{"id":630318,"date":"2026-04-26T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:30:18","slug":"liege-bastogne-liege-femmes-demi-vollering-unmatched-on-cote-de-la-redoute-in-35km-solo-move-to-triumph-with-record-third-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630318\/","title":{"rendered":"Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes: Demi Vollering unmatched on C\u00f4te de la Redoute in 35km solo move to triumph with record third victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demi Vollering<\/a> (FDJ United-Suez) won a record third Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes<\/a> in convincing fashion in Li\u00e8ge on Sunday. Having taken her previous two victories in sprints of small groups, Vollering went on a 35km solo rampage after a searing attack over C\u00f4te de La Redoute.<\/p>\n

She crossed the line over a minute ahead of a chase group of three, where Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) won the sprint for second place ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime).<\/p>\n

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\u201cI really wanted to win here again. I really love this race; it brings back so many good memories. Still being a club rider, I was already dreaming about it without knowing if there would ever be a women\u2019s race. Then, finally, we got one, I became a pro, and I won here for the third time. It\u2019s incredible, I\u2019m super proud. Women\u2019s sport deserves so much more,\u201d said an emotional Vollering after the finish.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI really wanted to go all-out for this victory and not have any regrets afterwards. We made a plan to go from the Redoute. We wanted to have a teammate in front before, but that didn\u2019t really work out. Still, I went, and it was a long, long way from there, but I managed to finish it off.”<\/p>\n

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\"Winner\n<\/p>\n

The final podium at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes 2026 (Image credit: Getty Images)How it unfolded<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s race started in Bastogne and headed north through the Ardennes to finish in Li\u00e8ge after 156km of racing. Despite several attempts to form a break, nobody was let go until Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) went on a solo escape with 116km to go.<\/p>\n

Gerritse built an advantage of up to 2:20 minutes, but atop the C\u00f4te de Stockeu with 82km to go, only a few seconds remained, and she was reeled in before the C\u00f4te de la Haute-L\u00e9v\u00e9e that followed.<\/p>\n

Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (Visma-Lease a Bike) attacked on the Col du Maquisard but was quickly caught again. Instead, an attack by Ma\u00ebva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) on the C\u00f4te de Desni\u00e9 led to a front group of seven riders, also including Juliette Berthet, Elise Chabbey (both FDJ United-Suez), Femke de Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike), Noemi R\u00fcegg (EF Education-Oatly), Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), and Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek).<\/p>\n

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They built a 40-second gap in the descent towards the C\u00f4te de La Redoute, but SD Worx-Protime quickly realised the danger of letting such a strong group go up the road and started to chase. The group was caught in Remouchamps, and FDJ United-Suez then set up a lead-out train into the C\u00f4te de La Redoute: \u00c9vita Muzic led the race into the climb, then Berthet took over with Vollering on her wheel, reducing the peloton to fewer than 15 riders.<\/p>\n

Vollering launched her attack 600 metres from the top of the climb. Initially, Niewiadoma-Phinney, Pieterse, and the Lidl-Trek duo of Niamh Fisher-Black and Holmgren could stay on her wheel, but 400 metres from the top, Vollering kicked a second time to go solo.<\/p>\n

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\"Demi\n<\/p>\n

Demi Vollering attacks the favourites on Le Redoute at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

,In the rolling terrain after La Redoute, Vollering increased her advantage. At the 30km mark, she was 22 seconds ahead of the chase group, where Fisher-Black lost contact. The next group with Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res, Axelle Dubau-Pr\u00e9vot (both EF Education-Oatly), Van der Breggen, Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ), Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, Lore De Schepper (AG Insurance-Soudal), Chabbey, and Berthet was almost a minute down already.<\/p>\n

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This second chase group picked up Fisher-Black while Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility), Sarah van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike), Squiban, De Vries, Monica Trinca Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco), Nienke Vinke (SD Worx-Protime), R\u00fcegg, and Niedermaier came back from behind.<\/p>\n

20km from the finish, Vollering had a 40-second gap on Niewiadoma-Phinney, Pieterse, and Holmgren while the group of 17 was 1:22 minutes behind. On the C\u00f4te de la Roche-aux-Faucons, Pieterse and Niewiadoma-Phinney made moves but could not shake off each other or Holmgren, cresting the climb together, 1:06 minutes down on Vollering.<\/p>\n

In the group behind, Valli\u00e8res took the lead from the bottom of the climb until Blasi took over. This reduced the group to only six riders, and this group split again close to the top, with Blasi, Van der Breggen and Chabbey cresting the top 20 seconds behind the trio ahead.<\/p>\n

On the short descent and the unclassified C\u00f4te de Boncelles that followed, Van der Breggen pushed hard to close this gap, dropping Chabbey and then Blasi to bridge across on her own and immediately increasing the pace. This acceleration saw Holmgren lose touch just before the top of the last climb, and Van der Breggen, Niewiadoma-Phinney, and Pieterse went into the descent together.<\/p>\n

Up ahead, Vollering took no risks in the final 10km but still finished 1:29 minutes ahead of the three chasers where Pieterse won the sprint for second place. 1:48 minutes down, Blasi outsprinted Holmgren for fifth place while Chabbey won the sprint for seventh place against Valli\u00e8res, Berthet, and Dubau-Pr\u00e9vot.<\/p>\n

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\"Anna\n<\/p>\n

Anna van der Breggen, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Puck Pieterse (Image credit: Getty Images)Results<\/p>\n

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