‘I didn’t know there was a crash’ – Mixed emotions for yellow jersey Kasia Niewiadoma after Demi Vollering crashes at Tour de France Femmes

Kasia Niewiadoma celebrated a hard-fought second place on stage 5, where she moved into the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes. The Canyon-SRAM rider was part of a small front group that emerged after a mass crash with 6km to go split the field. However, she said she was unaware that overnight leader Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) was involved in the accident that caused her to lose 1:47 in Amnéville.

“I didn’t know that a crash happened and thought that the field split up on the descent because it has happened many times leading into the final. At that moment, racing instinct kicked in, and we just wanted to make it to the final,” Niewiadoma said.