One of the best cyclists in the world arrives in France. The Dutch Demi Vollering has signed for the French team FDJ-Suez for two seasons starting in 2025, the French team announced on Monday, October 28.
Winner of the 2023 Women’s Tour de France, the Dutchwoman, at the end of her contract with her team, SD Worx, has joined the ranks of the professional cycling team established in Vienne, along with the Frenchwoman Juliette Labous – another important addition – and Evita Music.
“It is a great day for the team and for French cycling. Never in modern cycling has a Tour winner signed for a French team. It is the realization of the team’s project, the new ambitions of a sport that has experienced enormous evolution in the last three years thanks to the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix.welcomed the general director of FDJ-Suez, Stephen Delcourt, to Agence France-Presse.
A new era for FDJ-Suez
Demi Vollering is a great coup for the French team. Second in the world in the UCI ranking, the Dutchwoman is one of the biggest stars in the women’s peloton and one of the best runners in the world in general.
Winner in 2023, the 27-year-old cyclist only lost the 2024 Tour de France by just four seconds, to the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma. He also has the Tour of Spain, the Tour of Switzerland and the Tour of Burgos to his credit.
“From the first meeting with the FDJ-Suez team I immediately had good feelings. “I am happy to embark on this adventure, to experience something new and to rediscover myself in this team.”commented the interested party in the press release that makes her arrival official.
Together with the French team, the cyclist wants to conquer her second Holy Grail this summer, when the Tour de France route is presented on Tuesday, October 29. With this arrival, the objective set by the formation of the FDJ-Suez becomes clear: change dimension. “We have the ambition to go beyond the limits of cycling, with a star like Demi-Vollering within [notre] equipment “, -Stephen Delcourt insisted.
