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

CRO Race: Uno-X Mobility win again on queen stage 3 as Tobias Svarre vaults into race lead

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results 22-year-old Dane takes debut pro win, outpacing Antonio Tiberi and Tim Wellens in Labin

Results
Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, and Kasia Niewadoma-Phinney are among the top contenders for the elite women's road race in Montreal
Vallieres Mill's title defence, Kopecky's comeback and is Demi Vollering actually unstoppable? - Analysing the World Championships elite women's road race contenders

By Dani Ostanek Published

Contenders Paula Blasi, Kim Le Court-Pienaar, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Marlen Reusser all in quest for rainbow success in Canada

Contenders
CRO Race: Carl-Frederik Bévort takes surprise first pro win in stage 2 sprint finish

By Dani Ostanek Last updated

Results Nicolas Gojković finishes second with Jaun Sebastián Molano retaining the overall lead in third

Results
'No plans' for Tadej Pogačar to race again in 2026, say UAE Team Emirates-XRG amid European Championships confusion

By Dani Ostanek Published

News World champion appeared on preliminary startlist for European Championships but is only scheduled to come back in 2027

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Road World Championships: Felicity Wilson-Haffenden back in rainbows with fantastically strong women's under-23 time trial ride

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Australian puts 28 seconds into runner-up Nienke Vinke, Luca Vierstraete third in Montreal

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Lidl-Trek further strengthen 2027 roster with Giro d'Italia stage winner from UAE Team Emirates-XRG

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 23-year-old Igor Arrieta becomes German team's sixth signing for the new season

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'I had incredible legs' – Mathieu van der Poel puts final touches on Road World Championships preparation with staggering Luxembourg solo ride

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Dutch racer soloed 174km to final stage win in last race before next Sunday's elite men's road race in Montreal

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Rochester Cyclocross Day 1: Manon Bakker and Miles Mattern kick off 2026 US Cyclocross Series with wins

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Sidney McGill, Mia Aseltine complete women's podium as Tofik Beshir and Calvin Conaway round out men's top three

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UCI bans former coach at women's Continental team for 10 years for aggressive language, acts of humiliation and intimidation

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Ladislav Demko handed lengthy ban by UCI Ethics Commission over numerous breaches of UCI Code of Ethics

News
Tour of Slovakia: Lennert Van Eetvelt wins hilly stage 3 and takes over race lead

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Belgian beats Benjamin Thomas and Valentin Hofer to the line in Kohútka

Results
Remco Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna, and the rest – Analysing the contenders for the elite men's time trial at the World Championships

By Dani Ostanek Published

Contenders The pair have won five of the past six time trial world titles – can anyone beat them in Montreal?

Contenders
Uno-X Mobility signal Grand Tour GC ambitions with Usoa Ostolaza signing – Analysis

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Scandinavian squad bring aboard Basque racer who finished fourth at La Vuelta Femenina

News
Tour of Slovakia: Paul Magnier wins again on stage 2

By Dani Ostanek Last updated

Results French sprinter extends race lead

Results
'I am going to contact Phil and give him a piece of my mind' – Tim Wellens responds to Gilbert's World Championships criticism

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Belgian has refused a call-up for Belgium's squad in Montreal

News
'This race was a very good final preparation' – Mathieu van der Poel returns to Luxembourg to build rhythm and form ahead of Road World Championships

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Former world champion back on the road for the first time since the Tour de France

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Grand Prix de Wallonie Dames: Karlijn Swinkels launches a long-range sprint to take victory on the Citadelle de Namur

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Dutch rider takes second victory ahead of Elisa Balsamo and Célia Gery

Results
Ben Turner moving on after five years at Ineos – here's how he'll slot right into the QuickStep DNA

By Dani Ostanek Published

News British racer joins on a three-year deal from Netcompany Ineos

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'Time to look somewhere else' – Boundary-pushing Dutch rider Jan-Willem van Schip is done with cycling

By Dani Ostanek Published

News 32-year-old often hit the headlines for various bike set-up and aerodynamic rule-breaking disqualifications over the years

News
Vuelta a España 2026 abandons – After 21 stages 142 riders make it to the final line in Granada

By Kirsten Frattini, Dani Ostanek Last updated

Abandons A tally of all the riders who crashed out or otherwise left this year's Spanish Grand Tour

Abandons
Lorena Wiebes once again unstoppable in the sprint as she wins La Choralis Fourmies Féminine

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Dutchwoman beats Nienke Veenhoven and Linda Zanetti to the finish line of French one-day race

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Arvid de Klijn sprints to glory at the GP de Fourmies

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Dutchman beats Tobias Müller and Ethan Vernon to the line in French one-dayer

Results
Urška Žigart refractures her jaw in crash at Faun Tour Femmes

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Slovenian is facing a premature end to her season after crashing out of third place overall at the French stage race

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Vuelta a España: Enric Mas passes arduous final mountain test to keep red as Mikel Landa soars to stage 20 breakaway victory atop Collado del Alguacil

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Tobias Halland Johannessen second, Ramses Debruyne third on the penultimate day of racing

Results
Memorial Marco Pantani: Ion Izagirre captures 20th victory of his career from lead group of four

By Dani Ostanek Published

Results Basque rider outpaces Giulio Pellizzari and Mikkel Honoré to the line in Cesenatico

Results
'The ambition is victory' – French teams announced for Montreal World Championships with Paul Seixas and Célia Gery taking leadership roles

By Dani Ostanek Published

News Pauline Ferrand-Prévot not in the lineup after ending her season early

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