37 Facts About Katarzyna Niewiadoma

Katarzyna Niewiadoma twice finished third overall in the Tour de France Femmes, in 2022 and 2023, taking the Queen of the Mountains jersey in 2023.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished 5th in the under-23 road race at the European Road Championships.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma participated in the Holland Ladies Tour, finishing 10th overall and winning the young rider classification.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma was selected for the road race at the UCI Road World Championships, but she did not finish.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma took her first victory four months later, winning the Swiss race GP du Canton d'Argovie.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished 11th overall, and 3rd in the young rider classification, marking a successful debut in the biggest race of the elite women's calendar in her first year as a professional.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma then went on to take her first podium spot in a stage race.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma demonstrated her climbing abilities with 6th place in the inaugural edition of the Strade Bianche Donne, and 5th in the prestigious World Cup race La Fleche Wallonne Feminine.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma took a podium spot in the Holland Hills Classic, finishing behind Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Johansson.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma assumed the lead of the young rider classification following the second stage, and held on to the top places on the mountain stages.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma led the Polish team in the road race, and sprinted to 7th place.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma added further top-ten finishes at World Tour level, with seventh at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, and tenth at the Tour of Flanders, before taking her first win of the season at the Ronde van Gelderland in a three-rider sprint against Natalie van Gogh and Lieselot Decroix.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma then followed this up with another stage win and general classification double, at the Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Sudtirol.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma was part of the leading group during the road race at the Rio Olympics, but was unable to follow moves by five other riders, and missed out on a medal; she ultimately finished in sixth place.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma won two stages during the race, as well as the points and young rider classifications.

Just as she did in 2016, Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished second in Strade Bianche, with Elisa Longo Borghini getting the better of her in the closing metres.

At La Fleche Wallonne Feminine, Katarzyna Niewiadoma attacked inside the final 10 kilometres, on the Cote de Cherave, with only Deignan and Van der Breggen able to follow.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma's next start was at The Women's Tour, where she won the opening stage after a nearly 50-kilometre solo breakaway, with a winning margin of 1 minute, 42 seconds over teammate Marianne Vos.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma maintained her overall lead for the remainder of the race, ultimately winning the race by 1 minute, 18 seconds ahead of Christine Majerus, and moved atop of the UCI Women's World Tour rankings.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma led the WM3 Pro Cycling team at the Giro d'Italia Femminile, where she finished in sixth place overall, and ceded the World Tour lead to Van der Breggen.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished ninth in La Course by Le Tour de France, seventh overall at the Holland Ladies Tour, and concluded her season with fifth place in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships, having been part of the lead group in the closing 10 kilometres.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma ultimately finished the season in third place in the overall UCI Women's World Tour standings.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma attacked on the last ascent of the Cauberg with former teammate Marianne Vos, before pulling clear with a gap of a few seconds over Annemiek van Vleuten; Van Vleuten attempted to close down the margin in the final 2 kilometres but Katarzyna Niewiadoma was able to hold on for her second Women's World Tour one-day victory, after her earlier success at the 2018 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma did come away from the race with the mountains classification, edging out Christine Majerus by one point.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma held the race lead until the fifth stage, when Van Vleuten won by almost three minutes to overturn a previous gap of forty-seven seconds.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma won her second elite European Road Championships medal, winning a bronze medal in the road race in Plouay, having been part of a four-rider breakaway alongside Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Chantal Blaak.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma again made into the race-winning move at La Course by Le Tour de France two days later, but missed the podium with fourth in the small group sprint.

At the Giro Rosa, Katarzyna Niewiadoma spent almost the entire race in the top-three placings, recording two top-three stage finishes on her way to second place overall, behind Anna van der Breggen; she wore the race leader's pink jersey on stage eight, as the overnight leader Van Vleuten withdrew due to injuries suffered in a crash during the finish to the previous stage.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma ultimately finished outside the top ten placings, a result that left her "disappointed".

Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished sixth overall at the Challenge by La Vuelta, before contesting the road race at the UEC European Road Championships, where she just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma's near-miss was not repeated a fortnight later in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma launched several attacks on the circuits in and around Leuven, but was not able to gain clear ground, and the race came back together for a reduced group sprint; despite her attacks, Katarzyna Niewiadoma had enough energy to contend for the medals, and secured a bronze medal behind Elisa Balsamo and Vos, for her first individual World Championships medal.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma concluded her season with tenth overall at the Challenge by La Vuelta, and then eighth place in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships, having attacked late on.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma returned to the podium at the Itzulia Women, finishing third on the opening stage and ultimately, third overall behind SD Worx teammates Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma put in an attack to try to reach the leaders on the second circuit, but was forced to be in the second chase group and ultimately claimed eighth place.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma described her victory in the race as "surreal" and stated that it was like a childhood dream come true.

Since 2016, Katarzyna Niewiadoma has been in a relationship with American professional cyclist Taylor Phinney.