A Classic on paper became a classic stage for real that fans and riders will never forget. The Tour de France Femmes headed into the French Riviera with a course punctuated in its final 20 kilometres by two climbs and a steep wall, at 13% in its 500 metres. Well set up by her FDJ United-Suez teammates, Demi Vollering used it as a springboard to unleash a devastating acceleration, cracking Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team L'Imad) and the Yellow Jersey, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon//SRAM).
Flying to the finish in Nice's Promenade des Anglais, Vollering put the stage win on her wall and unseated the Polish rider from the overall lead as a bonus. Vollering is now in posession of the Yellow Jersey with 8s on Niewiadoma-Phinney and 1:12 on Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team) with just one stage to go.
All is set for an exciting finale in Nice, with a short and breathtakingly tough course featuring four climbs up the Col d'Èze to settle this 2026 Tour de France Femmes.
Top Canadian was Sarah van Dam (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) in 7th at 38s back. Isabella Holmgren (Lidl - Trek) remains top Canadian overall in 10th at 7:54 back.
Stage 8: Sisteron to Nice, 171.9 km | |
1 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 4:02:39 |
2 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team L’imad | at 0:17 |
3 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol) Canyon//SRAM | s.t. |
4 Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 0:38 |
5 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Team SD Worx - Protime | |
6 Dominika Wlodarczyk (Pol) UAE Team L’imad | |
7 Sarah van Dam (Can) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
8 Noemi Ruegg (Sui) EF Education - Oatly | |
9 Paula Blasi Cairol (Esp) UAE Team L’imad | |
10 Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) EF Education - Oatly | |
11 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM | |
12 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
13 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | 1:37 |
14 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | |
15 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education - Oatly | both s.t. |
16 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | 1:50 |
17 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl - Trek | |
18 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
19 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | |
20 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | |
21 Clémence Latimier (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | |
22 Célia Le Mouël (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | |
23 Nienke Vinke (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | |
24 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | |
25 Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
26 Juliette Berthet (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
27 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl - Trek | |
28 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
29 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | |
30 Femke De Vries (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
31 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
32 Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Can) EF Education - Oatly | all s.t. |
33 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Cofidis Women Team | 2:10 |
34 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco | |
35 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic Postnl | |
36 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
37 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | |
38 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl - Trek | |
39 Urška Žigart (Slo) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | |
40 Sigrid Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
41 Mavi Garcia (Esp) UAE Team L’imad | all s.t. |
42 Romina Hinojosa Cruz (Mex) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | 2:38 |
43 Fiona Mangan (Irl) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 2:51 |
44 Malwina Mul (Pol) Cofidis Women Team | 3:05 |
45 Paula Ostiz (Esp) Movistar Team | 3:17 |
46 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco | 3:22 |
47 Linda Riedmann (Ger) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | |
48 Eline Jansen (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | |
49 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | |
50 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | all s.t. |
51 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl - Trek | 3:35 |
52 Karolina Perekitko (Pol) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 4:08 |
53 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 4:31 |
54 Sophie Von Berswordt (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | |
55 Maria Rosa Klöser (Ger) Canyon//SRAM | |
56 Lotte Claes (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
57 Zoe Jane Backstedt (GBr) Canyon//SRAM | |
58 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | all s.t. |
59 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 4:38 |
60 Franziska Koch (Ger) FDJ United-Suez | |
61 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | |
62 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Esp) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | |
63 Sara Casasola (Ita) Fenix-Premier Tech | |
64 Titia Ryo (Fra) Human Powered Health | |
65 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | |
66 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education - Oatly | |
67 Maeva Squiban (Fra) UAE Team L’imad | all s.t. |
68 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl - Trek | 4:44 |
69 Loes Adegeest (Ned) Lidl - Trek | |
70 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl - Trek | both s.t. |
71 Anouska Koster (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 5:05 |
72 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | |
73 Océane Mahe (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | both s.t. |
74 Maud Rijnbeek (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 6:46 |
75 Quinty Schoens (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | |
76 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | both s.t. |
