00:24Yesterday was a great day.
00:39I said to Celia, I want you to stay on the wheel of Demi until after the corner and when
00:45Demi accelerates, you calmly let the gap open up.
00:48I think it was a very good idea.
00:50And look at Vollering goes now, Demi Vollering attacks straight onto the climb and Kashia
00:57Niwi Adoma is sprinting, so is Elisa Longoburghini.
01:00The team executed the plan to perfection, she totally controlled the situation.
01:05Vollering wins the stage, Niwi Adoma, Fini's head goes down, she knows, the yellow is gone.
01:15Why did you do that?
01:16Why did you close me to the barriers?
01:19Was it part of the plan?
01:22No, but like, why?
01:23They can give me the answer also.
01:27Jerry on purpose just blocked me to the barriers where I had to stop pedaling, so I feel like
01:32if they want to compete, they should compete fair play and not look for me to close me
01:35in the barriers because I feel like it's so childish.
01:37And honestly, I lost all the respect for them for that.
01:43Yeah, unfortunately I got a lot of questions about that in the mixed zone already.
01:48And I'm going to say it again, I don't know what happened, I didn't see anything.
01:52I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose and I think also Kashia know deep in her heart that
01:56that kind of things just happened.
01:59Kashia, eight seconds.
02:00The race is still on.
02:02What are your expectations today?
02:04I definitely expect a massive fight.
02:07Yeah, of course we want to do our best to get into yellow, so it's going to be full
02:11gas.
02:19The final stage of this Tour de France femme avec Zwift, only a hundred kilometers, but
02:24on a circuit where the peloton will have to climb the Col des four times.
02:28There'll be no rest until the finish with the yellow jersey still very much on the line.
02:44No time to warm up before the first climb of the Col des, former world champion Lisa Balsamo
02:49in trouble.
02:52That is one of the most critical parts of today's course.
02:56Despite crashing yesterday, Mavis Giban felt strong enough to stretch her legs again
03:00to try and spend the day up the road.
03:09Yet the two-time stage winner last year was caught on the descent.
03:13Two riders then went clear, Nikola Noskova alongside Paola Ostic.
03:17Only a handful of seconds over the peloton, but first to the intermediate sprint.
03:22ST Works knew this was the time for Lorena Wiebes to lock down successive green jerseys.
03:27Third enough with only one way she could lose it.
03:31Demi Volleung took no points, which means that Lorena Wiebes is the green jersey as long
03:38as she completes this stage.
03:42And the breakaway, the front two have been caught.
03:44We are at almost 26.5.
03:47Come the second descent, Canyon Schram decided to launch their big attack.
03:51Despite having crashed on the previous descent, Zoe Backstead put in a huge effort to wring out
03:57the peloton.
03:57Many feeling the strain, including the world champion Valliere and Celia Geri.
04:03But the biggest casualty was Marlon Reusser.
04:05The Swiss hoping the descent would bring her back until disaster struck.
04:10Marlon Reusser crashes.
04:13Reusser has crashed on the descent.
04:17The Movistar leader had targeted a proud podium finish, but that dream now up in smoke.
04:23Surrounded by her teammates, she continued despite everything.
04:26Longo Borghini now third in the virtual standings.
04:29Two more climbs to come and Isabella Holmgren kicked for a memorable final day.
04:33The Canadian almost kung fu panda on her way to putting some daylight between her
04:37and the rest of the yellow jersey group.
04:40The Lido Trek rider no longer a white jersey threat.
04:43The incumbent, Neddermeyer, marking Blasi with 1 minute 11 between them.
04:49The welter champion testing her rival as Holmgren went over the summit as her gap started to grow.
04:59The fourth and final loop and Holmgren seeing her advantage slip under pressure from Neddermeyer
05:04in service of her Canyon Schram leader, Kassianuema Doma Finney,
05:08knew she needed something special with Vollering stuck to her wheel.
