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8 striking conclusions that defined the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

8 striking conclusions that defined the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

To summarize the eight days of racing at the 2023 Tour de France avec Zwift in one word could be attempted with ‘thrilling’. From the first decisive breakaway by Lotte Kopecky to put her in yellow to the final weekend on the winning attack on Col du Tourmalet to keep the maillot jaune with Team SD Worx by eventual champion Demi Vollering, it was a full week of action with unexpected story lines each day. 

The punctuation mark of the Tour was made by the Dutch squad in the stage 8 time trial in Pau, as Vollering finished second and stood on the stage podium between her teammates Marlen Reusser and Lotte Kopecky. All eight days saw the yellow jersey on the shoulders of just two teammates, beginning with Kopecky for six days and then moving to Vollering for the final two, and Kopecky taking the green jersey and second overall. Team SD Worx won four of the eight stages with four different riders.

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