Vollering Wins Cycling Road Race World Title
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The 29-year-old Dutch woman was the strongest on Saturday, September 26 in Montreal to win her first rainbow jersey. Four years of domination of women's cycling.
Vollering wins cycling road race world title
Italian Elisa Longo Borghini held off world time-trial champion Marlen Reusser to win bronze for the third time. Vollering has had a stunning year, winning the Tour de France Femmes and Giro d'Italia Women before triumphing at the worlds. The reigning European champion also enjoyed a dominant spring with victories in a series of one-day classics: Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and La Fleche Wallonne Femmes. And it …
After an exciting race, Vollering beat the Polish Kasia Niewiadoma, his main rival to the Tour de France, who suffered cramps in the last meters. "I had this dream in mind, I still find it hard to believe," said the pedalist. Italian Elisa Longo Borghini completed the podium, while French Juliette Berthet, Vollering's team-mate at FDJ-Suez, finished fifth. With this first world title, Vollering concluded an exceptional season in which she had al…
World Cycling Championships: At the Road World Championships in Canada, Demi Vollering was the undisputed leader. It is the first time Vollering has won gold at a World Championship.
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