Vuelta Femenina 2025: Vollering seals GC win at Alto de Cotobello

fotobureau Cor VosDemi Vollering drops Anna van der Breggen, Marlen Reusser and Cédrine Kerbaol in the final kilometre of the Alto de Cotobello to solo to both the stage win and overall victory. Reusser and Van der Breggen round out the podium of the 2025 Vuelta Femenina. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 7th stage 2025 Vuelta Femenina

1. Demi Vollering (nld)
2. Marlen Reusser (swi) + 0.11
3. Anna van der Breggen (nld) + 0.25
4. Cédrine Kerbaol (fra) + 0.35
5. Niamh Fisher-Black (nzl) + 0.56
6. Juliette Labous (fra) + 1.05
7. Monica Trinca Colonel (ita) + 1.22
8. Évita Muzic (fra) + 1.42
9. Marion Brunel (fra) + 1.52
10. Nienke Vinke (nld) + 2.06

Final GC 2025 Vuelta Femenina

1. Demi Vollering (nld)
2. Marlen Reusser (swi) + 1.01
3. Anna van der Breggen (nld) + 1.16
4. Cédrine Kerbaol (fra) + 2.34
5. Juliette Labous (fra) + 3.24
6. Niamh Fisher-Black (nzl) + 3.25
7. Monica Trinca Colonel (ita) + 4.07
8. Yara Kastelijn (nld) + 5.20
9. Nienke Vinke (nld) + 5.40
10. Évita Muzic (fra) + 5.41

Race report
Despite a flurry of attacks, it's still all together after the Puerto de Pajares, and then it's Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka who gives it a go. As she hits the Alto de Colladona, she holds a 1-minute lead over Femke de Vries, Justyna Czapla and Silvia Zanardi, while the peloton trails by more than 3 minutes.

On the climb, De Vries drops her breakaway companions and joins the lone leader. They continue together, although their lead over the peloton has shrunk to a minute and a half as they approach the Alto de Colladiella.

In the final 3.5 kilometres of the climb, De Vries pushes on alone. She crests The duo open up a lead of one and a half minutes. summit 12 seconds ahead of the main group, but is reeled in on the descent. Mavi García then takes up the attack, with Évita Muzic joining her. The duo is brought back on the finish climb.

Anna van der Breggen sets the pace on the climb, drastically thinning out the peloton. With 4 kilometres remaining, only Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Cédrine Kerbaol are still on her wheel.

With 1.5 kilometres remaining to the summit, Vollering accelerates for the first time, but can’t shake off her rivals. A second surge in the final kilometre does the trick. Reusser tries to follow, but in vain.

Vollering solos to both the stage win and the overall title, with Reusser crossing the line in second place and Van der Breggen completing the podium. Fittingly, the final stage's results mirror the overall standings of the 2025 Vuelta Femenina.

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