{"id":489396,"date":"2026-03-22T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/489396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:27:08","slug":"if-you-dont-take-risk-its-not-topsport-kasia-niewiadoma-phinney-gives-injury-update-following-milan-san-remo-women-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/489396\/","title":{"rendered":"‘If you don’t take risk, it’s not topsport’ \u2013 Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney gives injury update following Milan-San Remo Women crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney<\/a> has announced that she avoided major injury in the mass crash which overshadowed the final of Milan-San Remo Women<\/a> on Saturday, declaring that “As my coach said, ‘If you don’t take risk, it’s not topsport.”<\/p>\n

The Canyon-Sram Zondacrypto leader was one of several riders to hit the deck hard on the descent of the penultimate climb of the day, the Cipressa, going round a blind bend.<\/p>\n

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Mauritian champion Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) was another top favourite who had her race ruined by the fall<\/a>, while several other riders were left with nowhere to go and also fell hard.<\/p>\n

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Posting to Instagram on Saturday evening, Niewiadoma-Phinney gave an update on her condition.<\/p>\n

“It’s about perspective, right? And as my coach said, ‘If you don’t take risk, it’s not topsport,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

“I probably could’ve been more cautious, but at the same time, I wanted to seize every opportunity.<\/p>\n

“I’m fortunate to get out of it with road rashes and bruises only… Thankful for my team’s support and Kim Le Court-Pienaar making sure I was okey! Much appreciated!”<\/p>\n

Another rider who went down in the crash, Laboral Kutxa-Fundaci\u00f3n Euskadi’s Debora Silvestri<\/a>, didn’t come out so well, however. The Italian was one of several riders who came around the blind bend and had no chance of avoiding the pile-up.<\/p>\n

Silvestri collided with British champion Millie Couzens (Fenix-Premier Tech), also hitting the guardrail at the side of the road and then falling several metres onto the adjoining road below.<\/p>\n

She posted on Instagram that she had suffered five broken ribs and a fractured shoulder in the fall.<\/p>\n

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“Thanks for the many nice messages I received. Sure not the final I had imagined,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

“I feel quite good, five ribs broken and a micro fracture on the shoulder… Could be a lot worse. Time to recover, but no worries, I will come back. Thanks team Laboral Kutxa for the support.”<\/p>\n

Other riders involved in the mass crash, including Le Court-Pienaar and Couzens, went on to finish the race without sustaining major injury.<\/p>\n

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