Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) has won the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift overall title after a titanic fight with Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) on the famous Alpe d’Huez.
Vollering won the stage in a two-up sprint with Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix Deceuninck), but the gap to Niewiadoma, who was fourth, was not enough to overhaul the Pole in the overall standings.
SD Worx-Protime’s reigning champion had attacked on the penultimate climb of the Col du Glandon, opening up an advantage of more than a minute over yellow jersey.
It was the first time since 1992 that a professional women’s peloton had take to the Alpe d’Huez. As the riders made their way up the famous 21 hairpins, the gap swung between being enough for Vollering to take yellow and then not. In the end, Niewiadoma crossed the line 1:01 behind Vollering to win the Tour de France Femmes by just four seconds.
Just ten seconds separated the final overall podium, with Rooijakkers claiming third. Evita Muzic (FDJ-SUEZ) was third on the stage and finished the race fourth overall.
More to come…