Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering wins climbing skirmish on stage 5 in three-rider sprint

Demi Vollering of FDJ United - SUEZ wins stage 5 ahead of Marlen Reusser of Movistar in the Yellow Leader Jersey
Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering of FDJ United - SUEZ wins stage 5 ahead of Marlen Reusser of Movistar in the Yellow Leader Jersey and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney of Canyon-SRAM (Image credit: Getty Images)

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) won stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes, outsprinting Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) from a group of three that got away on the Mont Brouilly. Marlen Reusser keeps the yellow jersey, and all three riders take a lot of time on their GC rivals.

FDJ United-Suez had chased behind the breakaway that only formed with just over 80km to go on a very demanding stage, then led out their leader on the Col de Durbize, cresting 30.4km from the line. Vollering accelerated herself on the steeper second part of the climb, and her pace saw Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly), Elisa Longo Borghini, and Paula Blasi (both UAE Team L'IMAD) dropped.

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.

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