Cycling-Vollering wins sprint to take Tour de France Femmes stage five, Reusser stays in yellow

Dutch rider Demi Vollering won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes in a sprint finish, but Switzerland's Marlen Reusser maintained her overall lead.

Dutch rider Demi ​Vollering won ​a sprint finish ‌against her ​two main rivals to take stage five of the ‌Tour de France Femmes on Wednesday, with Switzerland's Marlen Reusser coming in second to hold ‌on to the overall lead. Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) ‌looked to have stolen a march with 300 metres remaining, but Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) took off in ⁠pursuit ​and hit ⁠the front close to the line.

A gruelling up-and-down ⁠140-km ride from Macon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais with eight ​categorised climbs brought the expected shake-up in ⁠the general classification, but the top two remained the ⁠same. Reusser, ​who won Tuesday's individual time trial to move into yellow, holds a ⁠12-second lead over 2023 winner Vollering, with Niewiadoma-Phinney moving ⁠from ⁠sixth overall to third, one minute 17 seconds behind the leader.