Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering (; born 15 November 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam

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. Considered one of the greatest riders of her generation, she has achieved major successes in both one-day classics and

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. In the

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, she has won two editions of

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

, in 2021 and 2023. The latter completed an " Ardennes triple" of winning the

Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to: * Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherl ...

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

and

in the same season, becoming only the second woman in history to achieve this feat. She won the

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and has twice won the general classification at

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, in

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and

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. In 2023, she topped the year-end UCI world rankings and won the prestigious

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Early life

Adriana Geertruida Vollering, known by the '' roepnaam'' "Demi", was born in Pijnacker, Netherlands on 15 November 1996. She is the oldest of four siblings, including fellow cyclist Bodine Vollering who made her professional debut with

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in 2025. Following in the footsteps of her flower-growing family, Vollering initially worked as a florist and earned a qualification in Floral Design. Until 2019, Vollering combined cycling with speed skating, competing nationally in the Netherlands. As a youngster, speed skating was her primary sport, and it was only in 2017, after a cycling holiday to the

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that her partner convinced her to focus on the sport full-time.

Professional career

2019–2020: breakthrough

2019

Having raced in 2018 as an amateur with the domestic SwaboLadies.nl team, Vollering signed her first professional contract in 2019 with Dutch team Parkhotel Valkenburg. Her first spring campaign as a professional cyclist was a successful one, with top-10 finishes at the

and a first monument podium at

. In May 2019, Vollering achieved her first professional victory: a 2.7km prologue at the

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in Luxembourg, taking the leader's jersey in the process. She followed this up in October 2019, with a second pro win at the

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. First run in 1909, the race is considered a classic cycle race, and is traditionally grouped with the Giro del Piemonte and Giro di Lombard ...

, beating Elisa Longo Borghini in a two-rider sprint at the top of the Madonna di San Luca climb.

2020

In the COVID-19 affected 2020 season, Vollering continued to impress in WorldTour races, coming third at both

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and

, in addition to top-10 results on the cobbles at

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

and the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

. Following two successful seasons with Parkhotel Valkenburg, it was announced that Vollering would be joining

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from the 2021 season onwards.

2021–2024: SD Worx, Tour de France and stage race dominance

2021

Vollering started the season strongly with top-10 finishes at

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and the

. She then finished as runner-up at De Brabantse Pijl, celebrating as she crossed the line only to find out she had been pipped by

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's late bike throw. In the

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, Vollering started the week with an impressive second place to

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at the

, followed by a tenth place finish at

. Vollering then took her first career

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victory at

, winning the sprint from a five-rider group containing

Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten (; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional Bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Van Vleuten is twice a winner of both the UCI Road World Cha ...

Elisa Longo Borghini Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, Giro d'Ita ...

Kasia Niewiadoma Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma Phinney (; born 29 September 1994) is a Polish bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her eighteen professional wins are the Tour de France Femmes in 2024 Tour d ...

and teammate

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. At what was to be the final edition of

, Vollering took her second WorldTour victory of the season, winning the sprint in

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from an eight-rider group. In July, Vollering took her first podium in major tour at the Giro in Italy, finishing in third place behind her teammates

and

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Ol ...

. This included second place finishes on the stage 4

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to Cascata del Toce and the stage 9 summit finish up

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. Vollering competed in the road race at the delayed

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in Tokyo, placing 25th. She also achieved top-10 finishes in the UEC European Championships and

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road races. In October, Vollering won her first career stage race at

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. After helping teammate

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claimed victory on stage 1, Vollering took the leader's jersey by winning the stage 3 by winning 16.6km stage 3

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, putting more than a minute into her competitors in the process.

2022

Vollering had a strong spring classics campaign, winning De Brabantse Pijl, coming second at

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and the

, and taking the third spot on the podium at

and

. In the inaugural edition of

Itzulia Women The Itzulia Women is a women's cycle stage race in Spain, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race takes place in the Basque Country in Northern Spain, on tough, hilly roads similar to the Clásica de San Sebastián. History The Tour of ...

, Vollering won all three stages and the general classification. The following week at the

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos (province), Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In ...

