Demi Vollering DESTROYS Van Vleuten on Tourmalet | Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023 Stage 7 

very impressed by kopecky today. She kept up way longer then i thought.

Vollering is no longer demi. She is now complete

My favorite part was when Kasia Niewiadoma was almost caught by the group, and she looked over her shoulder, took a drink from her bottle, then put her head down and made everyone chase her to the top. Besides Demi Vollering's dominant ride, it was a gutsy performance. Sadly, she'll most likely get knocked off of the podium in tomorrow's TT.

Love how Vollering announces her attack. Just looking AVV in the eyes basically saying "I go now and there is nothing you can do!"

I wish there were more mountain stages in the women's tour, I understand that there isn't funding for a full 21 stage race, but 1 or 2 more mountain stages would've made the GC race much more of a battle, or at least enjoyable to watch.

The fog/cloud was too much fun, made it really challenging for the time keepers, who had suggested Niewiadoma was suddenly coming back with super speed, until the announcers said, "Wait, I think it's wrong". Super cool stage. Mad props to Kopecky and her climb, keeping herself within contention for at least a podium finish tomorrow.

The torch officially passed today 👏

Been thoroughly enjoying the female TDF. The peloton more likely not to bring back the breakaway than actually bringing the breakaway back was a bit weird. But beyond that it has been good.

Demi rageclimbed the tourmalet, I thought she had waited too long to catch Kasia, boy was I wrong.

Not 9:30 at night, just very foggy and not that cold - chilly for summer - but a good temperature for hard climbing.24-25C at the base of the climb and 17C at the summit.

If wout van aert and lotte kopecky had a child, he could win the tour before his 10 birthday

Gutted for Niewadoma though, fantastic showing today

your commentary is exactly what women’s cycling needs, first time m following the women’s tour because you make it easier to digest and you did a great job with the tour too 👏🏿

Hey @LanterneRougeCycling as with lots of people I watched the TDF last year and got hooked by the Netflix show. Now I found your channel and I love it. One piece of content that I am looking is for an explainer of all tactics. There are plenty of videos talking about the lingo, but not how tactics work. This video with Vollering and van Vleuten was one of the many examples where tactics came in play. If you ever have the time for it I would appreciate in advance. Keep doing your great work!

I was very confused and impressed. Confused that van Vleuten already went on the Aspin. That was way too early. And confused that van Vleuten and Vollering let Niewiadoma go. Impressed by the attack of Vollering and that Kopecky was able to stay competitive untill the end.

Enjoyed your analysis, thanks.

What a ride by Vollering... I hoped AVV could win this race (again), being her last year, but wow

I can't wait for the increased attention to women's cycling to start paying professionalization dividends! As more women can ride as their full-time gig, we'll see better, more competitive racing. The sport is already leaps and bounds ahead of where it was even a few years ago. If things keep developing as they have, the next four or five years are gonna be outstanding to watch.

great race coverage by you again this year. thank you. I learn from each race you highlight.

Let’s not forget AVV is 40 going on 41. Still damn good.

As exciting as any mens TDF stage. Maybe a 2 week tour next year.

I have no idea who is how strong in the time trial tomorrow. And it is realy tight for second and third place. It will be realy interesting to watch. My bet is: Kopecky will be the strongest tomorrow, and get second place in GC.

Mind games blowing my mind. Epic ride by Vollering.

"Vollering hits van Vleuten with "the look". 5.6k's to go and absolutely l a u n c h e s the last 6k & 20minutes of the tourmalet." "We knew a new Queen was going to be crowned with Niewiadoma being chased in the fog by the spectre of Demi Vollering." "And Vollering just smashing it, with a new champion elect, riding away with the Tour de France avec Zwift GC in the fog. Iconic images, historical level performance, and much deserved from her, taking the yellow Jersey off her teammate, winning the stage." See now, THAT's why this is the best cycling summary channel on RU-vid!

Thanks for commentary the first thing I watch in the NZ morning

I'm shocked that Kopecky only lost about 3:30 on this stage. How does she stay with the pure climbers on these gradients? Was the pace that slow for most of the climb? She dropped many pure climbers.

Feel sorry for van Vleuten, she’s a beast of a rider and not a whiner. She’s won a heck of a lot.

Actually the title should read Vollering DESTROYS the field on Tourmalet!!

Epic, just fantastic! Thanks

Dare we whip out "Thermo-Biblical"?

How many times have I watched this video since last year? YES!

Amazing Tactics by SD Worx while Movistar, like classic Movistaron the men's side, burned way to many matches too early trying to brute force a win

It's a bit like Pogi vs Jonas, AVV(Pogi) had a bit of a sub-par day, which happens to be the same day that Vollering(Jonas) had the best legs that anyone has ever had.

