Kaja Rysz
Kaja Rysz is a Polish road cyclist who has consistently developed her career at the highest level from an early age. She began her sporting journey at her local club, Start Rymanów. The next stages of her development took her to Resovia Rzeszów and Stal Rzeszów, where she began competing in the Polish Cup and achieved numerous successes in the junior categories.
After moving up from the junior category, she joined the only professional women’s cycling club in Poland at the time, MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław. Alongside her sporting career, she studied at the University of Rzeszów, successfully combining her education with professional training.
After graduating, she decided to move abroad to dedicate herself fully to professional cycling. In the 2023 and 2024 seasons, she represented the British team Lifeplus-Wahoo, making her debut in the world’s most prestigious races, including Tour de France Femmes and Paris–Roubaix Femmes. During this period, she regularly placed among the leading riders in international competition, recording several top-10 finishes.
In the 2025 season, she joined the Swiss WorldTour team Roland Le Dévoluy. It was then that she claimed her first professional victory in a UCI 1.1 event, while also recording multiple top-five and top-10 finishes in races at the highest level of international competition. In the 2026 season, she represents the Norwegian team Hitec Products–Fluid Control, continuing her development at WorldTour level.
Kaja Rysz’s most important achievements include a victory in a UCI 1.1 event, 10th place at Gent–Wevelgem, 4th place on a stage and 7th place in the overall classification of the Tour de Pologne Women, as well as 9th place at the Tour de Suisse Women. Her career is an example of consistent progress and the systematic development of her position in the international peloton. Her ambition and the experience gained with the world’s best teams make her one of Poland’s leading road cyclists.