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 chic ITT efficiency in Rotterdam, to grab management of the Yellow Jersey. Vollering’s greatest time of seven:25.14 gave her the win by 5.21 from World time trial champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM), while Loes Adegeest (FDJ-Suez) was third by 5.38 from her compatriot Vollering. The excellent time trial exhibition by Vollering round Rotterdam’s metropolis streets places her again within the Yellow Jersey once more as she now leads by 3 seconds from her colleague Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) with Dygert third general, trailing Vollering by 5 seconds.
Stage final Ok
147 riders took half within the ITT, after a crash this morning throughout the 2nd stage meant the Frenchwoman Dilyxine Miermont (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber93) couldn’t begin. That was the sixth abandon because the begin of the Tour. Slightly below an hour into the time trial Dutch rider Loes Adegeest (FDJ-SUEZ) was the primary rider to finish the course at a median pace of over 50kph, going provisionally prime with a time of seven:30, which put her 14 seconds forward of earlier chief Elena Pirrone (Roland).
Stage 3 profile
Because the one hundred and first rider to begin, World time trial champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM) moved into the provisional lead by simply 0.17 of a second, taking up from Adegeest within 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 accomplished the course 5 seconds quicker than Dygert, with the ‘Oranje’ followers cheering her on.
Charlotte Kool misplaced her yellow jersey
The final riders to begin have been after all those that had carried out greatest within the opening two phases, with the excited Dutch crowds wanting to see who might probably outpace Vollering. Within the Yellow Jersey in entrance of the vociferous spectators who lined the course in Rotterdam, Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) was the final rider to begin. Nevertheless, Kool would finally end 25 seconds down on Vollering in thirty third place, ceding the Yellow Jersey to her fellow Dutchwoman.
Prime time and the general lead for Demi Vollering
Stage winner and general chief,Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime): “I actually didn’t see this coming. I actually had no concept that I might to this in the present day, so I’m actually shocked really. These first days have been simply days that I wanted to outlive and I need to actually simply take pleasure in these first phases. I already had within the head tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) stage as a result of we actually like it. I actually just like the Liege-Bastogne–Liege race. So in the present day within the street stage I used to be already fascinated about tomorrow. After that stage till the TT I slept two instances as a result of I used to be so relaxed. I simply didn’t see this coming. Final yr Tourmalet was ‘the’ stage that I wanted to do it and right here I had no expectation in any respect. I believed it was a stage for the sprinters and the highly effective time triallists, however earlier than the beginning I simply flew into it. I stayed so calm and I don’t know, it was a wierd day for me! It’s as much as the opposite groups to attempt to take the Yellow Jersey from our crew now and it’s good that I’ve it. We are going to strive our easiest to defend it to the very finish. It was intense [on the podium]. I didn’t need to cry however I couldn’t preserve tears inside. There’s a lot emotion. I’m additionally tremendous proud. I noticed so many household getting loopy so it makes me emotional. I simply did one of the best I might do in the present day, apparently it was superb so we actually have to see the approaching days, I hope the form stays like this. We’ll see what occurs subsequent. It’s actually particular to put on it so early. It’s such an iconic jersey, so I’m actually proud to have it already. It’s loopy as a result of generally you’re employed so laborious for issues and you actually assume you are able to do it, for instance the Olympics it was a bit disappointing could also be. In order that makes it actually particular in the present day. I at all times say all of it begins with dreaming however in the present day it was not even there in dreaming. Now it’s simply occurred.”
Vollering in yellow
# Because of 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 General 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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