Epic battle which kind of ended how i thought it would but still an awesome final stage before the TT. Chapeau to the directors, the parcours was spot on!

Wolf in the fog avec Zwift edition

@lantern rouge. The race finished at 7:30 pm not 9:30.

Absolutely epic stage.

This was an epic race with the early attacks, the surprise letting go of Niewiadoma, the tactics, the look and attack, the fog and the obviously wrong timing. One more thing to highlight: what the hell were Uttrup Ludwig and Labous doing? Why the hell were they pulling for kms while everybody else was sitting on their wheels? They must know they are not the best climbers & they must've known other people had more to lose -> more motivation to pull?

Nice palate cleanser after how the Vuelta ended

Demi Vollering DESTROYS Van Vleuten on Tourmalet -- We dont know that, because - like some comments say - we saw just one (!) mountain stage. And it is no exception (for the outstanding riders), that one can win one mountain stage, but cant stand an other one (or three in row) after that. So technically speaking it is just one day ride what DV has won. -- May be (I don't know that) the organisers set just one mountain stage to give (for AvV sake) other riders a change to compete. And because Tourmalet is spectacular...

I didn't understand why and was very frustrated with Labous pulling from that group behind Niewiadoma. Like, there are 2 SD Worx there, let Kopecky pull for Vollering if she wants, but don't work for them. Then her attacks were very weak and fruitless and later she paid for them. I was screaming at my screen: "Let them work for it! you just sit there on any SD Worx wheel"

Kopecky was the ride of the day, if you look at the leg turnover on the Aspin, you can see Vollering was super smooth, whereas AVV was muscling the gear. AVV should have just shadowed Vollering all day and gambled more, she used way too much energy against a rider who's been fairly dominant all year. It's over for the win.

So happy for the competition! Also goes to show the importance of team work. Once again Newiadoma having no help, but giving it her all. Van Vloutin putting it all on this one race and Vollering showing the beginnings of a new era in woman;s cycling as she takes over and Van Vloutne gets dropped.

Thanks Patrick

Brutal performance by Vollering, but I'm mostly impressed by Kopecky. Did not expect her to finish 4th today. Wow, what a race!

The Ghost of the Tourmalet. Vollering has fully arrived and everyone is fucked.

Well that was very smart from SD to save their entire team all week at cost of several stage wins, just to see most of them getting dropped in the first 3k of the first climb of the day. What an intelligent teamleader they must have when they are not nearly crashing into other cars while guiding their riders back to the front

Perfect time for Vollering to take over the reins when AVV retires this year.

Devastating performance by Demi Vollering. The new and undisputed queen. What a year she has had. Dominant is an understatement. Destroying. Can she add world champion to her palmares ? What a way to put the DS drama to bed. Anna Van der breggen is all they need anyway. She is a master tactician. She knows what it takes to beat the goat. It seems a formality that Demi take this Tour de France. She's a great time trialist. But Annemiek is a two time world time trial champion and current olympic champion. Could she possibly pull that sizeable lead back ? History has shown. Never ever write Annemiek Van Vleuten off. She has the heart of a champion. And as she has done throughout her illustrious career. She will come out fighting.

Labous pulling the favorites and yellow jersey up the Tourmalet was the facepalm of the day for me. Truly puzzling.

Demigod 👑

I was thinking that Vollering (and maybe AVV) were setting up Niewadoma to do lots of extra work riding solo.

No san sebastian highlights?

Thanks 🙏

What I really like to know is how did SDW M Reusser who was at the leading group with around 13km left and looking strong manage to finish 88 and 26min behind in 14km? yes I know she finish her job at the early stage of last mountain and probably take it easy after her last pull, but getting pass by almost everyone in such a short time while doing so well just minute before is amazing?!! did she have a mechanical?

Fascinating to see the top ten. This is like a world championships for climbers. When it was all on the line, it came down to this. Devastating performance by Demi. The new and undisputed queen. Amazing and brave ride by the legend Kasia. Hearty efforts as per usual by the GOAT Annemiek and Ashley Moolman, and the consistency of Labous is impressive. She is elite. And Kopecky's outstanding climb signals to me that she will switch teams in the near future. She has proven she is a GC contender in her own right. Santesteban will be over the moon and FDJ pair Uttrup Ludwig and Cavalli should be happy with their climb. And Ricarda Bauernfeind is the young star of the tour. She will be a contender in the future. Interesting to note who wasn't there. Where were the Lidl Trek girls ? I thought Lizzie Deignan would lead out followed by Gaia Realini to launch Elisa Longo Borghini. I expected Lianne Lippert, Mavi Garcia, and Sylvia Persico to be there too.

