{"id":9619,"date":"2025-07-30T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/between-our-lands-and-gueret-vollering-stays-on-course-with-a-2nd-place-finish\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:31:42","slug":"between-our-lands-and-gueret-vollering-stays-on-course-with-a-2nd-place-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/between-our-lands-and-gueret-vollering-stays-on-course-with-a-2nd-place-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Between our lands and Gu\u00e9ret, Vollering stays on course with a 2nd place finish."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday 30 July, the 2025 Tour de France Femmes presented its riders with the longest stage of the race between Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (Vienne) and Gu\u00e9ret (Creuse). Over more than 172 kilometres, including the fictitious stage, the peloton rode a flat course with a hilly finish, marked by three successive climbs in the last 35 kilometres. On this leg-breaking terrain, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance\u2013Soudal) won the sprint ahead of Demi Vollering at the end of a mass sprint.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A step that is both symbolic and strategic for the team <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the very first kilometres, the stage took on a special significance for the FDJ-SUEZ team, which passed in front of its race headquarters in Jaunay-Marigny, a nod to the team&#8217;s 20th season in the women&#8217;s peloton.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-d76ebc7b\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider glide\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-gap=\"0\" data-peek=\"0\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-height=\"400px\" data-hide-arrows=\"false\"><div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\"><div class=\"glide__slides\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/start-111-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"9613\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/start-101-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"9611\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/start-90-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"9609\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/start-89-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"9607\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"glide__bullets\" data-glide-el=\"controls[nav]\"><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=1\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=2\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=3\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first half of the rolling stage, there were numerous attacks, but no group managed to build up a significant lead. It was in the last 40 km, on the hills of Chabannes, Peyroux and Maupuy, that the race really took shape. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A tense finish and a top-two finish for Vollering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the irregular slopes of Maupuy (2.8 km at 5.4%), several attempts to break away enlivened the front of the race. Demi, attentive and well supported by her teammates, remained at the front until the summit, before joining the final sprint in Gu\u00e9ret. In the final straight, Kim Le Court was the first to launch her sprint, finishing in first place on the podium. Demi took second place in the stage, in the same time, and remains in contention for the overall classification.    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227712321-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9615\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227712321-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227712321-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elise Chabbey took advantage of this hilly stage to confirm her position as best climber, scoring a point on one of the classified climbs. She thus retains the lead in the mountain classification at the end of this 5th stage. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juliette and Evita finished in a second group, 33 seconds behind the day&#8217;s winner. Amber, Ally and Marie also finished unscathed. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stage classification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kim Le Court (AG Insurance\u2013Soudal) \u2013 3h54\u201907\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Demi Vollering <\/strong>(FDJ-SUEZ) \u2013 mt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx\u2013Protime) \u2013 mt<br\/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall standings after stage 5 :<\/h3>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kim Le Court \u2013 15h07\u201914\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (Visma\u2013Lease a Bike) \u2013 \u00e0 18\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Demi Vollering<\/strong> (FDJ-SUEZ) \u2013 \u00e0 23\u2019\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow, the peloton will tackle a transitional stage to the Massif Central, between <strong>Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert<\/strong>, where the <strong>climbers<\/strong> could reappear. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Broadcast: from 3:35 p.m. on France 2 and Eurosport<\/em><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a teamwork \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTourFemmes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeTourFemmes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/demivollering?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@demivollering<\/a> storms to second on the stage and powers her way into 3rd place overall !<br><br>RANKING \u2014\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jj1pEyKpEo\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jj1pEyKpEo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0EJeHm46IG\">pic.twitter.com\/0EJeHm46IG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FDJ &#8211; SUEZ (@FDJ_SUEZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDJ_SUEZ\/status\/1950591270713274765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 30 July, the 2025 Tour de France Femmes presented its riders with the longest stage of the race between Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (Vienne) and Gu\u00e9ret (Creuse). Over more than 172 kilometres, including the fictitious stage, the peloton rode a flat course with a hilly finish, marked by three successive climbs in the last 35 kilometres. 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