Vollering claims world title
Demi Vollering claims her first women's road race world title in Montreal
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Demi Vollering won the elite women’s road race at the 2026 UCI World Championships in Montreal, outsprinting Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney to claim the first world title of her career. Vollering’s victory capped a remarkable season that included wins at the Tour de France Femmes, Giro d’Italia Women and several major one-day races. Her long-range solo attack was caught late in the race, but she regrouped, helped form the decisive lead pair and prevailed in a tense final sprint after Niewiadoma-Phinney launched first. Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini took bronze, holding off Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser.
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Vollering had also won four spring classics that season: the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and La Flèche Wallonne Femmes.
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After her attack was caught, Vollering chased down Longo Borghini and dropped her on the final ascent of the Camillien-Houde, setting up the two-rider finish with Niewiadoma-Phinney.
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Vollering credited her Netherlands teammates for controlling the race and singled out Puck Pieterse for delivering an effective lead-out.
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Longo Borghini earned the world-road-race bronze for the third time; Reusser, whom she held off, was the reigning world time-trial champion.
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