Despite looking relatively peerless in the opening stages of the 2024
Tour de France Femmes,
Demi Vollering's Maillot Jaune defence could be in trouble on stage 5 after a nasty crash late on.
There a massive crash in the peloton at just over 6km to go with even Maillot Jaune Demi Vollering hitting the deck hard and only getting back on her bike very gingerly. Outside the 3km to go marker however, the
Team SD Worx - Protime leader had no time to hang around, needing to ride hard to close the gap to the peloton. Curiously though, there was a notable lack of support given to Vollering from her teammates in the chase back. Despite teammate Blanka Kata Vas winning the stage, you have to question the lack of help given to Vollering's chase in the closing kilometres as she lost the Maillot Jaune and more than a minute to her rivals.