Tour de France Femmes leader Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) crashed hard with 6.3km to go on stage 5 and saw what was a 22-second lead heading into the day, completely flipped on its head to a 1:19 deficit heading into the final three stages.
The incident unfolded at the exit of a roundabout where a touch of wheels caused a mass pile-up at high speed that left Vollering unable to remount her bike for 49 seconds as she clutched at the back of her left leg with what appeared to be a hip injury.
