Demi Vollering took to the stage alongside her FDJ United-SUEZ teammates at the annual Grand Départ presentation on Saturday to kick off the 2026 season.
In an on-stage interview, the European Champion stated that her sights are firmly set on securing a second-career yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift next August.
“Je veux gagner le Tour de France avec l’équipe,” Vollering said when asked to recite the phrases she had been practicing in French – “I want to win the Tour de France with the team.”
Vollering won the Tour de France Femmes in 2023 and has finished on the podium in every edition since the rebirth of the women’s French Grand Tour four years ago, finishing second place on three occasions, with Annemiek van Vleuten winning in 2022, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney winning in 2024, and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot winning the title in 2025.
Recently crowned European Champion, Vollering will start her second season with the French WorldTour team and has high expectations for the 16-rider roster, which also includes Juliette Labous, Évita Muzic, and Elise Chabbey.
She went on to win the first Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España, before taking the overall titles, too, at Itzulia Women and the Volta a Catalunya.
At the Tour de France, she finished second to Visma-Lease a Bike’s Ferrand-Prévot, who proved to be a stronger climber in the high mountains.
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