Demi Vollering seals La Vuelta Femenina win for second year in a row with stage win atop Alto de Cotobello; Reusser edges Van der Breggen for 2nd

Demi Vollering has won the Red Jersey at La Vuelta Femenina 2025. In the process, 28-year-old Dutch superstar secures her first Grand Tour win since leaving Team SD Worx - Protime for FDJ - Suez. Sealing the win in style, Vollering also took the victory on the final stage atop Alto de Cotobello.

With a big, mountainous finish to the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina in store, only Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s Femke de Vries was out ahead of a much diminished GC group on the penultimate climb of the day. De Vries just about managed to hold onto the lead at the summit too, taking maximum points for the Queen of the Mountains. With the leader of that classification, Evita Muzic, leading the chase over the climb moments later though, there wasn’t much advantage gained by De Vries.

After De Vries was caught on the descent, the attacking started in earnest once more, with Mavi Garcia going off up the road, and Muzic quickly onto the Spanish star’s back wheel. As the final climb began, Muzic and Garcia had built up an advantage of around 40 seconds on the GC group, now being led by Team SD Worx - Protime. That was never going to be a big enough gap to hold on though, and with 8km still to go, both attackers had been reeled in.

With 45 seconds separating race leader Demi Vollering and nearest challenger Anna van der Breggen at the start of the day, all eyes were on the SD Worx leader, waiting for when she'd make her move. Rather than launching a big attack though, Van der Breggen instead opted to lead the group from the front and set a brutal tempo. This tactic was having a big impact too, as rider after rider dropped out the back door. Importantly though, Vollering, 3rd placed Marlen Reusser and 4th on GC Cedrine Kerbaol were still in touch.

At 2km to go, the quartet were still locked, with Van der Breggen remaining on the front riding tempo. With 1.5km to go, Vollering herself then moved to the front with an attack, hoping to seal another GC win with the stage. Although that initial move was matched, a second attack by the Red Jersey did get distance inside the final kilometre. In the fight for 2nd meanwhile, it was Reusser that got the better of Van der Breggen.