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Vollering wins stage to claim Tour lead before final day
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BBC Sport - Sport
Demi Vollering raced clear to win stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes and snatch the leader's yellow jersey with just one stage remaining.
The race lead has changed hands for the second day running, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney having won on Mont Ventoux to replace Marlen Reusser at the top of the general classification.
That gave the Polish Canyon-SRAM rider a 15-second lead over Vollering heading into Saturday's penultimate stage, a mostly flat 171.9km ride from Sisteron to Nice.
"In a stage race, you live day by day, so you can be disappointed overnight but the next morning you have to put on a new mask and go again," said Vollering.
Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, who finished more than 10 minutes behind Niewiadoma-Phinney on stage seven, pulled out of the race on Saturday morning through illness.