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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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_2991.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published August 8, 2026 05:12PM With just eight seconds between the two top contenders, former GC winners Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma, Sunday’s finale of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was already set to be a high-stakes showdown. However the tension was drastically ratcheted upwards after stage 8…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8A_9873-1.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 9, 2026 03:11AM Advantage Demi Vollering in this Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift of twists and turns. Fifteen seconds down Saturday morning on Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canoyon-SRAM) after making her move too late on Mont Ventoux, FDJ United-Suez’s frontwoman ends the day eight seconds in front. Her ferocious…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Laboral-truck.jpg”] David Everett Published August 8, 2026 11:31AM I think it’s fair to say that the women’s side of professional sports has come a long way in a few short years. It wasn’t long ago when the idea of a million-dollar women’s team seemed slightly alien, let alone a single rider earning that,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288640764.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 8, 2026 12:45PM Overnight race leader Kasia Niewiadoma has blasted the FDJ United – Suez team of Demi Vollering after losing the yellow jersey, calling their conduct childish. She lost out to Vollering when the Dutch rider put in a huge attack on the day’s final climb, ending…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/dea62.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 8, 2026 11:00AM Tour de France Femmes stage 9:  Sunday, August 9, 2026 Nice – Nice 99.2km / 2,100m+ The 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will finish with a corn-popping thriller on Sunday. Stage 9 on the sparkling Côte d’Azur is designed for pure drama, and…