05:13And here goes Kassianuema Doma Finney, the first acceleration of the Canyon Schram rider.
05:20And she just starts to dance away.
05:22Vollering responds immediately onto the wheel and Longo Borghini fights.
05:28Look at Neddermeyer Doma Finney.
05:29Has she got the legs?
05:31It looks like this is really hurting right now.
05:34She's got to try because the team has tried to set her up.
05:42A further installment of this gripping contest between two women who had conquered this race in the two editions prior
05:48to Ferran Prevost's crowning moment last year.
05:51One would be crowned the first two-time champion of the Tour de France fam.
05:56History beckoned, but only for one.
06:02Look at the speed of Vollering as she cracks Kassianuema Doma Finney.
06:08Totally cracks her.
06:10She sits down and she's unable to respond.
06:13She just jumps away.
06:14It's pure power from Vollering.
06:17Checks over her shoulder.
06:18Nobody there.
06:19And now she goes forward.
06:23The 39th and final categorized climb of the 2026 edition.
06:27Serving as a final coup de force to distance the Canyon Tran leader.
06:34Vollering rapid on the descent to only build on her advantage.
06:39Cassia caught by the group of Blasi as Vollering steamrolled to victory with plenty of power and panache.
06:49What a final.
06:50What a battle.
06:51What a champion.
06:54Demi Vollering celebrates now in front of a huge crowd in Nice.
06:59It has been the Demi show on the final day of racing.
07:04Did anyone doubt that this rider, the pre-race favorite, would come home as the winner of this Tour de
07:11France fam.
07:11Avic Zwift.
07:12Vollering is victorious.
07:14It's total dominance on the final day.
07:17The winner of the Tour de France fam.
07:19Avic Zwift.
07:26Paula Blasi goes for the line now.
07:29This is going to be the highest place she's had in this race.
07:32Kashi Niri Adama Fini is going to finish third on the day.
07:42It's incredible, the people I have around.
07:45You know, like, it's not only the dream to win in Yellow here, to win in Second Tour de France,
07:51but it's the dream to live this life, to work hard together with people with a lot of passion.
08:03I thought about my team, I thought about Celia, who had a really, really rough night.
08:09I wanted to make it clear that we as a team deserve to win a beautiful Tour de France fam.
08:18You know, with humble and with pride.
08:23I think that's the whole dream, you know.
08:30Pure domination, Vollering winning her sixth Tour stage, but for the first time in Yellow.
08:36Just the third rider to do so in Tour history.
08:39Paula Blasi second after passing Nia Adama Fini.
08:42No second title, but the Pole earning the Super Combative Award of this edition.
08:47The first two-time champion, but the Dutch master also earning FDJ United Suez's first Tour title.
08:54Like Demi, Cassia on every Tour podium since 2022.
08:58While two-time Giro champion Longo Borghini earning her first on Le Grand Bouc.
09:03Lorena Wiebes, the first woman to win successive green jerseys.
09:06The sprint queen also won two stages and wore yellow twice.
09:10And she's equaled Vos' record of 20 jerseys won on the Tour.
09:15Puck Piddasa, the queen of the mountings, after a record points haul.
09:20The Phoenix Premier Tech climber was the best young rider in 2024.
09:24This, then her second Tour jersey won.
09:28Neddermeyer with a stunning performance fourth overall as she's shone bright in white.
09:33Holding off welter champion Blasi to be the best young rider, an honour she also claimed on the Giro in
09:392025.
09:40Four previous editions produced four different winners, but no surprise it's Vollering who bucked the trend, second or first in
09:48every one of them.
09:49Since her 2023 title has been nothing but Tour heartache, making this tremendous triumph all the sweeter.
09:55Can she be the first to defend the crown when the Grand Boucle returns in 2027?
10:00Can she be the secondenosine?
10:02Can she be the best hero again?
10:04Well, my pleasure!
10:07You're welcome to the Mount win!
