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At the 2026 Tour de France Femmes, Demi Vollering was the top individual earner with €69,900 and her FDJ United-SUEZ team led the team prize purse at €77,080; Mayenne-Monbana-MyPie finished with €0. The event’s total women’s prize pot (€260k) remains far smaller than the men’s (€2.5m), underscoring the ongoing pay gap in the sport.
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney stands by her claim that Célia Gery edged her toward the kerb to aid Demi Vollering’s attack on Tour de France Femmes stage 8; new TV angles appear to support her, the UCI has not penalized Gery, Vollering defends her teammate, and Niewiadoma-Phinney says she wants a fair fight as she eyes the final stage in Nice.
Demi Vollering clinched her second Women's Tour de France victory, cementing her status as a leading figure in women's cycling.
Demi Vollering clinched her second Tour de France Femmes title by winning the final 99.2km mountain stage in Nice, having seized the yellow jersey from Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney in the penultimate stage. She finished more than a minute clear of rivals, with Niewiadoma-Phinney runner-up and Elisa Longo Borghini third, as Vollering cemented her status with a decisive late attack on the final climb.
Video from Stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes sparked a heated ethics debate after Kasia Niewiadoma accused Celia Géry of blocking her toward the barriers during a pivotal attack; Vollering’s team defended the move as standard racing, while observers noted the incident occurred in a broadcasting blind spot and the UCI did not penalize it. The episode underscores cycling’s gray-area tactics and the challenge of judging fair play from limited on‑course footage.
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney lost the Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey on stage 8 after a climber’s move by Célia Gery that was alleged to block her; FDJ defended the action as accidental, the jury reviewed footage but handed no penalty, leaving Vollering eight seconds ahead in the GC heading into stage 9. Canyon-SRAM and race staff signaled there’s still a final-day chance for the jersey, with teams and riders weighing the drama as they pursue the win on the finale.
Demi Vollering defended teammate Célia Gery after Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney accused Gery of blocking her at the finish of Tour de France Femmes stage 8; Vollering said she didn’t see the incident while charging ahead and emphasized that Gery’s actions weren’t intentional, praising her lead-out and character as a strong teammate in racing's difficult moments.
Demi Vollering stormed clear on the final climb of stage eight to win the stage and take the race lead, moving eight seconds ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney into the Tour de France Femmes’ last day. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot withdrew with illness, while Puck Pieterse leads the mountains and Lorena Wiebes the points classifications as a 99.2km mountain finale from Nice looms.
On Mont Ventoux, Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering’s late tactical war cost the yellow jersey as Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney attacked late to win the stage by 1:16 and seize the race lead. Vollering finished second and Reusser, who had led early, dropped to third overall, 39 seconds behind the leader and 24 seconds behind Vollering, with two stages remaining including four climbs of Col d’Eze. Reusser called the mark-out battle “really stupid from both of us” as the GC fight intensified going into the weekend.
On Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France Femmes, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney launched a long-range attack with about 9.7 km to go to grab the yellow jersey, while Demi Vollering earlier tried to close a gap and later staged a late surge but finished 1:16 behind. Vollering remains second in the GC, 15 seconds off the lead, as Reusser stayed in the chase and the stage reshapes the race heading into the final weekend. FDJ’s Nicolas Maire said the team pushed for a stage win and still believes an overall victory is possible.
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney came up just short in Stage Five of the Tour de France Femmes, sprinting from 400 meters out to challenge Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering but finishing 25 meters behind Vollering. The result moved her to third overall, 1:17 behind the race leader, as Canyon-SRAM rode a strong tactical day with Antonia Niedermaier in the break and a late Mont Brouilly attack. Niewiadoma-Phinney says she dreams of wearing the yellow jersey again and felt no regrets about the effort, with Mont Ventoux and the battle for yellow still to come.
Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) out-sprinted Marlen Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney from a late Beaujolais break on Mont Brouilly to win Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes, with Reusser retaining the yellow jersey and Vollering closing to 12 seconds behind in the general classification as the battle for the title heats up with four stages to go.
Marlen Reusser (Movistar) powered to victory in Stage 4’s 21km time trial, finishing in 27:30 and taking the yellow jersey by four seconds over Lieke Nooijen, with Demi Vollering climbing to second overall. Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot struggled on the clock, while overnight leader Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset dropped to fourth as the GC began to diverge ahead of the hilly weekend.
Marlen Reusser wins Stage 4's individual time trial at the Tour de France Femmes, taking the yellow jersey with a 14-second GC lead over Demi Vollering as defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot sits 2 minutes 13 seconds back.
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes starts in Lausanne with 1,175km across nine stages—the most since its World Tour return—highlighted by the first ascent of Mont Ventoux for the women’s race in Stage 7. Reigning champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot faces fierce competition from Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, with British riders such as Zoe Backstedt aiming for GC support and potential stage results as the event also features a Dijon time trial and various jersey battles (climber, sprinter, white jersey).