Setmana Valenciana: Demi Vollering takes stage 1 with 18km solo ride

Demi Vollering secured her first victory of the season wearing the colours of her new team FDJ-SUEZ on the opening stage of the Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana.

The Dutch rider attacked just ahead of the final climb, Alto de Barx, with 18km to go and held off a chasing Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), both her former teammates, to claim the stage win and the leader’s jersey in Gandia.