77 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 7:29 |
78 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 8:34 |
79 Natalie Quinn (USA) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | |
80 Victorie Guilman (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | both s.t. |
81 Noémie Abgrall (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 9:14 |
82 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team L’imad | |
83 Ana Vitoria Magalhaes (Bra) Movistar Team | |
84 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM | |
85 Heidi Franz (USA) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | |
86 Lucie Fityus (Aus) Team Picnic Postnl | |
87 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | |
88 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) Movistar Team | |
89 Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team | |
90 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Movistar Team | |
91 Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (Pol) Canyon//SRAM | |
92 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | |
93 Sandrine Tas (Bel) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | |
94 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM | |
95 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx - Protime | |
96 Mia Griffin (Irl) Team Picnic Postnl | |
97 Anneke Dijkstra (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | |
98 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco | |
99 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | |
100 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | |
101 Henrietta Christie (NZl) EF Education - Oatly | |
102 Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education - Oatly | |
103 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx - Protime | |
104 Julie Bego (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | |
105 Ema Comte (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | all s.t. |
106 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 10:21 |
107 Malou Eisen (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | |
108 Constance Valentin (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | |
109 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
110 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv AlUla Jayco | |
111 Marine Allione (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | |
112 Mackenzie Coupland (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco | |
113 Naia Amondarain Gaztañaga (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | |
114 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | |
115 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | |
116 Morgane Coston (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | all s.t. |
117 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco | 11:24 |
118 Alice Coutinho (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | s.t. |
119 Marion Bunel (Fra) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 11:42 |
120 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | s.t. |
121 Lene Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | 11:51 |
122 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 12:00 |
123 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | |
124 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | |
125 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | |
126 Nikola Nosková (Cze) Cofidis Women Team | all s.t. |
DNS Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
GC | |
1 Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 28:10:18 |
2 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol) Canyon//SRAM | at 0:08 |
3 Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar Team | 1:12 |
4 Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team L’imad | 3:05 |
5 Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon//SRAM | 3:54 |
6 Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) EF Education - Oatly | 4:34 |
7 Paula Blasi Cairol (Esp) UAE Team L’imad | 5:05 |
8 Dominika Wlodarczyk (Pol) UAE Team L’imad | 5:46 |
9 Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 6:50 |
10 Isabella Holmgren (Can) Lidl - Trek | 7:54 |
11 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health | 10:56 |
12 Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl - Trek | 14:00 |
13 Nienke Vinke (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | 15:44 |
14 Noemi Ruegg (Sui) EF Education - Oatly | 19:35 |
15 Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health | 21:10 |
16 Femke De Vries (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 22:01 |
17 Mavi Garcia (Esp) UAE Team L’imad | 23:32 |
18 Juliette Berthet (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | 23:37 |
19 Célia Gery (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | 26:11 |
20 Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Can) EF Education - Oatly | 29:06 |
21 Maeva Squiban (Fra) UAE Team L’imad | 29:21 |
22 Emilie Morier (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 31:54 |
23 Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 32:37 |
24 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 33:01 |
25 Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF Education - Oatly | 33:48 |
26 Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech | 35:19 |
27 Sarah van Dam (Can) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 39:22 |
28 Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl - Trek | 40:31 |
29 Sigrid Haugset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 40:41 |
30 Amanda Spratt (Aus) Lidl - Trek | 43:52 |
31 Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv AlUla Jayco | 45:49 |
32 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 49:13 |
33 Sara Casasola (Ita) Fenix-Premier Tech | 51:35 |
34 Marion Bunel (Fra) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 52:42 |
35 Karolina Perekitko (Pol) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 56:08 |
36 Solène Muller (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 58:14 |
37 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Team SD Worx - Protime | 59:32 |
38 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl - Trek | 59:42 |
39 Maria Rosa Klöser (Ger) Canyon//SRAM | 1:01:36 |
40 Clémence Latimier (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 1:01:52 |
