Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney of Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto finished fourth at stage 1 of the Tour de France Femmes, gaining time on all but one competitor. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot led an attack that led to her victory with teammate Marianne Vos. Niewiadoma-Phinney expressed frustration over not being able to respond sooner to the breakaway. Despite her strong performance, she missed time bonuses that resulted in a time deficit to Ferrand-Prévot but gained on other rivals. She noted dissatisfaction with the race outcome, feeling a different approach could have yielded better results.
"[Anna] Van der Breggen tried to close the gap but pulled off all of a sudden, so I was like, 'Ah shit, nobody wants to do it'. It was almost too late to really react," said Niewiadoma-Phinney.
"I felt good but I'm just kind of annoyed in some ways at how it ended up. I feel like if we had maybe a different approach, we could have gotten better results."
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