{"id":35386,"date":"2025-07-31T08:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35386\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:46:10","slug":"demi-vollering-just-aced-her-first-big-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35386\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Vollering just aced her first big test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Matt<\/p>\n

How\u2019s Demi doing?<\/a> She\u2019s doing just fine. Two days after a nasty crash in the closing kilometres of stage 3, Vollering (FDJ-Suez) isn\u2019t just surviving the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, she\u2019s absolutely thriving.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a chaotic finale to stage 5, Vollering was one of only seven riders in the lead group over the tough Cat 3 climb that peaked just 7 km from the finish. Not only was she in that group, she\u2019d even put in a brief surge on the way up, showing that her recovery seems to progressing very nicely indeed.<\/p>\n

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How\u2019s Demi doing?<\/p>\n

As managers clash and the race heads for the hills, is Vollering on the improve?<\/p>\n

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As the likes of Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) tried to get away on the descent to the line, Vollering hung tough, ensuring she\u2019d be in the group that contested the stage win.<\/p>\n

And it wasn\u2019t like Vollering just rolled in with that group, either. Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) won the stage and took back the yellow jersey<\/a>, but Vollering very nearly beat her on the line when the Mauritian sat up and looked around. The Dutchwoman took a narrow second place, confirming that she is well and truly back on track.<\/p>\n

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