Demi Vollering’s continuation in th oTour de France Femmes avec Zwift hangs in the balance after a heavy crash in the final kilometres of Stage 3 left the race favourite battered, and awaiting medical clearance to stay in the fight for yellow.

Late on Monday evening, her team revealed that Vollering had not been taken to a hospital but that further medical tests, including a second concussion protocol, will be conducted on Tuesday morning.

“These [test] results will enable Demi and the team to confirm whether or not she will be at the start line tomorrow,” FDJ-SUEZ announced.

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A large number of riders hit the deck in the pile-up, including Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck), Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek). But it was last year’s runner-up, Vollering, who was among the last to rise from the tangle, visibly shaken and slow to get to her feet.

Stage 4 is another sprint day for the peloton. The pack will traverse the 130 kilometres between Saumur and Poitiers.