The women’s race started after the men’s with a hectic opening and many attacks. Hard wind and high speeds caused everyone to fight for a good position in the peloton in case of echelons. Eventually an eleven-rider breakaway made it to the finish where Demi Vollering sprinted to a seventh place. It was a …
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The riders experienced a tough edition of the second race of the Ardennes classics with a lot of wind and rain. The pace was high during the entire race and no rider was spared. With fifty kilometres remaining, a strong group of riders was able to break away. Demi Vollering led the chasing group …
Hard day of chasing in tough edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège Read More »
The women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège belatedly takes place on Sunday 4th October 2020. Whilst the men’s race is known as The Old Lady in recognition of its beginnings in 1892, the women’s race started 125 years later – the young lady. The race follows a similar route to the men’s race, taking in the climbs of the …
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Team Parkhotel Valkenburg shows itself well in the first race of the Ardennes classics. As expected, the race was decided on the final ascent of the Mur de Huy where Demi Vollering made a strong move aiming for the win. Right after the six-rider breakaway with Anouska Koster got caught on the first ascent of …
Vollering rides to impressive third place in Flèche Wallonne Read More »
The 2020 Flèche Wallonne comes just a couple of days after the successful Imola World Championships. A strange quirk of the 2020 calendar given normally Flèche Wallonne takes place around 5 months beforehand. It also means we’re entering the next stage of the 2020 season – the Spring Classics! Or the Autumn Classics, or just …
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The 2020 Women’s World Championship Road Race takes on in Imola on Saturday 26th September. The course set up for the riders sees them take on 5 laps of a 27.8km circuit. Each lap contains two stiff climbs, the Mazzolano and the Cima Gallisterna. The Mazzolano lasts 2.8km at an average of 5.9% – the …
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Team SD Worx has been able to secure the talented Demi Vollering for the next two years. In doing so, the current Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team has signed one of the most talented cyclists. “I had a great feeling from the initial meetings with the team. The SD Worx team management expressed their admiration and also …
After the Stage 1 team time trial, Stage 2 of the 2020 Giro Rosa will provide a different test. A generally rolling uphill kind of day, the final climb is 5.8km at 6.5%. That should ensure that only the genuine GC contenders are left at the end. Those are similar numbers to the climb in …
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Demi Vollering took her first World Tour podium this season by finishing third in La Course. The altered edition in Nice instead of the traditional Champs-Élysées ended up in a sprint between the six riders of the breakaway. After a tough race Demi was still able to pull out a fast sprint and made it …
Demi Vollering sprints to third place in La Course Read More »
La Course by Le Tour de France has taken on a few different guises since its existence. It started off as a race up and down the Champs Elysees, making the most of the crowds already waiting for the finish of the Tour de France. 2017 saw the race whisked off the Alpes. A summit …
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