Demi Vollering

Defending champion puts in formidable comeback effort but comes up four seconds short.

We dig through the data to reveal how Vollering was possibly just a few watts short of successfully defending her title Sunday in the Alps.

'Four seconds seems magical': Polish Tour de France Femmes winner talks Alpe d'Huez emotional rollercoaster, making history and how gravel worlds transformed her confidence.

Stunning Tour de France Femmes finale: Race leader Niewiadoma hangs on by 4 seconds as Vollering dominates Alpe d’Huez but cannot close the gap.

Legendary climbs of Col du Glandon and Alpe d’Huez will determine if Niewiadoma can keep yellow jersey.

SD Worx-Protime star happy about small gap at stage 7 finish and packs 'good feeling' about winning race on final-stage showdown as Tour de France Femmes goes down to the wire.

Kasia Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering trade GC punches but Dutchwoman unable to snap elastic on first summit finish of race.

Bobby Julich weighs in on the Olympic action, the Tour de France Femmes and the Vuelta a España, with a special memory from his pro career.

Lacking support in chaotic finale, 2023 race winner Vollering defends teammate Wiebes from criticism.

Vollering describes 'emotional rollercoaster' since race-changing crash and looks ahead to decisive Alpine stages as her legs respond well to stage 6 attacks.

Diving into the big watts of Demi Vollering, Chloe Dygert, Puck Pieterse, and more to see what it takes to win on the biggest stage.

Last year’s best young rider is first French stage winner in race history, Niewiadoma holds lead.

‘I didn’t hear a crash happening,’ says Polish rider after yellow jersey Demi Vollering hits the deck and loses time.

Vas fastest as GC chaos sees Vollering lose 1:47, Niewiadoma now leads, with Faulkner up to second overall.

Polish rider praises stage winner Puck Pieterse but regards Tour champion Vollering as the clear obstacle to yellow

Off-road specialist makes superb transition back to the road after Olympic MTB race.

As the Tour moves towards hillier ground, unexpected time trial success may intimidate new race leader’s competitors.

Defending race champion Vollering aces time trial to lead GC, Americans Chloe Dygert and Kristin Faulkner take second and fifth.

Tour de France Femmes favorites wrap up: the race's biggest stars and main players talk on the eve of the start in Rotterdam.

Winner of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift last year, Dutch superstar Demi Vollering is aiming to win a second yellow jersey in a race that starts in her home region.

After flying to victory in the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Demi Vollering faces some new rivals this year.

Who will deny Demi Vollering in the race toward the infernal bends of Alpe d'Huez? Here's all you need to know about ASO's showstopper stage-race.

Alaskan star becomes first U.S. woman in 40 years to win road race gold after audacious 3km attack from heavy-hitter group of four.

Will a Dutch 'triple threat' of Vos, Vollering, Wiebes run riot in Paris on Sunday? A whole rabble is raring to ruin Team NL's party. We rate them all.

Mega-long courses, no race radio, tiny teams, and super-sized egos will produce unpredictable, chaotic, and ultimately spectacular road races.

‘It is always good to win climbing races before your big goal’: Dutchwoman on a Swiss roll, taking three out of four stages.

'It’s a strong message which shows racing is growing along with the evolution of women’s cycling': Tour de France Femmes set for longest edition in 2025.

Tour de Hoody: Pogačar is so far ahead the only thing that can stop him now is sickness, a crash, or the UCI kicking him out for wearing the wrong colored shorts.

Vollering sweeps Vuelta, Itzulia and Burgos to position herself in pole position going into the major goals at the Olympics, Tour de France Femmes.

Tour de Hoody: Demi Vollering on a spring roll and Americans head home from Europe for US nationals.

Dutchwoman overhauls teammate and double stage winner Mischa Bredewold in GC with strong move.

Tour de Hoody: Vollering stamps name on La Vuelta and North Americans continue to light up results sheet.

Dutchwoman goes clear on final ascent to reinforce GC lead: 'To end the Vuelta this way is fantastic.'

Visma Lease a Bike rider outpaces Kristen Faulkner, Demi Vollering holds overall lead.

The first major climbing stage delivered some shakeups in the GC as Vollering takes control.

Realini, Niewiadoma both leave early as Spanish race continues Saturday with a rolling stage ideal for sprinters that could see echelons with cold and rain in the forecast.

The 2023 Paris-Roubaix winner comes off superb lead from Kristen Faulkner to win in crash-marred finale: 'I came with a real fire to win this.'

Tour de Hoody: Will the arrival of big hitters like Nike mark a new era in professional cycling? Red Bull's Tour de France jersey leaked?

