Demi Vollering wins stage seven to seize yellow jersey

Demi Vollering completed runner-up within the 2022 Tour de France Femmes

Demi Vollering claimed victory on the seventh stage of the Tour de France Femmes to place herself in a robust place to win the yellow jersey.

Vollering powered by way of the mountain-top fog to win the 89.9km stage in two hours 52 minutes 43 seconds.

The Dutchwoman leads the general standings by one minute 50 seconds from Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma with solely the person time trial left.

“I went full fuel to the end. I felt good. I stored pushing,” Vollering stated.

“I used to be nervous and the entire crew was behind me and advised me I might do it.”

Vollering had been seventh heading into the stage from Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre – a minute behind earlier race chief and Worx team-mate Lotte Kopecky and 12 seconds drift of defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten.

The trio had been half the group that pulled clear on the primary of two powerful climbs earlier than Niewiadoma broke away within the last foggy 17km ascent of the Tourmalet.

Vollering and compatriot Van Vleuten initially declined to chase the chief in a tense stand-off earlier than the previous attacked on the method to the snowboarding village of La Mongie.

Vollering reeled in Niewiadoma with six kilometres remaining and summoned sufficient power to get herself over the road.

Stage seven outcomes

1. Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx) 2hrs 52mins 43secs

2. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon SRAM Racing) + 1min 58secs

3. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned/Movistar) +2mins 34secs

4. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SA/AG Soudal-Quickstep) +2mins 43secs

5. Juliette Labous (Fra/DSM-Firmenich) +2mins 46secs

6. Lotte Kopecky (Bel/SD Worx) +3mins 32secs

7. Ane Santesteban (Spa/Jayco-AlUla) +5mins 24secs

8. Marta Cavalli (Ita/FDJ-Suez) +5mins 43secs

9. Cecilie Ludwig (Den/FDJ-Suez) +5mins 46secs

10. Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger/Canyon/SRAM) +6mins 57secs

Common classification

1. Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx) 24hrs 48mins 10secs

2. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon SRAM Racing) +1min 50secs

3. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned/Movistar) +2mins 28secs

4. Lotte Kopecky (Bel/SD Worx) +2mins 35secs

5. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SA/AG Soudal-Quickstep) +2mins 39secs

6. Juliette Labous (Fra/DSM-Firmenich) +3mins 41secs

7. Ane Santesteban (Spa/Jayco-AlUla) +6mins 23secs

8. Cecilie Ludwig (Den/FDJ-Suez) +6mins 42secs

9. Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger/Canyon-SRAM) +7mins 42secs

10. Amanda Spratt (Aus/Lidl-Trek) + +8mins 18secs

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