, Vollering took victory in the final stage to Lagunas de Neila, finishing third overall behind

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and

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. Vollering's impressive results meant she went into the

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of the rebooted

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as one of the two big favourites alongside

. She finished the race as the runner-up to Van Vleuten after consecutive second place finishes on stages 7 and 8 in the

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mountains. In the process, she won the iconic polka dot jersey as the leading rider in the mountains classification. In September, Vollering added her fourth stage race podium of the season, finishing in third place overall at the Challenge by La Vuelta.

2023

The 2023 season saw Vollering complete her rise to superstardom with one of the most dominant years in cycling history. In March, Vollering won her first

on the white gravel roads of Tuscany in a

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ahead of teammate

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. The race was noted for a dramatic incident with 16 kilometres to go, when a horse ran onto the course in front of Vollering, briefly holding her up on the narrow stretch of road.Vollering added a second victory of the season in her next race at

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, before finishing as runner-up to her teammate Kopecky in the first monument of the season at the

. Another second place followed at De Brabantse Pijl, as Vollering was beaten in a sprint in

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. The following week, Vollering became just the fourth rider in history (after men

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and

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, and former teammate

) to win the " Ardennes triple" of the

and

in the same season. At the Amstel Gold Race, Vollering cemented another SD Worx one-two ahead of Lotte Kopecky, soloing to victory in the final kilometres after a late attack over the top of the

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. A few days later at La Flèche Wallonne, Vollering attacked from a reduced group at the bottom of the

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to take a dominant victory. Vollering completed the Ardennes triple in Liège by outsprinting

in a two-up finish. Vollering's electric form did not slow as racing moved to Spain after the early-season classics. At

, she took the leader's red jersey after winning stage 5 to the Mirador de Peñas Llanas in

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. She would then lose the jersey on stage 6 in a controversial incident. Having stopped for a nature break and not yet returned to the

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and their leader

upped the pace in a section of

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, splitting the peloton and leaving Vollering and her

teammates chasing for the following 70 kilometres to the finish. She was able to limit her losses on the stage to one minute and four seconds but this meant losing the general classification lead to Van Vleuten heading into the final stage. On stage 7, Vollering distanced Van Vleuten on the final climb to

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, winning the stage and securing ten bonus seconds. However, she was unable to overhaul the entirety of her deficit, ultimately finishing the race in second place, just nine seconds behind the winner Van Vleuten. In the following Spanish races, Vollering won the first two stages of

(making her the winner of the first five stages in the race's history), before taking second place on the final stage and finishing as runner-up to teammate

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in the general classification. She then went one better at the

, winning another two stages on her way to the overall race victory. In June, Vollering finished second to teammate Reusser in the general classification at the

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. She then claimed her first career

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, launching an attack on the final lap of a hilly route around

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. At the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, it was once again Vollering and Van Vleuten who were expected to battle it out for the

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in a renewal of their blossoming rivalry. Going into the final two stages, it was Vollering's SD Worx teammate

who held the race lead, with a 55-second lead over Van Vleuten and fellow contender

, with Vollering a further 12 seconds in arrears. Stage 7 was a Pyrenean epic, and atop the

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with 30 kilometres remaining, only Vollering, Van Vleuten and Niewiadoma remained at the head of the race. Vollering and Van Vleuten marked each other profusely, allowing Niewiadoma to steal a march into the final climb up the legendary

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. Yet it was Vollering who dealt the killer blow, launching an attack with 5.5km to go, and arriving through the mist atop the mythical mountain with an almost two-minute gap over second-placed Niewiadoma. Wearing the yellow jersey on stage 8 in Pau, Vollering rode a strong

to finish in second place on the stage and secure her first major tour general classification victory. Following her Tour de France win, Vollering claimed the

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behind

at the UCI World Championships road race in

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and later the

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at the

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. She also won a stage and the overall classification at the

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. Vollering's dominant season saw her top the year-end UCI world rankings and she was awarded the prestigious

2024

Following on from her ''annus mirabilis'' in 2023, Vollering went through the entire spring classics campaign without raising her arms in victory. She began her season at

with a sixth place finish, followed third place at

and eighth place at the

, before rounding out the spring classics with back-to-back podium finishes as runner-up at

and third place at

. Vollering quickly put to bed any doubts about her form, by dominating the Spanish stage racing block. She took her first win of the season at

on the stage 5 summit finish in

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, moving into the race leader's red jersey. She finished as runner up to

on the following stage to Laguna Negra, before taking another stage victory and securing the general classification on stage 8 to

