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In cycling, Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News, where Wikipedia excerpts are read verbatim
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  by a computer. In cycling, Demivoloring wins the Tour de
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  France Femme. The twenty twenty six Tour de France fem
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  was the fifth edition of the Tour de France Femme.
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  The race took place from the first of August to
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  the ninth of August twenty twenty six, part of the
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  twenty twenty six UCI Women's World Tour. The race was
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  organized by the AMRII Sport organization, which also organizes the
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  men's Tour de France. From twenty twenty six, more ranking
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  points were awarded at the tour, the Jurodealia Women and
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  the Vuelta Feminina, elevating the races in status compared to
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  other races in the UCI Women's World Tour. The race
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  was won by Dutch rider Demi Vollering for the second time.
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  Her margin of victory was over a minute after she
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  performed strongly in the individual time trial on stage four,
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  won the hilly Stage five, limited her time losses on
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  the climb to Mont von two before winning the final
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  two stages. Second place overall was twe twenty twenty four
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  winner Katazina near Vidoma Finney, who also took the Combativity
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  award after she won stage seven on mon Von two
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  and fighting for the overall victory on the final two stages.
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  Elisa Longo Borghini finished third overall after the winner of
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  the individual time trial, Marlon Rouser, fell to fourteenth overall
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  after a crash on the final stage. In the race's
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  other classifications, Lorraine of Orbis won the Green jersey of
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  the Points classification for the second year in succession. Pock
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  Peters took the Porca Dot jersey as the winner of
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  the Queen of the Mountains classification. Antonia Niedemaier took the
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  white jersey as the winner of the Young Riders classification
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  after finishing fourth overall, which was awarded to the best
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  placed rider under the age of twenty four. UAE team
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  Limad won the team classification as the team with the
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  lowest aggregate time among their three best placed riders. The
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  race was praised by the media, who considered it to
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  be one of the most exciting and competitive editions of
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  the u S race, praising the rivalry between Volering and
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  Nuiodoma Fini. The Guardian argued that the race offered more
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  compelling racing than the men's tour, and there were calls
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  for a longer race in future, as well as greater
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  live television coverage. Adriana Guetruida Demi Vollering is a Dutch
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  professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI women's World team
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  FDJ United Suez. Considered one of the greatest riders of
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  her generation, she has achieved major successes in both one
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  day classics and stage races. In the monuments, she won
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  the twenty twenty six Tour of Flanders and three editions
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  of Liege Baston Liege in twenty twenty one, twenty twenty
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  three and twenty twenty six. This included an Ardennes triple
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  in twenty twenty three, winning the Amstell Gold Race, Laflecheuillon
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  and Liege Baston Liege in the same season, becoming the
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  second woman to achieve this feat. She has won the
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  three Grand tours, the Tour de France twice in twenty
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  twenty three and twenty twenty six, the Veelta twice in
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  twenty twenty four twenty twenty five, and the Jiro in
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  twenty twenty six. In twenty twenty three and twenty twenty five,
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  she topped the year end UCI World rankings, winning the
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  Velador in twenty twenty three. That's it for now. See
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