Demi Vollering closed the gap on Tour de France leader Marlen Reusser to just 12 seconds as she edged out her rivals to claim victory in the fifth stage. Vollering broke away on the final climb of the 140km stage from Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais before crossing the line just ahead of Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma. Reusser, who took the overall lead in Wednesday’s individual time trial, retained the leader’s yellow jersey, but Vollering reduced the Swiss rider’s lead by claiming the bonus seconds for the stage win. The next placed Dutch rider is Femke de Vries, Ferrand-Prévot’s team-mate at Visma Lease-a-Bike, in eighth place, 3 minutes 11 seconds back. It is the fourth stage victory for 29-year-old Vollering in the women’s tour, which has only existed as a separate race since last year.