Tour Femmes’24 Stage 3: Vollering Takes Administration!
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage Report: Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) took the victory on the third stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with a classy ITT effectivity in Rotterdam, to seize administration of the Yellow Jersey. Vollering’s best time of seven:25.14 gave her the win by 5.21 from World time trial champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM), whereas Loes Adegeest (FDJ-Suez) was third by 5.38 from her compatriot Vollering. The superb time trial exhibition by Vollering spherical Rotterdam’s metropolis streets locations her once more throughout the Yellow Jersey as soon as extra as she now leads by 3 seconds from her colleague Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) with Dygert third common, trailing Vollering by 5 seconds.
Stage closing Okay
147 riders took half throughout the ITT, after a crash this morning all through the 2nd stage meant the Frenchwoman Dilyxine Miermont (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber93) couldn’t start. That was the sixth abandon as a result of the start of the Tour. Barely under an hour into the time trial Dutch rider Loes Adegeest (FDJ-SUEZ) was the first rider to complete the course at a median tempo of over 50kph, going provisionally prime with a time of seven:30, which put her 14 seconds ahead of earlier chief Elena Pirrone (Roland).
Stage 3 profile
As a result of the 100 and first rider to start, World time trial champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM) moved into the provisional lead by merely 0.17 of a second, taking on from Adegeest throughout the lead. The winner of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) then took over on the prime as she completed the course 5 seconds faster than Dygert, with the ‘Oranje’ followers cheering her on.
Charlotte Kool misplaced her yellow jersey
The ultimate riders to start have been in any case those who had carried out best throughout the opening two phases, with the excited Dutch crowds desirous to see who would possibly in all probability outpace Vollering. Throughout the Yellow Jersey in entrance of the vociferous spectators who lined the course in Rotterdam, Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) was the ultimate rider to start. However, Kool would lastly finish 25 seconds down on Vollering in thirty third place, ceding the Yellow Jersey to her fellow Dutchwoman.
Prime time and the final lead for Demi Vollering
Stage winner and common chief,Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime): “I truly didn’t see this coming. I truly had no idea that I would to this within the current day, so I’m truly shocked actually. These first days have been merely days that I needed to survive and I want to truly merely benefit from these first phases. I already had throughout the head tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) stage on account of we truly prefer it. I truly similar to the Liege-Bastogne–Liege race. So within the current day throughout the road stage I was already fascinated about tomorrow. After that stage until the TT I slept two situations on account of I was so relaxed. I merely didn’t see this coming. Ultimate yr Tourmalet was ‘the’ stage that I needed to do it and proper right here I had no expectation the least bit. I believed it was a stage for the sprinters and the extremely efficient time triallists, nevertheless sooner than the start I merely flew into it. I stayed so calm and I don’t know, it was a wierd day for me! It’s as a lot as the alternative teams to try to take the Yellow Jersey from our crew now and it’s good that I’ve it. We’re going to try our best to defend it to the very end. It was intense [on the podium]. I didn’t have to cry nevertheless I couldn’t protect tears inside. There’s quite a bit emotion. I’m moreover great proud. I observed so many family getting crazy so it makes me emotional. I merely did probably the greatest I would do within the current day, apparently it was excellent so we truly need to see the approaching days, I hope the shape stays like this. We’ll see what happens subsequent. It’s truly explicit to placed on it so early. It’s such an iconic jersey, so I’m truly proud to have it already. It’s crazy on account of typically you’re employed so laborious for points and also you truly assume you’ll be able to do it, as an example the Olympics it was a bit disappointing may be. So that makes it truly explicit within the current day. I always say all of it begins with dreaming nevertheless within the current day it was not even there in dreaming. Now it’s merely occurred.”
Vollering in yellow
# Due to ASO for the stage particulars. #
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage 3 Consequence:
1. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime in 7:25
2. Chloe Dygert (USA) Canyon//SRAM at 0:05
3. Loes Adegeest (Ned) FDJ-SUEZ
4. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT
5. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale at 0:06
6. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Lidl-Trek
7. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime at 0:09
8. Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
9. Emma Norsgaard-Bjerg (Nor) Movistar at 0:10
10. Anna Henderson (GB) Visma | Lease a Bike at 0:11.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Basic After Stage 3:
1. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime in 4:27:54
2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime at 0:03
3. Chloe Dygert (USA) Canyon//SRAM at 0:05
4. Loes Adegeest (Ned) FDJ-SUEZ
5. Charlotte Kool (Ned) dsm-firmenich-PostNL
6. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit_WNT
7. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale at 0:06
8. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Lidl-Trek
9. Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime at 0:09
10. Emma Norsgaard-Bjerg (Nor) Movistar at 0:10.
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