The general classification of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes came down to seconds in a thrilling pursuit on stage 8 as Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) went on a long attack in an attempt to make up the time she had lost due to a crash on stage 5. Vollering won the stage to the top of Alpe d'Huez, but Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) fought back on the mythical climb to stay just four seconds ahead of Vollering and win the race overall.
Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) was the only rider who could follow Vollering’s attack on the Col du Glandon and stayed with Vollering all the way to the finish. In the end, Rooijakkers was four seconds behind Vollering on the stage and ten seconds behind Niewiadoma. That moved the Fenix-Deceuninck rider up to third in the general classification, improving on her fourth-place finish in the Giro d’Italia Women.