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. She followed this win up by winning a stage and the overall title at

, as well as two stages and the general classification at the

. In June, Vollering continued her stage race dominance by winning three out of four stages and the general classification at the

Demi Vollering in etappe 8 van de Tour de France Femmes 2024

Vollering was considered the red-hot favourite heading into the

in August. She took a surprise win in the flat 6.3km

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on stage 3 to move into the

before the race had even reached French soil. The next day, she finished second to

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in a hilly stage that featured the same finale as

. Vollering saw her luck change when the race entered France on stage 5. She came down in a mass crash with just 6 kilometres to go, causing her to lose one minute and 47 seconds in the general classification. Vollering slipped to ninth overall, one minute and 19 seconds behind the new yellow jersey wearer

. Despite her injuries, Vollering remained in the race, entering the mountainous final stage with a deficit of one minute and 15 seconds to Niewiadoma. On the Col du Glandon, the first of two ''

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'' climbs, Vollering attacked from the peloton with

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, distancing Niewadoma. Although Rooijakkers herself had moved into the virtual lead of the race, she refused to work with Vollering in the valley as the chasing group ate into the gap and they came to the foot of the final climb up

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just 43 seconds ahead over Niewidoma. With Vollering in visible discomfort from the injuries she had suffered a few days prior, she was nonetheless able to increase the gap to Niewiadoma. After closing down an attack by Rooijakkers with 2.5km to go, Vollering won the sprint for the stage win, taking ten bonus seconds to Rooijakkers' six, thus moving ahead of her in the general classification. However, it proved not enough, as Niewiadoma crossed the stage finish line one minute and one second back. Vollering finished the race in second place, a mere four seconds behind the winner. Upon returning to her home in Switzerland after the Tour de France, medical tests revealed that Vollering had in fact been riding with a fractured

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from the crash on stage 5. At the

in September, in what was to be her final race for

, Vollering won the stage 2 summit finish at

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and finished second overall behind her teammate

. Vollering closed out her season at the

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in Zürich. She won the silver medal in the

, 16 seconds behind Grace Brown, and finished fifth in the road race.

2025: move to FDJ–Suez

After four seasons with SD Worx, Vollering signed a two-year contract with French team

, bringing Specialized and

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with her as new sponsors. Vollering got off to an excellent start with her new team, winning stage 1 and the general classification of the

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in February. In the spring classics, Vollering finished third at Omloop Nieuwsblad before winning

for the second time in her career. Vollering also came fourth in the inaugural women's Milano–Sanremo, second in

and third at

Major results

Road

;2018 : 9th Overall

Tour of Uppsala The Tour of Uppsala is an annual professional road bicycle race for women in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to ...

;2019 : 1st

: 1st

Volta Limburg Classic The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 2nd Overall

Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. The race was first held in 2008 as a one-day race. Between 200 ...

::1st Prologue : 3rd

: 5th

: 5th Overall

: 5th

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: 7th

;2020 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd

: 7th

;2021 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall

::1st Stage 3 (

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) : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd

: 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa : UEC European Championships ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Team relay ::5th Road race : 3rd Overall

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: 3rd Overall

: 5th

: 5th Overall

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons t ...

: 5th Clasica Navarra : 6th

: National Championships ::6th

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::9th Road race : 7th Road race,

: 10th

;2022 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : 2nd Overall

::1st

Mountains classification : 2nd

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: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd

: 3rd

: 4th Overall

: 7th Road race,

: 10th

;2023 : 1st Jersey violet

Overall

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: 1st

Road race, National Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Jersey violet

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 2 & 4 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd

Road race,

: 2nd

: 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stages 5 & 7 ::Held Jersey red

after Stage 5 : 2nd Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 10th Road race, UEC European Championships ;2024 : 1st Jersey red

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 5 & 8 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Jersey violet

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stages 3 (

) & 8 ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stages 3–4 :: Jersey green number

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Stage 8 & Overall :

::2nd

::5th Road race : 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd

: 3rd

: 5th

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: 6th

;2025 : 1st Jersey red

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 5 & 7 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st

: 2nd

: 3rd

: 4th

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

Gravel

;2023 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vollering, Demi 1996 births Living people Dutch female cyclists People from Pijnacker-Nootdorp Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists from South Holland Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportswomen