'Go chase the dreams': Vollering wins second Tour de France Femmes

After winning the Tour de France Femmes for the second time on Sunday, Demi Vollering tried hard to hold back tears while the Dutch national anthem played.It was her toughest moment of the day after an ultra-dominant performance on the bike from the 2023 champion.She secured an impressive stage win, and in doing so extended her overall lead to 1 minute, 18 seconds over 2024 champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney, from Poland.Vollering raised her bike in the air moments after crossing the finish line in Nice I thought about the people who have been behind me."She finished the stage 1 minute, 4 seconds ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and Niewiadoma-Phinney, who looked tired but was all smiles later on the podium.Former Giro d'Italia champion Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy was third overall in the Tour — 4:29 behind — after Marlen Reusser lost valuable time after crashing going downhill after the second of the day's four climbs.Reusser ended up 14th overall at nearly 26 minutes behind.Niewiadoma-Phinney had it all to do on the final climb, especially with her rival sitting on her wheel, and was unable to pressure Vollering.Vollering attacked about 800 meters from the top and dropped Niewiadoma-Phinney — as she did when winning Saturday's eighth stage to take the overall lead from her rival.Two years ago, Vollering missed out on Tour victory after finishing an agonising four seconds behind Niewiadoma-Phinney on the last stage.She made full amends this time.Vollering has now won five Grand Tours, including two Spanish Vuelta titles and the Giro d'Italia secured in June to join countrywoman Annemiek van Vleuten as the only other female cyclist to have won all three Grand Tours."I still have a lot of dreams," Vollering said