Demi Vollering, the reigning Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift champion, is ready to go away her present group, SD Worx-Protime, in accordance with a report in GCN.
The 27-year-old is the top-ranked feminine bike owner by the UCI, and is out of contract on the finish of this season.
Chatting with GCN, SD Worx-Protime supervisor Danny Stam mentioned an extension is just not on the playing cards.
“It’s about price range,” Stam mentioned. Final month, the group penned a four-year extension with Lotte Kopecky, holding the world champion in its ranks till 2028.
“Everybody is aware of that Lotte has signed till 2028 and we have tried exhausting to maintain the group. However for Demi, I don’t suppose that it’s an possibility for us,” Stam mentioned. “You want to select, and at one second issues can go away however I feel it’s clear that we are able to’t have two riders from that stage in our group.”
Requested to substantiate whether or not Vollering will go away the group, Stam mentioned that it was “undoubtedly certain”.
At the beginning of this yr, reviews emerged that Vollering had been supplied a €1 million contract to affix UAE Group ADQ. “It is some huge cash,” Stam instructed GCN final month. “She’s among the best riders for the time being, so after all we wish to hold her, however not for €1 million.
“We wish to hold Demi however not for a clean cheque. It’s apparent that we wish to proceed with the important thing riders in our group and in the event that they’re pleased then we’ve got an opportunity. In the event that they’re not pleased then they will go away.”
It’s unknown at this stage what group Vollering will trip for in 2025. Her SD Worx-Protime boss is alleged to have refused to take a position.
Final July, the Dutchwoman took the largest victory of her profession when she gained the Tour de France Femmes, over three minutes forward of her team-mate Kopecky. “We actually make one another stronger,” she mentioned of her group.
Vollering’s yellow jersey triumph adopted a stellar spring marketing campaign during which she accomplished an Ardennes treble, successful the Amstel Gold Race, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
She has solely raced 3 times this season, and was competing at Dwars door Vlaanderen when reviews of her departure broke.
Biking Weekly has contacted SD-Worx Protime for additional particulars.
