After a promising second place in the Amstel Gold Race last weekend, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney was a favourite to win Wednesday's Flèche Wallonne Femmes, a feat she accomplished in 2024.
The 31-year-old was right on the wheel of eventual winner Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) going up the Mur de Huy, but this time a mechanical meant that she had to push a big gear, leaving her unable to follow Vollering and having to let Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) and Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) past for the remaining podium spots.
