Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) held on win the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in an instant classic battle with Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) on Alpe d'Huez, claiming the final yellow jersey by just four seconds.
Vollering won the stage, but didn't close enough time on Niewiadoma to win overall. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) was second on the day and finished third overall.
Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) had already done enough in the previous stage to take home the green points jersey.
Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was second overall coming into the final stage, but faded out of the top-ten. She still did enough to hang on to the youth classifiaction ahead of Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek).
Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) scored more points on the final day to take home the polka dot jersey for best climber, twelve points ahead of Vollering.
Lidl-Trek won the team classification ahead of FDJ-Suez and Movistar.
Tour de France Femmes 2024 stage eight: Le Grand-Bornard to Alpe d'Huez
1. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime in 4:34:14
2. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +4s
3. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, +1:01
4. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, same time
5. Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +1:31
6. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT, +3:15
7. Valentina Cavallar (Austria) Arkéa-B&B Hotels, +3:34
8. Sarah Gigante (Aus) AG Insurance - Soudal, +5:10
9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) SD Worx-Protime, +5:14
10. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +7:06
Tour de France Femmes 2024 general classification after stage eight
1. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM in 24:36:07
2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, +4s
3. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +10s
4. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, _1:21
5. Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +2:19
6. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT, +2:51
7. Sarah Gigante (Aus) AG Insurance - Soudal, +7:09
8. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +8:06
9. Juliette Labous (Fra) dsm-firmenich-PostNL, +8:07
10. Thalita de Jong (Ned) Lotto Dstny Ladies, +8:12
Tour de France Femmes 2024 points classification after stage eight
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, 170pts
2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 110pts
3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, 86pts
4. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 85pts
5. Blanka Vas (Hun) SD Worx-Protime, 65pts
Tour de France Femmes 2024 mountains classification after stage eight
1. Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal, 46pts
2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 34pts
3. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 25pts
4. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, 25pts
5. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 23pts
Tour de France Femmes 2024 youth classification after stage eight
1. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, in 24:44:35
3. Shirin van Anroij (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +1:07
3. Marion Bunel (Fra) St Michel-Mavic-Auber93, +4:12
4. Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM, +23:05
5. Maeva Squiban (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels, +38:52
Tour de France Femmes 2024 teams classification after stage eight
1. Lidl-Trek, in 74:07:21
2. FDJ-Suez, +11:52
3. Movistar, +35:09
