The final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was a game of maths. After seven days of racing, covering 950 kilometers and 13,566 meters of elevation, the third edition of the women’s Tour came down to just four measly seconds — the smallest margin of victory in Tour de France history.
The brutally hilly stage ended atop the legendary Alpe d’Huez climb, where valuable bonus seconds awaited the top three riders: 10 seconds for the stage winner, 6 seconds for the runner-up and 4 seconds for third place. Every second mattered. The top 10 riders in the General Classification were all within 1 minute and 27 seconds, but the real battle was between yellow-jersey wearer Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and race favourite and defending champion Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime), who trailed by 1:15 — a gap that could very well be reclaimed on such a mountainous stage.
