Demi Vollering wins final stage to seal overall victory at the Tour de France Femmes

After nine epic stages of racing, Demi Vollering has won the Tour de France Femmes for the second time in her career. The FDJ United-SUEZ rider sealed the overall victory by winning the final stage around Nice, as she dropped her main general classification rival Kasia Niewiadoma on the last ascent of the Col d’Èze with 16km to go, before going solo to the finish.

After her triumph atop Mont Ventoux two days prior, Niewiadoma tried everything to snatch back the yellow jersey on the final stage after her Canyon-SRAM team had attempted to put the Dutchwoman under pressure throughout the day, but the Polish rider was simply unable to match the strength of Vollering on the final climb and was ultimately forced to settle for second place in the general classification.

A nasty crash for Marlen Reusser with 60km to go saw the Movistar rider fall off the podium and out of the top ten entirely, as she finished more than twenty-four minutes behind Vollering on the stage, which handed third place and the final spot on the podium to Elisa Longo Borghini.

Meanwhile, Antonia Niedermaier finished fourth overall and won the white jersey as the best young rider, whilst Lorena Wiebes won the intermediate sprint on the final stage to secure the green jersey and Puck Pieterse finished the race safely to win the polka dot jersey.