Demi Vollering takes yellow jersey in sensational style
Demi Vollering took possession of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday by winning the penultimate stage in sensational style.
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Demi Vollering took possession of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday by winning the penultimate stage in sensational style.
Emma Norsgaard held off a fast-finishing chasing pack to win a thrilling stage six of the Tour de France Femmes on Friday.
Ricarda Bauernfeind took a superb solo win on stage five of the Tour de France Femmes in Albi on a bad day for the in-form SD Worx squad.
Pfeiffer Georgi of Team DSM and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) won the British and Belgian Road Championships, respectively, on Sunday. Georgi beat Claire Steels (Israel-Premier Tech Roland) by five seconds at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, with Steels taking silver. Ad Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma) beat Elinor Barker (Uno-X Pro Cycling) for third spot.
Demi Vollering soloed to victory at the Women's Amstel Gold Race on Sunday in Valkenburg. On a parcours containing 21 climbs and one that was 30km longer than last year, it was Vollering who broke away in the final kilometre to outlast the rest and secure a memorable win after finishing second in the previous two editions of the race.
Alison Jackson won the Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Saturday after helping a long breakaway survive over the cobbles of the one-day classic, then holding off Katia Ragusa and Marthe Truyven in a sprint finish at Roubaix's velodrome.
Alison Jackson (EF Education–Tibco–SVB) produced a seismic shock to win Paris-Roubaix Femmes as the breakaway held off a chasing group packed with pre-race favourites. The seven-strong alliance saw their lead slashed to just 10 seconds at one point as they arrived on the final section of cobblestones with 1.4km remaining, but they went down swinging and held on to reach the famous Roubaix Velodrome with a slender advantage as a sprint beckoned.
Italian Katia Ragusa of LIV Racing was second and Fenix-Deceuninck rider Marthe Truyen of Germany was third as outsiders took the top six in a feared racing date known as the "Hell of the North".