Former Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne winner Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney is leading the Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto selection at this year’s Ardennes Classics as she seeks a Liège-Bastogne-Liège title to complete the Ardennes triple.
The Polish road champion is set to be a top contender at all three races this month, starting at the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday.
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“The last three weeks required a lot of physio, osteo and just extra work in general, to make sure that after each training, I would put my body back to where it should be. That’s the dark side of crashing – it happens and then there is something lingering with you for weeks.
Niewiadoma-Phinney won Amstel Gold Race in 2019 with a late solo move up the Cauberg before holding off Annemiek van Vleuten in the dying metres. In 2024, she added La Flèche Wallonne to her palmarès, beating Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini to the line atop the Mur de Huy. Her best result to date in Liège is third on her debut in 2017, as Anna van der Breggen soloed home for victory.
She’ll be backed up by a strong Canyon selection at all three races this season, building up to the 156km Monument in Liège on Sunday, April 26.
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Soraya Paladin, Antonia Niedermaier, Neve Bradbury, and Justyna Czapla fill out her support squad for the Ardennes. Niewiadoma-Phinney said that Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the main goal of the three upcoming races, even if “all three hold a special place in my heart.”
“Honestly, I love all of them equally. If…
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