Vuelta a España La Vuelta Femenina 2025 (May 4-10)

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"We’re all human. We all face battles. And no matter how big or small they seem, they matter. You matter!"

‘I Was Scared, Uncertain ... I Hit Breaking Point’: Demi Vollering Opens up on Agony of Tour de France Unraveling

Dutch superstar doesn't shy away from revealing her suffering in quest to open the conversation about mental health in elite sport.

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An untold story.. This was one of the toughest days of my career. Physically, I was still recovering from a crash earlier in the week. Mentally, I was weighed down by pressureâfrom the media, my⦠| Demi Vollering, OLY | 33 comments

An untold story.. This was one of the toughest days of my career. Physically, I was still recovering from a crash earlier in the week. Mentally, I was weighed down by pressureâfrom the media, my team, my loved ones, and from myself. Everyone kept asking how I was feeling, and while I tried to...

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Thanks!

 

[Izzyeviel]

Stage 5 – 08.05.20252.12.007.7.9 – Using a non-compliant position or point of support on the bicycle that represents a danger to the rider or competitors. Yellow Card Rider 41. KERBAOL Cedrine (EFO) (10067688095)

'Only a yellow?' - Vos

MEDICAL STATEMENT

BIB NUMBER 165 (Kern)Fall in the neutralized start zone. Dislocation of the left shoulder, relocated during immobilization. Acute pain. Transferred to Santa Barbara Hospital in Soria for radiological assessment.

BIB NUMBER 47 (Van der Wolf) Fall during the race (exact kilometer unknown). Medical assessment: fracture of the distal phalanx of the left hand’s second finger. Immobilization and pain relief administered.

BIB NUMBER 204 (Gielkens) Fall during the race. Hematoma and trauma to the left supraorbital and zygomatic region, with a 5 cm incised-contused wound requiring stitches. Transferred to Santa Barbara Hospital in Soria for suturing by a specialist.

BIB NUMBER 26 (Squiban) Fall during the race. Mild contusion on the left elbow. Local cold applied.

 

[Unchained]

could someone give me a little more context about Vollering's comments about riding for those with mental illness?

The posts people did below are an excellent overview. She said before that the inner team competition and what looked like team management preference- lack of support for her were really hard on every aspect of her life on and off the bike. Her team transfer has to feel great right about now!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYesywHoItg&pp=ygURQ2hyaXMgaG9ybmVyIGRlbWk%3D

 

[Sciatic]

The posts people did below are an excellent overview. She said before that the inner team competition and what looked like team management preference- lack of support for her were really hard on every aspect of her life on and off the bike. Her team transfer has to feel great right about now!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYesywHoItg&pp=ygURQ2hyaXMgaG9ybmVyIGRlbWk%3D

Thanks for sharing that,

 

[awavey]

When you hear they gave the Team Visma Lease A bike rider Marion the young rider of the stage award...no not that Marianne, Marion 😂

It doesn't work so well when you can see the difference in spelling and not hear the accents

 

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

"We’re all human. We all face battles. And no matter how big or small they seem, they matter. You matter!"

‘I Was Scared, Uncertain ... I Hit Breaking Point’: Demi Vollering Opens up on Agony of Tour de France Unraveling

Dutch superstar doesn't shy away from revealing her suffering in quest to open the conversation about mental health in elite sport.

velo.outsideonline.com

An untold story.. This was one of the toughest days of my career. Physically, I was still recovering from a crash earlier in the week. Mentally, I was weighed down by pressureâfrom the media, my⦠| Demi Vollering, OLY | 33 comments

An untold story.. This was one of the toughest days of my career. Physically, I was still recovering from a crash earlier in the week. Mentally, I was weighed down by pressureâfrom the media, my team, my loved ones, and from myself. Everyone kept asking how I was feeling, and while I tried to...

www.linkedin.com

and we all need to whine about it publicly, because that makes it all better.

 

[AmRacer]

and we all need to whine about it publicly, because that makes it all better.

Feeling better yet? 😁

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It keeps being rumoured every year, so you would think it must end up in the race at some point. It would also stick to the theme of having the hardest climb be an MTF rather than placing it earlier in a stage.

Would be good to maybe do a final weekend with Angliru as an MTF on the Saturday and then something like Oviedo - Cobertoria - Cordal - Manzaneda - Oviedo (with or without Monte Naranco) on the final day. Or a Gijón finish with San Martín de Huerces and a descent to the line.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Would be good to maybe do a final weekend with Angliru as an MTF on the Saturday and then something like Oviedo - Cobertoria - Cordal - Manzaneda - Oviedo (with or without Monte Naranco) on the final day. Or a Gijón finish with San Martín de Huerces and a descent to the line.

But what is the chance of that happening?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

But what is the chance of that happening?

The latter would be possible. The former probably not. More realistically they'd do two stages in Asturias but they'd put the Gijón stage first to have the grand finale at Angliru.

 

[Unchained]

Thanks for sharing that,

She is one of ten or 12 very, very positive racers who have fitness, depth, ability for longer hard races that have challenges. And her not sitting in is great to watch!! I was anti female racing for years because of shallow talent pool and super negative racing, with everyone sizing each other up until close to the end!! Now you are seeing bold racing, women attacking each other and attacking and rolling off solo for dynamic finishes!! Gets a little better each year..

 

[Didinho]

Schedule change for today! They’re starting at 11.05am untill around 14.20pm.

 

[ice&fire]

The local race broadcaster plans to start at 12:50 CEST

 

[yaco]

The Vollerring post race interview was a dig at her old team SD Worx. She would have benner to call them out.

 

[Didinho]

Lippert all in!

Vos bridged. With Vollering and Van der Breggen.

 

[Didinho]

Could be good for Paternoster with Vos and Bredewold digging deep for a moment. But she’s the only one still with a black vest on, Italians are always cold it seems.

Hope she can get the win today. Don’t know how hard the next little climb is. Hope she can hold on and be fresh enough to sprint.

 

[Netserk]

Vos dug quite deep to bridge across, got in a bad situation.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hopefully Guazzini's band-aid doesn't get stuck in anyone's wheel once it eventually falls off her chin.

 

[Didinho]

Cédrine ofcourse.

 

[Netserk]

Vos won.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Didinho]

That corner took all the others out of the sprint again. Impressive from Vos and Wolff leadout. The jump won it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GOAT again, but Bredewold gave it her all. Wollaston messed up the last corner, but came with good speed at the end.

 

[Keldergoat]

Professional win number 257 for Vos. I mean if Pogi ever is up for a real challenge, try to get close to that number buddy.

 

[Didinho]

Think there was a crash in the 200m turn. Was following Letizia, she followed wheels on her own again, got in the first 5-10 positions and got squeezed with the 3 riders in front of her and disappeared out of the corner. Saw her getting over the line around 30th, so nothing bad. You could see a bike on the ground, don’t know who it was.

Edit: was a crash just behind her. I’m relieved.