Tour de France Femmes Stage 7: Vollering Takes Command 

There isn’t any doubt who’s queen of the Queen Stage, and this yr’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 commenced the ultimate climb to the Col du Tourmalet the place the general title was absolutely 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 anticipated to defend en path to changing into the race’s second-ever winner.

Outcomes

1. VOLLERING Demi, Group SD Worx – Protime 2:52:43
2. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna, Canyon//SRAM Racing, at 1:58
3. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek, Movistar Group, at 2:34
4. MOOLMAN Ashleigh, AG Insurance coverage – Soudal Fast-Step, at 2:43
5. LABOUS Juliette, Group dsm-firmenich, at 2:46
6. KOPECKY Lotte, Group SD Worx – Protime, at 3:32
7. SANTESTEBAN Ane, Group 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, Group SD Worx – Protime, 24:48:10
2. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna, Canyon//SRAM Racing, at 1:50
3. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek, Movistar Group, at 2:28
4. KOPECKY Lotte, Group SD Worx – Protime, at 2:35
5. MOOLMAN Ashleigh, AG Insurance coverage – Soudal Fast-Step, at 2:39
6. LABOUS Juliette, Group dsm-firmenich, 3:41
7. SANTESTEBAN Ane, Group 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

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

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

Octavia Lapize: Demi Vollering

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

Official website , Startlist