Demi Vollering Puts In Dominant Display To Win Strade Bianche 2025
Demi Vollering Puts In Dominant Display To Win Strade Bianche 2025
Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering powered to victory in the Strade Bianche on Saturday, earning her second career victory in the Italian one-day race.
Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering powered to victory in the Strade Bianche on Saturday, earning her second career victory in the Italian one-day race.
Vollering completed the 136-kilometer circuit around Tuscany in 3 hours, 49 minutes, 4 seconds, which was 18 seconds ahead of her compatriot Anna van der Breggen in second place, with Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prevot a further 1 minute, 24 seconds behind.
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"I'm super happy, I knew I was good beforehand, of course, and everybody expected it from me before the race already started, but then to do it is another thing," Vollering told TNT Sports. "You have so much pressure, and you really, really want to finish it off. Not only for yourself, but for your team-mates, family, friends, everybody who is behind you."
Vollering also made sure to credit her teammates for the complete effort.
"To finish it off here, like I did today, thanks to the work from all my teammates, I'm super happy and proud I could do it," added Vollering, who also won the Strade in 2023.
Vollering, who joined French outfit FDJ-Suez from SD Worx, made her move on the last of the 13 gravel sections with 12 kilometers to go.
Only Van der Breggen, who at the age of 34 has resumed her career this season after having been part of the SD Worx management team for three seasons, where she worked with Vollering, managed to go with her, but the Dutch rider cracked in the final 400 meters.
"It's fun to race against Anna, it feels like the old days just when I started, so it's also a good reminder for myself how much I have grown over the years," Vollering said. "It's good to battle it out against her again."
Paris 2024 Olympic mountain bike gold medalist Ferrand-Prevot also is making her return to road cycling this season.
After leading an earlier breakaway, she eventually was reeled in by Vollering and her FDJ-Suez teammates but held on to claim a place on the podium.
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