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Lukas Knöfler

Tour of Flanders Women: Demi Vollering sails to victory after shedding rivals with a solo attack on Oude Kwaremont

OUDENAARDE, BELGIUM - APRIL 05: Demi Vollering of Netherlands and Team FDJ United - SUEZ competes during the 23rd Tour of Flanders 2026 - Ronde van Vlaandere - Women's Elite a 164.1km one day race from Oudenaarde to Oudenaarde on April 05, 2026 in Oudenaarde, Belgium. (Photo by Billy Ceusters/Getty Images).

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) won the women's Tour of Flanders in style, attacking on the Oude Kwaremont with 18km to go for a solo victory. Behind Vollering, Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) dropped Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the Paterberg, but the Frenchwoman returned on the run-in to the finish. After cooperating to hold off the chasing group, Ferrand-Prévot came past Pieterse in the sprint for second place.

A front group of 20 riders had formed on the Koppenberg, and Vollering's teammates Franzi Koch, Elise Chabbey, and Célia Gery worked hard to keep the pace high into the Oude Kruisberg, where Koch pushed hard before Vollering attacked on the Hotond climb that immediately followed.

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