Dutchwoman one of a rare number of cyclists to sign on with the global marketing behemoth.

Dutchwoman Vollering keen to go one better after controversial attack blocked victory in 2023 Vuelta.

Australian FDJ Suez rider overpowers Elisa Longo Borghini and others in suspenseful finale: 'It was an amazing day.'

Team manager accepts SD Worx-Protime is less dominant: ‘We always maintained that we would not be able to achieve another season like 2023’

Analysis: The question is not if but when Pogačar will attack. Does Van der Poel or anyone else have the legs to follow?

Despite multiple passages up the Mur de Huy and winter-like cold and rain, the final ascent of the famed wall played decider in both races. 'The race was brutal'

'I never saw Marianne coming': Dutch star admits 'stupid' blunder by posting up too soon.

The first of the Ardennes Classics promises dramatic racing on twisting, hilly courses.

The midweek semi-classic serves as a transition between the cobblestones to the hills of the Ardennes-styled races.

Team CEO Erwin Janssen insists he hoped to keep team toppers Kopecky and Vollering together in 2025: 'It hurts a lot'.

A look at an incredible day’s racing on the white roads of central Italy.

‘It just sucks being all the time there but not getting the victory’ - Polish rider frustrated by near misses in Strade Bianche.

SD Worx-Protime teamwork makes Kopecky's dream work at Strade Bianche as world champion's confidence for spring classics grows.

World champion kicks at 500m from the line for emphatic victory in Siena, Vollering rounds out podium for SD Worx-Protime 1-3.

Questions over Vollering's future and tension-riddled final last spring hang over SD Worx-Protime's Strade Bianche favorites.

Face-off: Will the longer, harder courses on tap for 2024 ruin or raise the dirt-road classic? Our editors argue it out.

Sepp Kuss, Tadej Pogačar, Demi Vollering, and Ruth Edwards headline the new-look gravel extravaganza over the iconic white roads that will be the hardest edition ever.

Tour de Hoody: Kopecky and Vollering splitting up could be the best thing for women's racing, and Americans banging on monument's door.

Veteran Vos out-duels 'super team' SD Worx-Protime to open the classics campaign with a big win.

SD Worx-Protime pens world champion through 2028, speculation grows about Vollering's destination for next season: 'We have to make choices.'

The Italian classic over the white roads of Tuscany sees significant changes for 2024, with a new finishing loop, and the men's race topping 200km for the first time.

A look at what the biggest women’s teams in the world will be wearing this season.

Gear tests and team bonding: Sunny Spain is everyone's choice for the WorldTour's off-season training camps.

In this latest installment of Velo's predictions for 2024, European editor Andrew Hood looks into cycling's crystal ball for sweeps, doubles, triples, and other new historic markers.

Will Demi Vollering maintain her dominance of women's cycling in 2024? Can someone beat her at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift?

The Dutch squad was the dominant women's team in 2024 with Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Marlen Reusser, and Lorena Wiebes locking out the top positions in the UCI rankings.

A climb-heavy final circuit will deliver explosive racing for the 2024 road cycling world championships.

Statistics from the 2023 season across the men's and women's peloton, including firsts, fastests, and biggest climbing days of the year.

With the Tour de France Femmes starting a day after the final cycling event at the Olympic Games, many riders will have some tough decisions to make about race programs for 2024.

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes will feature the race's first foreign stages and sends the peloton up the Alpe d'Huez for a historic finale.

The Dutch rider will be racing on old training roads when the Tour de France Femmes goes to the Netherlands for its inaugural foreign grand départ.

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes will start in the Netherlands and finish with a mountain doubleheader to Grand-Bornand and Alpe d'Huez.

Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky earn laurels as best one-day racers in the prestigious cycling awards dating back to 1992.

The Dutchwoman dominated 2023 along with her SD Worx squad, but there are plenty of riders waiting in the wings to knock her off the top spot in 2024.

Vollering, Mohorič, Vermeersch, and other gravel newbies give their takes on on the UCI Gravel World Championships race.

From the Euros dominating the UCI gravel worlds to the collapse of the 'mega merger', the 2023 season ended with a collective bang.

Polish rider dazzles with first big victory in four years.

How they got into gravel, their expectations for the race and how they keep their motivation so late in the season.

Follow all the action as Vollering, Uttrup Ludwig, Longo-Borghini headline the three-stage Women's WorldTour race.

2023 will be the second year that separate men's and women's prizes are awarded.

There's more attention on the sport and more races than ever, but that also means there's more pressure and time away from family.

Demi Vollering and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig round out the podium.