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The Tour de France Femmes Was A Contentious, Hypercompetitive Classic
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When Demi Vollering crossed the line in Nice on Sunday, she didn’t just win her second Tour de France Femmes title. She provided a worthy finale for the best edition of the race yet.
The fifth running of the Tour was spectacular from start to finish. There were interesting winners throughout the race, an amazing general classification battle that came down to the final climb, and fresh, dramatic storylines almost every day. The Tour achieved a higher density of both intriguing stories and good racing in nine stages than the men’s Tour did in 21, in the process raising questions not about the future viability of the race but about how big it can be.
Vollering is a totally worthy rider to earn the honor of becoming the race’s repeat champion, though a test of the overall quality of a bike race is how much intrigue there is beyond the question of who wins the overall. It’s useful, then, to review this one in chronological order.
