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As it happened: Kasia Niewiadoma holds off Demi Vollering’s attacks to win Tour de France Femmes

ALPE DHUEZ FRANCE AUGUST 18 Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team CanyonSRAM Racing Yellow Leader Jersey celebrates at podium as final overall race winner during the 3rd Tour de France Femmes 2024 Stage 8 a 1499km stage from Le GrandBornand to Alpe dHuez 1828m UCIWWT on August 18 2024 in Alpe dHuez France Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images

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And then, of course, the ‘niew’ name on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift’s honours board, Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).

A valiant ride from stage 8 winner and GC runner-up Demi Vollering (SD-Worx-Protime). 

No pictures of green points jersey winner Mariannes Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the podium yet, but she has crossed the line.

A superb Tour de France Femmes debut from Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck), the winner of the young rider’s classification.

Some of the other classification winners, now.


And the highs.

The lows of cycling…

Niawiadoma continued: “I went through such a terrible time on this climb [Alpe d’Huez] so to arrive at the finish line to learn that I’ve won the Tour de France is insane, it’s mindblowing.”

“It’s so crazy to be honest. The whole stage was such a crazy rollercoaster, like I had a really bad moment on Glandon. Then on the descent I was able to rebuild myself. I was so lucky to have Lucinda Brand, so thank you to Lidl-Trek, they did a great job getting us closer to Demi and Pauliena,” she exclaimed.

Next, some words from the 2024 Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey winner. Canyon-SRAM’s Kasia Niewiadoma.

Pauliena Rooijakkers put in a stellar ride today, and achieved third-place in the overall standings. 

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