Demi Vollering's Cycling Debut and Aspirations

This is my first year, so to speak, racing as a professional.

And

I’ve simply trained really hard for it.

But

that it would turn out this way, and so quickly,

that’s really amazing.

Twenty-two-year-old Demi Vollering makes an incredibly strong debut at the highest level.

In her first spring with the pros, she already won the Vuelta Limburg Classic

and the Berkelse rider finished third in the grueling classic

Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

I won the sprint of

the group I crossed the finish line with, so to speak.

And

I won that sprint.

And suddenly I thought, “Huh?”

I think there were only two riders ahead. So I said to the soigneuses,

“There were only two ahead, right? So, am I third now?”

That’s how I was feeling. So, yes, it really was.

I didn’t quite understand it yet, so to speak.

And now?

Not entirely yet. When I have that medal in my hands,

then I think:

yes, it is Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, after all. That really is something special.

Of course, my peak moment was really in the spring, so

I'm a little more on the tired side now.

But

I'm still getting better. I'm certainly still learning the game

better

and getting to know it, so

I think I'm getting better all the time.

I'd really love to become world champion one day,

but I think every

female cyclist has that dream.

But is it realistic?

I think it is.

But it's not realistic for every female cyclist.

No. Well

yes,

I think it is, if the course suits me.

Because, of course, it's somewhere different every year.

If it's simply my kind of course, then I think I should manage it one day

I think.

And that doesn't have to be now or next year. That can always happen later, of course.