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Demi Vollering, a favorite in the Tour de France Femmes, was involved in a crash during stage 3 and is now heading to the hospital for checks before a decision is made on whether she will continue the race.
Demi Vollering crashed in the final kilometers of stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes but did not lose time in the general classification; Marianne Vos took the race lead due to stage bonuses amid a disrupted finish with only about 20 riders contesting.
Annemiek van Vleuten secured the overall title for her home team Movistar in the first edition of the revamped La Vuelta Femenina. Demi Vollering and Gaia Realini emerged as top climbers, while Marianne Vos won three stages and spent time wearing the overall race leader's jersey. The event marked a new phase of La Vuelta Femenina, with a mix of sprint and undulating early stages followed by three challenging final stages. New faces, including Ricarda Bauernfeind, Évita Muzic, Loes Adegeest, and Alena Ivanchenko, also worked their way into the top results across the seven stages.
The Vuelta Femenina delivered a thrilling seven days of racing, with Annemiek van Vleuten taking the overall title after a dramatic showdown with Demi Vollering on the final stage. The race proved that it has finally arrived as a major event on the calendar, with longer stages and proper ascents. Other highlights included the emergence of young talent such as Gaia Realini, and tensions between SD Worx and Movistar.
A controversy has arisen over how Demi Vollering lost the red jersey during stage 6 of the Vuelta Femenina. SD Worx accused Movistar of capitalizing on Vollering and her teammates taking a toilet break, while Movistar claimed that the effort on the front had been pre-planned on the team bus ahead of the stage. Vollering thinks it's convenient that the pre-planned moment also happened to be when she stopped for a comfort break. The incident sets up an exciting finale of the Vuelta Femenina.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) took the lead from Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) in stage 6 of La Vuelta Femenina after a combination of a nature break and a crosswind situation. Vollering and SD Worx countered that it was more of a headwind than a crosswind, adding that the race jury enforced a barrage when riders were dropped from the peloton because of the increased speed. There is an unwritten rule in cycling that you don’t attack a GC rival after a crash or when they go on a nature break, and this is especially true for the overall leader.