{"id":205228,"date":"2026-04-27T10:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=205228"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:03:47","slug":"demi-vollering-solos-to-third-liege-bastogne-liege-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/04\/27\/demi-vollering-solos-to-third-liege-bastogne-liege-title\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI really wanted to go all-out for this victory and not have any regrets afterwards\u201d: Demi Vollering solos to third Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge title"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a plan, and then there was the execution. Demi Vollering didn\u2019t wait for a sprint this time at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

She went long, 35 kilometres long, from the C\u00f4te de la Redoute, and no one saw her again.<\/p>\n

\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

A move that split the race for good<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The race had been controlled, even tense, up to that point. Early moves came and went, none allowed much space. When the peloton hit La Redoute, the group was already reduced but still intact enough for a response.<\/p>\n

Vollering made sure there wasn\u2019t one.<\/p>\n

Her first acceleration thinned the group. The second, a few hundred metres later, ended the race. Behind her, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney,<\/a> Puck Pieterse and others tried to organise a chase, but the gap opened quickly and steadily.<\/p>\n

Extending, not just holding<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This wasn\u2019t a defensive solo. Vollering didn\u2019t just hold a margin, she built it. Across the rolling terrain after La Redoute, she increased her advantage to over a minute. Even as the chasers reshaped behind her, the gap never stabilised. By the final 10 kilometres, the outcome was no longer in doubt.<\/p>\n

For Vollering, the move wasn\u2019t reactive. It was the race she came to ride.<\/p>\n

\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 she said after the finish.<\/p>\n

The race behind the winner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The fight for second became its own race.<\/p>\n

Pieterse eventually won the sprint from a three-rider group ahead of Niewiadoma-Phinney and Anna van der Breggen, who bridged across late after a strong solo effort.<\/p>\n

Further back, the race continued to split and reform across the final climbs, but none of it changed the outcome at the front.<\/p>\n

Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes 2026 Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ) \u2014 solo<\/li>\n
  2. Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) \u2014 +1:29<\/li>\n
  3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) \u2014 +1:29<\/li>\n
  4. Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) \u2014 +1:29<\/li>\n
  5. Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n
  6. Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n
  7. Elise Chabbey (FDJ-SUEZ) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n
  8. Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res (EF Education-Oatly) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n
  9. Juliette Berthet (FDJ-SUEZ) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n
  10. Axelle Dubau-Pr\u00e9vot (EF Education-Oatly) \u2014 +1:48<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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