Dani Ostanek

Dani Ostanek

Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor before being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she wrote for several other publications in the cycling world, including Cycling Weekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's biggest races and has interviewed many of the sport's top stars, including Demi Vollering and Maëva Squiban. Her favourite races include the Paris-Roubaix, Tour de France Femmes, Tro-Bro Léon, and cycling's fourth Grand Tour, the Volta a Portugal.

Latest articles by Dani Ostanek

'I'm ready to break the Ventoux KOM' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney anticipates another iconic mountain showdown at the Tour de France Femmes

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 'We want to win the yellow jersey. I think that's all we can say' says 2024 champion

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'Everything needs to be perfect' – Lorena Wiebes eyes Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey in Swiss uphill opener

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Dutch sprinter keen to make the most of limited sprinting opportunities at this year's race

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With Paris-Roubaix champion Alison Jackson on board, ambitious St Michel squad aim high at the Tour de France Femmes and beyond

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 'I think this team is where you can be experimental, and I think that's a really interesting thing at this time of my career'

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'I don't think other teams know our strategy' – UAE Team L'IMAD start Tour de France Femmes with strength in depth and Longo Borghini and Blasi at the helm

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 'We are just ready to fight, and we will see what can happen' says 2025 Tour revelation Maëva Squiban

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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Lorena Wiebes to launch green jersey title defence in tricky uphill opener - Preview

By Lyne Lamoureux, Lukas Knöfler, Dani Ostanek Last updated

Preview Sprinters and puncheurs set to do battle on 2.6km uphill finish in Lausanne

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CHATEL LES PORTES DU SOLEIL, FRANCE - AUGUST 03: (L-R) Sarah Gigante of Australia and Team AG Insurance - Soudal, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France and Team Visma | Lease a Bike - Yellow Leader Jersey, Niamh Fisher-Black of New Zealand and Team Lidl - Trek, Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto and Demi Vollering of Netherlands and Team FDJ - SUEZ compete in the chase group climbing to the Col de Joux Plane (1688m) during the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 9 a 124.1km stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel Les Portes du Soleilon 1298m / #UCIWWT / August 03, 2025 in Chatel Les Portes du Soleil, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Delving beyond the Mont Ventoux showstopper: Analysing the key stages of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes

By Dani Ostanek Published

Analysis The iconic summit finish stands out on this year's route, but where else will the race be won and lost? We analyse four key stages between Lausanne and Nice

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'My first big hit out against every single big rider' – Zoe Bäckstedt relishes star-studded time trial test at debut Tour de France Femmes

By Dani Ostanek Published

News British racer all-in to support Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney's GC bid during 'super hard, super fast, super chaotic' Grand Tour

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Rating every Tour de France team's performance – The good, the great and the downright disappointing

By Matilda Price, Dani Ostanek Published

Analysis We look at each squad's achievements, failures and areas of improvement after a race that saw plenty of winners, but plenty of losers too

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'Now I know I can do it' – Seixas and Martinez score GC top fives but Tour de France concludes without French stage win for third time in history

By Dani Ostanek Published

News No secondary classification wins for France either, though young GC challengers offer hope for the future

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Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar flies to victory atop l'Alpe d'Huez on stage 19

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Maillot jaune denies breakaway riders Martinez, Carapaz in first of two stages on famous climb

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'The goal is to be at the front and fight for this jersey' – Valentin Paret-Peintre continues Tour de France polka dot battle against Pogačar and Carapaz on Alpe d'Huez

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 'There's one I can control, and the other who does pretty much what he wants' says Frenchman

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Tour de France: Richard Carapaz flies solo across the final kilometres to land stunning mountaintop victory on stage 18

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Mauro Schmid takes second ahead of Matteo Jorgenson at Orcières-Merlette

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'He has made progress as a leader during the Tour de France' – Paul Seixas' teammate reveals how the Frenchman has adapted to the role

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Tiesj Benoot comments on the young Frenchman's early challenges and the generation gap to his podium-challenging leader

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'There could be some very big explosions' – Juan Ayuso predicts carnage as Tour de France GC battle heads to the Alps

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Spaniard and Lidl-Trek teammate Mattias Skjemose keep up the battle for the podium, white jersey, and team prize in the Tour's final days

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'These controls serve an overriding interest: the fight against doping' – UCI backs use of night-time tests at the Tour de France

By Dani Ostanek Published

News ITA carried out several night-time tests earlier this week

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'If you did six watts per kilo, you were good. Now you're a teammate' – Barguil worries about burnout for young riders as Tour de France levels rise rapidly

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 'We quickly idealise the successful guy, but many fall flat on their faces. I think we don't talk about it enough' says veteran racer

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As it happened: World champion triumphs in Tour de France stage 16 time trial as fifth place crashes out

By Dani Ostanek Last updated

LIVE Second-placed Tadej Pogačar defends yellow as Remco Evenepoel dominates in Thonon-les-Bains

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'We are closely monitoring professional cycling' – Could former Tour de France sponsor Nike make a comeback to the sport?

By Dani Ostanek Published

News US brand currently holds lifestyle clothing partnerships with several riders and teams, as well as a collaboration with racewear brand Nimbl

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Tour de France: Tim Merlier wins sprint skirmish on stage 12 ahead of major pileup

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Olav Kooij and Jasper Philipsen duplicate podium spots for a second day

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Wout van Aert ramps up comeback preparation with six-hour Stelvio gravel ride after missing Tour de France

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Belgian training at altitude in Italy ahead of late-season goals at Vuelta a España and Road World Championships

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'It's as if he only has one or two rounds left' – Tudor left without answers for Julian Alaphilippe's Tour de France struggles

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Six-time Tour stage winner has now gone 82 days at the race without tasting success

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'It didn't even cross my mind to continue' racing after 2025 crash, says recently retired Chris Froome

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Four-time Tour de France winner says that Tadej Pogačar takes dominance 'to a whole new level'

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Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar shreds the field in the Massif Central to extend GC lead and claim stage 10

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Remco Evenepoel's late charge to second sees him vault onto podium on Bastille Day as Jonas Vingegaard defends second after fading in final stretch

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Early sprint stage win for Decathlon 'takes a huge amount of pressure off' teenage leader Paul Seixas in second half of Tour de France

By Dani Ostanek Published

News France's great hope heads on a voyage into the unknown beyond the rest day after his first-ever stint racing nine days in a row

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'Pogačar is just a freak of nature' – Tobias Halland Johannessen on the search for success in a Tour de France dominated by one man

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Norwegian rider says 'Pogacar will carry the jersey until Paris' after he wrested control from Uno-X Mobility's Torstein Træen

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