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Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez): “I put pressure mostly on myself”

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) won Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es and is the overall leader and the QOM leader after five stages.

“I’m very happy I won the stage, and very happy with the work we did as a team. The previous days have been a bit difficult, as someone close to me is going through a really hard time mentally. This victory is for all...

Marion Bunel (Visma | Lease a Bike): “A stage like this helps me regain some confidence in myself”

Marion Bunel (Visma | Lease a Bike) finished 6th in Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es and stood on the podium as the best young rider.

“I am thankful to my teammates for their continued support. I have had so many doubts for days and months before this day. I was waiting for a stage like this to regain my self-confidence. I am happy to rediscover...

Arianna Fidanza (Laboral Kutxa): “Being noticed in this event is important for us”

Arianna Fidanza (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi) was the most aggressive rider in Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es.

“It has been a really hard stage. The team’s goal was making it into the breakaway. I’ve tried time and again, but it seemed the peloton wasn’t willing to let anybody go - probably because a lot of girls wanted...

Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez): “Everything seems easier with Demi”

Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez) is a teammate of Demi Vollering, who won Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es and is the overall leader after five stages.

“We are very happy we have been able to follow our plan and succeed with it. We had been unlucky in the first few days, with some crashes. We are glad we have a leader like Demi - with her, everything...

Demi Vollering back in Red

Defending champion Demi Vollering took La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es by storm at the Lagunas de Neila. The FDJ-Suez rider finished off a great effort by her teammates with a devastating attack launched with 3 kilometers to go that enabled her to claim both the stage win and La Roja as new overall leader, unseating SD Worx’s Femke Gerritse. Movistar Team’s...

India Grangier (Team Coop-Repsol): “Every day is a breakaway day”

India Grangier (Team Coop-Repsol) was the most aggressive rider in Stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es.

“I’m super happy, because it’s the first Combativity award of my whole career. It’s quite new, but quite fun! Of course, this is important for the team. We wanted to be aggressive today and get on the break. We were in almost every...

Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez): “It’s not the end”

Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) is the leader of the QOM classification of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es after four stages.

“It was a quite hard stage, the first one with some climbs. We really wanted to be the first ones at the top of the last climb to do the downhill, and then things became a bit chaotic, with a lot of attacks. I was already trying to follow...

Marianne Vos (Visma | Lease a Bike): “It’s fantastic to have Anna back in the bunch”

Marianne Vos (Visma | Lease a Bike) was 2nd in Stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es and is the current leader of the Points classification.

“Every team was ready for the fight coming into the last climb. I am pretty happy I made it to the summit inside the front group. Then of course Anna van der Breggen made a great attack. Once she had some meters...

Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime): “I was so on the limit…”

Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) is the overall leader of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es after four stages.

“The last climb was ridden at a pretty hard pace, and I got dropped just near the summit. Luckily, I had a great teammate in Mischa [Bredewold] to help me bridge back with the front group. I was so on the limit… As for the finish, I just didn’t...