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‘It can help me if I’m really suffering’ – Demi Vollering says she’s not using 2024 Tour de France Femmes crash as motivation for this year’s race

LE GRAND BORNAND, FRANCE - AUGUST 17: (L-R) Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team Canyon//SRAM Racing - Yellow leader jersey and Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime compete during the 3rd Tour de France Femmes 2024, Stage 7 a 166.4km stage from Champagnole to Le Grand Bornand 1265m / #UCIWWT / on August 17, 2024 in Le Grand Bornand, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

After missing the overall victory at last year’s Tour de France Femmes, Dutch racer Demi Vollering heads back to the race this weekend as the top favourite for the yellow jersey once again.

She won the race in 2023 with a three-minute margin over then-teammate Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime). However, last summer saw her drop out of the lead following a crash 6.5km from the end of stage 5, turning a 22-second lead into a 1:19 deficit to Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), from which she wouldn’t recover.

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