considerably fading Van Vleuten.

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