Vollering falls four seconds short of second Tour de France win

Demi Vollering missed out on a second successive Tour de France title by the narrowest of margins in a dramatic finish at the summit of L’Alpe d’Huez. The 27-year-old Dutch rider fell short by an agonising four seconds, despite winning the final stage, as her Polish rival Kasia Niewiadoma rolled in fourth, one minute 1 second later, to claim the overall victory. Vollering launched her bid for victory on the penultimate climb of Sunday’s stage, the 150km Col du Glandon,...