The tension that followed a heated Stage 8 finale between Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) and Demi Vollering’s FDJ United-SUEZ team appears to have been settled, despite animated words between the two Tour de France Femmes rivals in the opening kilometres of Stage 9.
TV cameras caught Vollering and Niewiadoma-Phinney riding alongside one another early in Sunday’s final stage having a conversation. Vollering later confirmed that she had approached her rival to clear the air over the previous day’s controversial finale.