Vollering takes Tour de France Femmes lead with stage eight win

Vollering flips the race

Demi Vollering used the gruelling eighth stage of the Tour de France Femmes to do more than take a stage win. The Dutch rider also seized the yellow jersey from Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, moving into the overall lead with one day remaining.

That timing is what makes the result so consequential. A 171.9-km mountain stage from Sisteron was always likely to be one of the race's key sorting points, because hard terrain late in a stage race does not just reward strength - it exposes how much resistance each contender has left. Vollering's win changed both the stage result and the structure of the overall race at the point when there is very little road left for a response.

For Niewiadoma-Phinney, losing yellow this late sharply narrows the path back. For Vollering, the equation is now simpler but still demanding: defend the jersey through the final day.

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