Demi Vollering Claims Historic 2nd Tour de France Femmes Title

I'm kinda glad to see Demi take a commanding lead, if only so we didn't have to hear from Canyon-SRAM about it. The best rider and team won. (And I say that as a big fan of Kasia.)

That last stage looked absolutely brutal, you know it's rough when you drop Marlen Reusser and ELB, and I feel particularly sorry for Reusser's bad luck in that corner on the second-to-last circuit.

I still can't get my head around the performance of Zoe Bäckstedt, crashing hard and then remounting and crushing that final circuit climb. Domestique performance of the Tour!

Do I wish that we had seen Paula Blasi unleashed this year? Yeah, I do, but we are going to see a lot more of her. And I am genuinely happy to see ELB on the podium.

Kudos to Puck Pieterse for the polka-dot jersey, although that meant that we didn't see much of her in the final parts of the race. Her energy and enthusiasm is always delightful.