{"id":204992,"date":"2026-04-06T07:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=204992"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:57:57","slug":"demi-vollering-wins-the-2026-tour-of-flanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/04\/06\/demi-vollering-wins-the-2026-tour-of-flanders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI have dreamt of that moment so many times last night\u201d: Vollering Wins Tour of Flanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

After several near-misses, Demi Vollering finally has her win at the Tour of Flanders Women and it came in the most Flanders way possible. <\/strong>One move, on the Oude Kwaremont, and no one could follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have dreamt of that moment so many times last night. I knew that the Kwaremont is the longest effort, that’s what suits me the most. And it’s in the end, so everybody feels the fatigue already. I knew that I just had to push without looking behind, and that’s what I did until I finally turned off the cobbles, and then I realised I was alone,\u201d Vollering said.<\/p>\n

Finding control inside the effort<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Once she was clear, the race became something else entirely. It was less about tactics, more about holding the line all the way to Oudenaarde.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe final was super hard. I only thought, ‘I need to go as fast as possible, and then the suffering is finally over’. I tried to find some calmness in the suffering, and in the end, I did it. But I also had to; the team did an amazing job again. It’s not every year that you’re healthy and come into this position, so then you really need to enjoy the moment and give it your all,\u201d Vollering said.<\/p>\n

Behind, the race never fully reorganised. Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot was the only rider able to initially respond, but couldn\u2019t match the sustained acceleration. She would go on to take second, ahead of Puck Pieterse.<\/p>\n

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