Vollering: “I'm really grateful for what Juliette did”

April 23 ^rd 2025 - 19:01

Demi Vollering (FDJ – SUEZ): "Juliette (Labous) did a very strong job on the last climb, so I'm really grateful for what she did there and also my other teammates earlier in the race. They did really good teamwork in the beginning by always putting us in the front and following the first attacks. Then later in the race, Lea (Curinier) and Elise (Chabbey), who started to chase very, very strong and Evita (Muzic) and Juliette bringing me in position for the final. Juliette did a really, really strong last climb so it's really nice to have a teammate like that who can pace it very well for you. It's also a bit easier because suffering in the wheel of your teammates, which is always different than suffering in a wheel from a rival. It's nicer to suffer in your teammates wheel. Puck (Pieterse) is very strong, so today she showed what she can do and I think it's a nice win for her. I think it doesn't have to do anything with the tactics, it was just who can still go strong in the last few hundred metres. You need to be able to do that and she was able to do that today and I couldn't follow her there."