I feel like another mountain stage mid way in the tour would have made it more intresting for the GC contention. It seemed there was very little separating the riders up till today, with none in the GC really making a move until today. Maybe I'm wrong, have I missed something or would anyone else have liked another mountain stage?

Demi Vollering went “Vol Vollering” on the Tourmalet; amazing!!!

Yeah boiii!

AvV looked as if she aged 20 years.

Estava torcendo por Niewiadoma, é uma ciclista incrível....AvV é uma lenda inquestionável...Demi venceu, mas não "destruiu" ninguém ,pois para isso teríamos de ver mais etapas na alta montanha...

Thanks for posting! Really never had an interest in the women's TDF, your coverage keeps it interesting.

woman used to do 18 stages, shame it's been shortened

The queen is dead. Long live AVV

I thought during both climbs, that avv looked like she was suffering very hard. However I thought as well, that she was faking it... Reverse pogi like. But I was just wrong :(

Why the cameran shows the wattage of the women but of the men?

Damn

Think Annemiek made a strategic error. Shouldn't have attacked on Col d'Aspin. All what Annemiek needed to do was follow Demi as long as possible. Just sit in her wheel. Annemiek should have known that Demi would recover faster from the efforts in the days before, because of her age. She still would have lost, but the damage would have been much less. Maybe 30 seconds.

Wow! Dropping AVV is the real deal.

As good as this was, I would have loved to see Gaia Realini ride this stage too. A Realini/Niewiadoma attack might have succeeded

Lippert leading out a group of 30 riders?

Movie star rode a very stupid race. They plan backfired. Movie star used up all they climbers on the first climb instead of dropping other in the GC when they were doing all this hard pull they ended up dropping they own which left they leader without any help even before they started the dreaded Tourmalet climb. Whomever came up with this movie star plan really did not see or know just how strong Vollering was. Also they should have stop the pacing on the climb after realizing they were not dropping anyone. Very very bad plan.

AVV is 40 years old. It's her final year as a pro. I'd say she's doing rather well against the youngsters.

Very striking that the only big climbing stage just has 90km and 2 climbs. This stage profile looks like something that even I could ride in a day, and I'm not that fit. I wonder, why don't they give the women's race harder stages? Is it because they feel a stage like this is already differentiating enough in the women's race and they don't want to lose all the sprinters to time limit? Or is it just a traditional thing to make the women's races a bit less harsh than the men's races?

No suffering in her face...

vollering has had vv number fo ages now

i think lotte's performance is not being recognized enough, she just beat all those climbers and finished '2' of the tour de France even tho she's not a climber, and she probably would have won it if Demi wasn't there, she would also get many more stages if not for wacky tactics.

AvV was too exposed to the wind when her team was pacing that climb.., for sure she burned some matches there, much needed for later

Kopecky looks so not right in these groups of 55kg climbers :D

Labou totally bad tactics today

I strongly dislike using words like 'destroy' in the context of sports or social interaction. Why?

Slechte winnaar

Actually it might be better if SD Worx launch Kopecky eariler since AvV is not in good shape, that can get way more time margin.

Wow! 26 years young DESTROY 40 years old. Chapeau

AVV is one of the greats but technically she's terrible. Very poor descender.

VV was not good taticaly on thos stage

Could you stop spoiling?

Cannot believe this spoiling in beginner style

Why don't they run the race with the Tour de France, have the 1st women's race the day after the men's 1st race and so on.

Remco vid remco vid remco vid

What. A. Stage. TDFF > TDF

NO MAS

third!

If Jonas Vingegaard marries Demi Vollering!

Vann blow oten

first

Lanterne Rouge What an appalling title, what about Vollering & SDworx dominate on Tourmalet Of course vollering was in very good form, and congratulations to her. However, it is not a case of HER destroying (an offensive and superfluous word when commentating on sport) AvV. AvV was definitely not at her best, and was also riding against SDworx as a whole, you say it yourself Vollering refused to ride and asked her team to help her, it took a team effort to beat AvV (and confuse everyone else), and that was probably their plan, AvV was seen to be the only person who could beat Vollering. I don’t where you get that, “Vollering gave her the look”, what a absurd statement? How do you know? But still, congratulations to Vollering! A changing of the guard so to speak! And AvV, 40 years old, cycling among women nearly young enough to be her own kids (and beating them), coming home in fourth place, still promoting women’s cycling (who’s going to replace her) and still doing so well, congratulations to AvV, just thought I’d mention that for you! I’ll leave this up for a while, interesting to see the remarks

is really anyone watching woman tdf ?

she is very rude

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