While Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) only reduced her deficit to Tour de France Femmes race leader Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) by four seconds up Le Grand-Bornand on stage 7, her team are confident that heading into the queen stage, she can wrest back her 1:15 and reclaim the yellow jersey.
Vollering tried several short bursts up the final 7km climb to Chinaillon but without much success due to the climb’s relatively shallow 5.1% average gradient. After a cagey approach to the line, Vollering jumped on the back of a Niewiadoma surge and outsprinted her for the remaining bonus seconds behind stage winner Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) and Maëva Squiban (Arkéa - B&B Hotels Women).
