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Newspaper La Jornada
Monday July 31, 2023, p. a10
Pau. The Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering conquered for the first time the Tour of France women’s after the dispute of the eighth and final stage, an individual time trial of 22.6 kilometers in Pau won yesterday by the Swiss Marlen Reusser.
Vollering (SD Worx), 26 years old, succeeds in the palmares of the Big loop to her compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar), who this time was left out of the final podium, surpassed by the Belgian Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon).
At 40 years of age and in the season of his farewell, Van Vleuten remains in this way without being able to conquer what could have been his second consecutive Vuelta-Giro-Tour.
But Vollering’s victory cannot be considered a surprise. He adds his victory 15 in 2023 and is the current number one. In spring she already achieved the triplet of the Ardennes (Walloon Arrow, Liège and Amstel), something that until now only her compatriot Anna van der Breggen had done.
In the streets of Pau, which after the morning rain dried up throughout the day, and under the watchful eye of French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Reusser set the fastest time, 29 minutes and 15 seconds to cover the 22.6 kilometers of the stage.
▲ Wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, Vollering crosses the finish line of the eighth stage of the cycling race, starting and finishing in Pau, southwestern France. Photo Ap
Double European champion in the specialty against the clock, the Swiss woman led Vollering by ten seconds, who thus sealed her final victory after putting on the jersey yellow on the eve in the stage that culminated in the mythical Tourmalet.
Kopecky, leader of the test for six days and who kept the yellow until Saturday, was third in the stage 38 seconds behind the winner, leading the Australian Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) by two seconds, a result that served her well. to finish on the final podium.
In the final overall, Vollering led Kopecky by 3:03, who finished with the same time as Niewiadoma, although she beat the Pole by places.
Van Vleuten, who had a bad time, 1:41 behind the stage winner, missed out on the podium by just 56 seconds.
2023-07-31 08:53:36
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