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.…