Demi Vollering crowned road cycling world champion in Montreal

The little Queen has a new sovereign. And not just any one. At 29, Demi Vollering was crowned world champion for the first time in her career, Saturday September 26, in Montreal. Big favorite, the Dutchwoman assumed her status by attacking 38 km from the finish, on one of the 8 climbs of the Camillien-Houde route, the main difficulty of the day, taking advantage of the undermining work of her teammates, who set a hellish pace to skim the peloton early in the race. But the Dutchwoman, despite having a lead of around thirty seconds, was caught by Elisa Longo Borghini, Juliette Berthet and Kazia Niewiadoma.

At the end of an unbridled race, Demi Vollering nevertheless found the resources to keep calm, re-mobilize, and once again blow away her opponents one by one. In the duel with Kazia Niewiadoma, her eternal rival, the Dutchwoman won in the sprint. Best rider in the peloton for several years, the reigning European champion thus offered herself her first world champion title, the only major title missing from her record. An anomaly repaired for the one who is having an exceptional 2026 season, crowned with her second Tour de France after that of 2023, but also the Giro, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour of Flanders and even the Flèche wallonne.