2024 Tour de France Femmes winner
Katarzyna Niewiadoma had been one of the pre-race favourites heading into Strade Bianche 2025. Sadly for the Pole though, disaster struck at around 50km to go as her race ended in a crash.
There was genuine concern for the CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto too as she lay strewn on the ground in the immediate aftermath of the crash, surrounded by teammates and seemingly having real difficulty in remounting. Now, the 30-year-old's partner,
Taylor Phinney, has provided a welcome update on the condition for the reigning Tour de France Femmes Maillot Jaune. "Kasia is OK just road rash and hit her head…luckily I was 2km away and made it to her just in time to ride w/her in ambulance to hospital. Waiting to do some precautionary X-rays,"
writes the American in a post on his X (Twitter) account. "She’s in good spirits, mostly pissed she couldn’t race."