Demi Vollering capped off a perfect three days of racing with FDJ-Suez at the Volta a Catalunya Femenina, leading out teammate Loes Adegeest to the stage 3 victory in Barcelona, while confirming her overall title.
The French squad completed the clean sweep of stages through Vollering, Adegeest and Elise Chabbey in the bunch sprint final, with the Dutch rider beating Eva van Agt (Visma Lease a Bike) and Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels) to the line.
Having survived the 114km stage safely, Vollering rolled across the line in seventh, having piloted Adegeest round the final corner, ensuring the leader’s jersey was indeed hers, after pulling out the bulk of her advantage with a stunning mountain stage win on Saturday.
“I really need my teammates in a lot of races, so being able to give some work back to them is the least I could do,” said Vollering.
“I think we were a bit stronger as a team, and as long as you believe in something, it’s possible to do it.”
Teammate Chabbey finished second overall on the podium, having won the first stage from a break, with 20-year-old Marion Bunel (Visma-Lease a Bike) taking third overall.
The stage 3 triumph was just Adegeest’s third win as a professional, and her first for more than two years.
“I mean, it’s great, I think my first bunch sprint win, and the team just had so much confidence in me. To get a lead-out not only from Demi, but also the others, they looked after me all day long, trusted my sprint – maybe more than I did – and to finish it off is great,” said Adegeest.
“We have one and two in GC, three stage wins with three different riders, and I think the points and KOM jersey – couldn’t be better.”
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