If the Flèche Wallonne was atypical with the Dantean weather, it was also unusual in the way its day unfolded. With the end of the women's event scheduled after that of the men. In front of a still well-stocked audience in public, the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadowa won at the top of the Wall, where she beat Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini. Before sharing his emotion at regaining victory after… almost five years without success. “With this difficult weather, the race was brutal, the temperature dropped suddenly, but I knew it could suit mesays the former winner of the Amstel Gold Race, who had not won since a stage of the OVO Energy Women's Tour, in June 2019. “This victory means a lot to me, because I had to wait a long time to get it. With this success, I hope to show everyone that you have to keep believing. I had so many failures, so many injuries… But I continued to work.”
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