"I didn't dare to lose" Demi Vollering on dealing with disappointment, shouldering pressure and the 2023 Tour de France Femmes route Read more: l8r.it/CrYa
“I want to do everything” - Demi Vollering confident ahead of 2023
CyclingWednesday, 09 November 2022 at 11:30
Team SD Worx's Demi Vollering has been looking forward to the upcoming 2023 season and after finishing 2nd at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, she has her sights set firmly on going one step further and taking home the yellow jersey next time around.
In an interview with Rouleur, Vollering looked back at what she says to be one of the proudest moments of her career, “I think there were some days earlier in the race we could have taken more time on her, I think I did a good Tour though, I did the best I could do and I was really just trying to focus on my own race, rather than what Annemiek was doing.”
With the 8 stage, 2023 route recently announced, Vollering admitted she wasn't completed enthused by the course "First when I saw the course I was a bit disappointed but then I looked at it better, I think it's still really hard.” Before adding, "I’ll admit, I think some of the other races before the Tour are better suited to me.”
There's more than just the Tour in Vollering's eyesight for 2023 however. The 25-year-old also has her sights firmly set on the World Championships in Glasgow as she tries to overcome her disappointment at missing the Worlds in Wollongong due to a late covid positive, “When I saw the course I knew it would have been a race I really liked. I was watching it split up on the climbs and saw the group with Liane [Lippert] and Cecilie [Uttrup Ludwig] and then I needed to cry a little bit because I knew I’d normally belong in that group and I would have had a chance that day,”
Finishing off the interview, she sends a warning to her competitors "Next year, I’ll take another shot at winning the yellow jersey.”
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