{"id":633029,"date":"2026-04-27T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:28:09","slug":"womens-sport-deserves-so-much-more-says-demi-vollering-after-liege-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633029\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Women&#8217;s sport deserves so much more&#8221; says Demi Vollering after Li\u00e8ge win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demi Vollering wins a lot. But when FDJ-Suez\u2019s star spoke to T.V. camera\u2019s after Sunday\u2019s Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge solo win, it was immediately clear this one meant just a little bit more. The European Champion showed a rare bit of emotion, sharing what her personal connection to the race shows just how far women\u2019s pro cycling has come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen\u2019s cycling deserves so much more\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked what her win meant to her, since Vollering had already won Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge twice, the Dutch racer pulled no punches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to win here again, I really love this race and it brings back so many good memories for me,\u201d Vollering told cameras. \u201cWhen I was still a club rider, riding here without even having a women\u2019s race, I was already dreaming about it without knowing if there would ever be a women\u2019s race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While L-B-L is one of the oldest men\u2019s races on the calendar, a women\u2019s race didn\u2019t happen until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finally got a race. I became a pro. And I win for the third time here, it\u2019s incredible. I\u2019m super proud,\u201d Vollering continued.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after a pause to regain a her composure just a bit, Vollering added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen\u2019s cycling deserves so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there are many aspects of women\u2019s professional cycling that Vollering could be referring to, her statement comes directly on the heels of a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/cyclists-alliance-not-happy-with-dramatic-cut-to-womens-paris-roubaix-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">controversial cut to the broadcast length of the women\u2019s Paris-Roubaix (the men\u2019s broadcast time remained its usual length)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All out from Le Redoute<\/p>\n<p>Vollering\u2019s third Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge\u00a0victory was a stunning solo effort. The FDJ-Suez star attacked hard on Le Redoute, late in the notoriously long Monument, to find her self riding solo, 35km from the finish. Puck Pieterse and Kasia Niewiadoma chased in a group that included, at times, Canada\u2019s Isabella Holmgren and Anna van der Breggen. Despite that firepower, the group could not reel in Vollering.<\/p>\n<p>That, the Dutch rider says, was all part of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to go all out for this victory and didn\u2019t want to have any regrets afterwards. So we made a plan to go from Le Redoute,\u201d Vollering shared after the race. \u201cActually, we wanted to have a few teammates in the front before but that didn\u2019t really work out. But still I went and it was a really long way from there but I managed to find the finish here and finish it off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demi Vollering wins a lot. 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