New Footage Fuels Tour Femmes Ethics Row Over 6.5km-to-Go Niewiadoma-Gery Incident
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Updated · Outside Magazine · Aug 9
New Footage Fuels Tour Femmes Ethics Row Over 6.5km-to-Go Niewiadoma-Gery Incident
1 articles · Updated · Outside Magazine · Aug 9
Summary
Fresh fan video from stage 8 shows Célia Gery taking the inside line through a left-hand bend, with Kasia Niewiadoma forced to briefly stop pedaling and losing Demi Vollering’s wheel.
The clip matters because the key corner fell into a broadcast blind spot under tree cover, leaving the most disputed moment in Vollering’s yellow-jersey move largely unseen on live coverage.
Niewiadoma said Gery blocked her "on purpose" into the barriers, while FDJ-Suez manager Lars Boom said the 20-year-old was following team orders to stay on Vollering’s wheel and then let a gap open.
The UCI jury took no action and made no mention of the incident in its post-race communique, leaving the argument centered on whether the move was legal but unethical rather than punishable.
Taylor Phinney, Niewiadoma’s husband and a former WorldTour rider, called it dirty riding that looked petty rather than elite, underscoring how the episode has widened into a broader debate over cycling’s tactical gray areas.