Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad earlier in March Strade Bianche is one of those races where Kasia Niewiadoma has had to become accustomed to the bittersweet feeling of repeatedly being on the brink of a long-sought after result, but this year the Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider had to endure an altogether different type of disappointment: a race-ending crash.
After her first fall, Niewiadoma managed to get back on and continue but the second, which occurred with just over 50 kilometres to go in the 136km event, was a different matter. Niewiadoma came down on a sweeping descent, coming down on the left of the road near the barrier. Her teammates rushed to try and detangle her from a bike which had landed on top of her and also another but it soon became clear her race was done.
“You know, as an athlete, when you train for so long and spend a lot of time preparing for certain goals, chasing little details just so you can improve, and then you feel like this is it – like you’re in shape, you have good legs – and then you crash out of the race, it just feels like something has been taken away from you,” said Niewiadoma in a team statement. “Sometimes, it’s hard to digest that over not being able to compete in the final because the legs aren’t there.”
“So yeah, definitely, being in the ambulance and not feeling great, plus knowing that the chance was just taken away […]
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