Demi Vollering is one of the world’s best cyclists, but alongside her Grand Tour wins and Classics titles, she is also known as one of the most honest characters in the peloton, not least when it comes to talking about periods, nutrition and health among female athletes.
The FDJ United-Suez rider made headlines for her firm comments about rider weight after last year’s Tour de France Femmes, and has frequently spoken about her period and menstrual cycle on her own platforms and in interviews, talking about how it can affect her in races.
Other riders have done the same – Kim Le Court-Pienaar and Marlen Reusser, for example – but Vollering says that her status as one of the sport’s biggest stars has motivated her even more use her voice to talk about these issues.
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