Demi Vollering's triumph at the Strade Bianche serves as a testament to her strength and the collaborative effort of the FDJ-Suez team, highlighting the effective integration of riders Juliette Labous and Évita Muzic. Team General Manager Stephen Delcourt spoke about the risk Vollering took by switching teams without former teammates, underscoring the project’s ambitious goal to compete for monumental races. This win boosts the team's morale against formidable rivals like UAE and SD Worx, validating their strategy and efforts moving forward.
After SD Worx-Protime's refusal to cooperate specifically with FDJ-Suez and Vollering at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, it felt like a tricky rivalry might be brewing, but for Delcourt, there's more than one team to beat. "Demi beat everybody, and I prefer to focus on that," he said when asked about beating SD Worx and Anna van der Breggen in Siena.
Last year it was special when we spoke together with Demi and we said 'we have a project to be a team that's able to win all the Monuments and the Grand Tours... I’m really impressed by the team performance.'
Making the move from SD Worx-Protime to FDJ-Suez without bringing any teammates was a leap for Vollering. But general manager Stephen Delcourt is already seeing success from the project he built.
It was a big challenge for [Demi] to arrive in a French team, without teammates. Big thanks to Demi and her manager that they trust in the project and now we know that we're working in a good way.
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