After defeat to Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram) at La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, Demi Vollering (SDWorx-ProTime) recognised she had misplaced to the higher rider on the day, however insisted that she could be again in competition for her subsequent title defence at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.
“The Mur de Huy by no means lies,” Vollering instructed reporters after ending second, but additionally stated that “I’m very pleased with my kind.”
“I already felt significantly better in Amstel Gold and at the moment much more so. I hope this sense continues.
“I hope my enchancment continues, however my high priorities are nonetheless a way into the season. We should maintain that in thoughts.”
Vollering paid tribute to her hardest rival’s efficiency, saying in a crew press launch that “It’s good for Kasia to win now. She at all times assaults in races and he or she had the punch to get away.”
“I hoped her legs would explode within the final hundred meters so I may come again. But she was very sturdy.”
Vollering argued, in any case, that the simpler programs each at Amstel Gold – restarted with solely 55 kilometres of racing a critical accident involving a police bike driver – and at Flèche Wallonne had executed her no favours.
“Amstel wasn’t as powerful as I’d hoped for, however I can perceive the group’s choice. When somebody’s life is at stake, biking is a sideshow,” she stated.
“In the Flèche Wallonne, the course change isn’t in my favour. With the additional climbs that have been nonetheless in it in recent times, the race will surely have been higher for me.”
Regarding the final of the Ardennes Classics, the place she’s going to nonetheless be on the hunt for a primary victory this season, Vollering added, “It’s a unique race, Liège is at all times very laborious. I’m glad with my kind and searching ahead to Sunday.”
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