Kasia Niewadoma's win at La Flèche Wallonne Femme confirmed that her continued belief in herself and her own strength, as well as her individual and Canyon Slam team results, will one day pay off.

Last year, Niewadoma made her first attempt at the sport's newest discipline at the UCI Gravel World Championships, breaking a nearly five-year absence from winning. The result came after a near-miss dating back to 2019, when she last won.

Niewiadoma has wowed many races with her aggressive racing style since her professional debut in 2013, but has rarely been able to rejoice on the top step of the podium.

Three-quarters of her podiums have come in second and third place, and most of her wins have come in lower-level competitions. Until Wednesday, her only two WorldTour one-day race wins had come in the 2018 Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the 2019 Amstel Gold Race.

At last year's Tour de France Femmes, she attacked on the stage over the Col du Tourmalet and held off everyone except eventual winner Demi Vollering (SD Worx), the first sign that her hard work was starting to pay off.

She narrowly missed the podium at Strade Bianche and was just behind Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) in the Tour de Flanders.

The Polish rider was "super happy" to taste victory again at La Flèche Wallonne.

"I'm looking forward to getting back to the bus and celebrating with my girls. Because I think that's the beautiful thing about winning, celebrating with your closest people," Nieniadoma told CyclingPro.net. [Because] as long as you have faith and keep working hard, success will come. [If you know what you are capable of and you don't make anyone feel inferior or that any failure is not worth it to you, then anything is possible."

Niewiadoma learned a lesson from Lorena Wiebes's premature failure to celebrate in the Amstel Gold Race, when she was beaten by Marianne Vos.

"After Sunday's finish, I can honestly say that ....... Honestly, after Sunday's finish, I just wanted to cross the finish line and then celebrate. So I didn't know if the girls were coming or if they were even on my wheels. So the moment I crossed the finish line, I was like, what the heck"

. [At 29 years old, Nienyadoma is reaching the peak of her career and is seeing the benefits of more ambitious training in the off-season.

"With my coach, I'm focusing on intervals like we do in the "mules de huy."

At the end of last season, Niewiadoma said he would focus on the Ardennes Classic and took a lot of notes in making a training plan with his coach starting in the 2023 season.

"It is always tricky to know how to prepare for the Classics, not to overdo it, but to prepare enough to maintain performance from Strade Bianche in early March to Liège (Bastogne-Liège) at the end of April It is," she told Cycling News last year.

"With my coach, I think my training was a little too lax. I could feel myself getting stronger every week, and by the time I was in good shape, the classics were over."

This year, she found her top form at just the right time. With Liège-Bastogne-Liège just a few days away, she decided not to think about the prospect of a second win.

"I'm definitely confident and I'm not thinking about Sunday yet. Today is a special day for us and I just want to enjoy it. And of course, I know I'm in good shape, so I want to take that into Sunday." "

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