Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney Archives

Kasia on the Off-Season: Rest, Reset, and Getting Ready for a New Year

November 19, 2025 at 1:07 pm2 min reading

The off-season always starts with a total break from the bike for me. I do a mix of different things, sometimes active, sometimes completely passive. The beauty of this time is that you really can’t fail your task as long as you just stay relaxed…

What to Expect at the Women’s Road World Championships in Rwanda — Kigali, Sept 21–28, 2025

September 19, 2025 at 5:45 am3 min reading

Road cycling

This week, the rainbow jersey lands on a continent it’s never visited before. From September 21–28, 2025, Kigali becomes the loud, hilly, sun-drenched centre of the cycling world — the first time the UCI Road World Championships are held in Africa. That fact alone changes…

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: The Moments That Mattered

August 6, 2025 at 11:02 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025 wrapped up on a crisp Sunday in Châtel after nine days of intense racing, punishing climbs, tactical battles, and unforgettable triumphs. From the cobbled streets of Brittany to the brutal ramps of the Alps, this year’s edition…

France Celebrates a Queen: A Few Takeaways from a Remarkable Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

August 4, 2025 at 8:49 am3 min reading

Road cycling

France’s long wait for a Tour de France winner ended on Sunday when Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won her second successive stage to win the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFFaZ) in dominant style. Her victory is the first by a French rider in any Tour…

“Luckily I Had the Fastest Kick”: Kim Le Court Grabs Stage Win and Yellow Jersey in Explosive Stage 5 of TdFFaZ

July 31, 2025 at 7:55 am2 min reading

Road cycling

Kim Le Court (AG Insurance–Soudal) stormed to victory in Guéret on stage five of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, seizing not only the stage win but also the coveted yellow jersey from Marianne Vos after a ferocious finale that blew the race wide…

TdFFaZ Short on Favourites as Reusser and Longo Borghini Abandon and Vollering Crashes

July 29, 2025 at 10:18 am3 min reading

Road cycling

The first three stages of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFFaZ) have seen favorites abandon, crash or announce injuries, much of this carnage related to the Giro d’Italia Women, which ended only two weeks before the TdFFaZ began.