41 Gaia Masetti (Ita) Team Picnic Postnl | 1:02:20 |
42 Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team | 1:02:37 |
43 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Esp) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 1:04:37 |
44 Titia Ryo (Fra) Human Powered Health | 1:08:12 |
45 Franziska Koch (Ger) FDJ United-Suez | 1:09:24 |
46 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | 1:10:13 |
47 Paula Ostiz (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:11:23 |
48 Zoe Jane Backstedt (GBr) Canyon//SRAM | 1:14:01 |
49 Océane Mahe (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 1:14:36 |
50 Marianne Vos (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 1:15:52 |
51 Urška Žigart (Slo) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 1:18:16 |
52 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 1:20:18 |
53 Loes Adegeest (Ned) Lidl - Trek | 1:20:30 |
54 Valentina Cavallar (Aut) Team SD Worx - Protime | 1:22:15 |
55 Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (Pol) Canyon//SRAM | 1:22:42 |
56 Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team L’imad | 1:22:50 |
57 Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl - Trek | 1:22:56 |
58 Ema Comte (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | 1:22:59 |
59 Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco | 1:23:30 |
60 Paula Patiño Bedoya (Col) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 1:24:15 |
61 Lore De Schepper (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 1:25:31 |
62 Célia Le Mouël (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 1:25:55 |
63 Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education - Oatly | 1:25:58 |
64 Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | 1:26:21 |
65 Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco | 1:26:31 |
66 Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 1:28:28 |
67 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx - Protime | 1:28:43 |
68 Quinty Schoens (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 1:30:14 |
69 Malwina Mul (Pol) Cofidis Women Team | 1:30:59 |
70 Lotte Claes (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:31:25 |
71 Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 1:32:56 |
72 Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health | 1:34:54 |
73 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | 1:35:05 |
74 Julie Bego (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | 1:36:51 |
75 Amber Kraak (Ned) FDJ United-Suez | 1:37:38 |
76 Ana Vitoria Magalhaes (Bra) Movistar Team | 1:38:52 |
77 Nina Berton (Lux) EF Education - Oatly | 1:39:43 |
78 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco | 1:41:31 |
79 Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//SRAM | 1:41:53 |
80 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 1:42:40 |
81 Anouska Koster (Ned) Uno-X Mobility | 1:44:26 |
82 Nikola Nosková (Cze) Cofidis Women Team | 1:45:23 |
83 Linda Riedmann (Ger) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | 1:45:40 |
84 Sara Martin Martin (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:45:59 |
85 Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team | 1:46:12 |
86 Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech | 1:46:20 |
87 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | 1:46:48 |
88 Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health | 1:48:18 |
89 Henrietta Christie (NZl) EF Education - Oatly | 1:48:53 |
90 Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco | 1:52:06 |
91 Eline Jansen (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 1:52:13 |
92 Alice Coutinho (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 1:53:30 |
93 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 1:54:45 |
94 Mackenzie Coupland (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco | 1:55:38 |
95 Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health | 1:55:52 |
96 Fiona Mangan (Irl) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 1:57:03 |
97 Sandrine Tas (Bel) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | 1:58:09 |
98 Marine Allione (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 2:01:22 |
99 Marie Le Net (Fra) FDJ United-Suez | 2:02:05 |
100 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance - Soudal Team | 2:03:05 |
101 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Cofidis Women Team | 2:04:27 |
102 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 2:04:34 |
103 Malou Eisen (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 2:07:23 |
104 Natalie Quinn (USA) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 2:08:23 |
105 Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) Movistar Team | 2:09:28 |
106 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//SRAM | 2:12:00 |
107 Morgane Coston (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 2:12:59 |
108 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx - Protime | 2:13:42 |
109 Idoia Eraso Lasa (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 2:14:24 |
110 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 2:14:38 |
111 Sophie Von Berswordt (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 2:14:48 |
112 Constance Valentin (Fra) Mayenne Monbana My Pie | 2:14:59 |
113 Maud Rijnbeek (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 2:15:28 |
114 Victorie Guilman (Fra) Cofidis Women Team | 2:16:01 |
115 Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility | 2:16:07 |
116 Anneke Dijkstra (Ned) Volkerwessels Cycling Team | 2:18:11 |
117 Naia Amondarain Gaztañaga (Esp) Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi | 2:19:18 |
118 Noémie Abgrall (Fra) Ma Petite Entreprise | 2:19:28 |
119 Caroline Wreszin (USA) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 2:25:23 |
120 Lucie Fityus (Aus) Team Picnic Postnl | 2:25:52 |
121 Romina Hinojosa Cruz (Mex) Lotto Intermarche Ladies | 2:29:02 |
122 Heidi Franz (USA) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 2:29:31 |
123 Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 2:30:12 |
124 Lene Robyn Clay (GBr) Team Picnic Postnl | 2:30:39 |
125 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Esp) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | 2:31:29 |
126 Mia Griffin (Irl) Team Picnic Postnl | 2:35:08 |
