Demi Vollering and Puck Pieterse (Image credit: Getty Images)

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) are anticipating another fierce yet 'playful' competition in Liège on Sunday, with both powerhouses expressing the level of respect they have for one another as competitors on the Women's WorldTour.

They are among the favourites who will line up to contest for the victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Vollering having secured two wins and six podiums in the last seven editions, while Pieterse finished a close second place to Kim Le Court-Pienaar last year .

They arrive off the back of Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, where Vollering took the win ahead of Pieterse on the Mur de Huy .…