{"id":31577,"date":"2025-07-29T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31577\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:11:08","slug":"demi-vollering-cleared-to-continue-tour-de-france-femmes-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31577\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Vollering cleared to continue Tour de France Femmes after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demi Vollering<\/a>\u2019s bid to win this year\u2019s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift<\/a> is still alive, after she was cleared to continue the race following a crash on stage three<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The FDJ-SUEZ<\/a> leader came down in a mass pile-up inside 4km to go during Monday\u2019s stage. One of the last to get up, she was helped to the finish by her teammates, and was later tested for concussion.<\/p>\n

Vollering\u2019s team manager, Stephen Delcourt, also confirmed she suffered pain in her knee and back. She has now been deemed fit enough to ride on.<\/p>\n

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Less than three hours before stage three, FDJ-SUEZ issued the following update: \u201cFurther medical examinations and a second concussion protocol Demi Vollering<\/a> underwent this morning with the team doctor, ruled out the risk of concussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of FDJ-SUEZ team, Demi Vollering is determined to take part in today’s stage. The team remains vigilant and will further follow her situation during the efforts (warming up and race).\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond the finish line in Angers on Monday, Vollering was captured by SBS telling her soigneur that she had a \u201cheadache\u201d when she was on the ground. She then returned, limping, to her team bus, where she and her team staff examined her helmet for signs of damage.<\/p>\n

FDJ-SUEZ issued a statement at 11pm after the stage to confirm that Vollering had suffered \u201cmultiple contusions\u201d and had undergone an initial concussion assessment. She did not go to hospital, but instead was scheduled to have a second concussion test in the morning, \u201cto rule out any suspicion\u201d.<\/p>\n

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As her crash came within the 5km safety zone, Vollering was given the same finishing time as the front group on the stage and did not suffer any losses in the GC.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the race, she said she was \u201clooking forward to a battle\u201d for the yellow jersey she won in 2023. The Dutchwoman lost out on the overall victory on her title defence last year by just four seconds to Kasia Niewiadoma<\/a> (Canyon<\/a>-SRAM zondacrypto), in what is the narrowest winning margin in Tour history.<\/p>\n

Stage four of this year\u2019s nine-day edition is expected to finish in a bunch sprint in Poitiers. The race will have its first mountains test on Thursday, stage six, in the Massif Central.<\/p>\n

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