Demi Vollering’s hopes of taking back-to-back victories in the Tour de France Femmes took a significant and painful blow after the defending champion crashed at speed in the final moments of stage five from Bastogne to Amnéville, in the Moselle.
The SD Worx Protime team leader was descending into Amnéville, exiting a roundabout, when about a dozen riders, including Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi, racing for DSM-Firmenich PostNL, crashed around her.