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  • Death Threats and Historical Beefs: How Vollering vs. Niewiadoma Became Cycling’s Spiciest Rivalry

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8A_1012-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 10, 2026 03:05AM Demi Vollering vs. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney. The greatest stealth rivalry of world cycling was blown onto the world stage last week at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The controversy that erupted after Saturday’s explosive 8th stage put the heat on a Tour de France…

  • Tour de France Femmes Runner-up Niewiadoma Leaves Without Regrets

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289744404.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 9, 2026 08:38PM It’s been a tense, bitter 24 hours but at the end of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Kasia Niewiadoma embraced Demi Vollering, the vanquished congratulating the victor. Until Saturday afternoon Niewiadoma was the one wearing yellow but, with one vicious acceleration on the…

  • Tour de France Femmes Prize Money: Pogačar’s Tour Payday Was Nearly Double the Entire Femmes Purse

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8B_2951.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 9, 2026 03:30PM Demi Vollering rode away from Nice on Sunday with the yellow jersey, three stage wins, and a €50,000 winner’s check at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Tadej Pogačar banked 10 times that amount when he won the men’s Tour de France just two…

  • Demi Vollering in Dream Land with Second Tour de France Femmes Title

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_7044-3.jpg”] Andy McGrath Published August 9, 2026 12:55PM Demi Vollering became the first woman to win two Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift titles in style. Attack was the best form of defense Sunday on stage 9. She stomped on the pedals and pulled clear of race-long rival Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney on the last…

  • Tour de France Femmes Stage 9: Demi Vollering Seals Final GC Victory with Sublime Solo Stage Win

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289745793.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 9, 2026 12:18PM Demi Vollering sealed her second career Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift title in style on Sunday, dropping her closest GC rival Kasia Niewiadoma close to the summit of the Col d’Eze and then plummeting down the descent to finish well ahead. Niewiadoma was the…

  • Niewiadoma and Vollering Turn Down the Volume on Controversy Before Femmes Final Blowout

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289606431-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 9, 2026 08:31AM Kasia Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering are trying to turn down the volume ahead of Sunday’s finale at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, but neither one is ceding ground. A media firestorm blew up after the finish-line drama when Niewiadoma accused Vollering teammate Célia…

  • Tadej Pogačar Goes Full Superfan Mode on Ventoux and Does Everything Fans Aren’t Supposed To

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/zigart-pogacar-femmes-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 9, 2026 11:13AM Tadej Pogačar may be the world’s No. 1 cyclist, but on Mont Ventoux he looked like just one more overexcited superfan cheering on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. A video posted on X shows Pogačar in full vacation mode, with white T-shirt, bucket…

  • No UCI Jury Action Despite Appeal as Tour de France Femmes Controversy Rages On

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8B_2304.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 9, 2026 04:56AM The UCI race jury declined to intervene Saturday after Kasia Niewiadoma accused Célia Gery of deliberately blocking her moments before Demi Vollering launched the race-winning move that wrested away the yellow jersey. Niewiadoma ignited a storm of controversy that continues to burn ahead of Sunday’s…

  • The American Underdog Coaching Cyclists While Racing Tour de France Femmes

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tour-0801-324-Copiar.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 9, 2026 05:17AM Natalie Quinn was sobbing on top of Mont Ventoux Friday at the Tour de France Femmes. Crying her heart out as her soigneur rubbed her back and consoled her. It wasn’t because the part-time cycling coach had lost an important client either. She had fought…

  • VIDEO: Fresh Footage of Niewiadoma and Gery Fuels Tour de France Femmes Ethics Debate

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-7.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 9, 2026 04:17AM What really happened between Kasia Niewiadoma and Célia Gery on stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift? It’s the question that rattled around the cycling world Saturday night after the race for the yellow jersey was blown open by incendiary accusations and…