Rouleur, 22 September 2018
Feisty, fun and very fast, Katarzyna Niewiadoma takes her racing inspiration from Nibali at Sanremo: “He showed us that if you attack, you just have to believe in yourself” Trofeo Alfredo Binda, March 2018. Kasia Niewiadoma attacked solo with 9km remaining. It wasn’t particularly pretty – Niewiadoma heaved and strained at the pedals after 131 sodden kilometres of racing – but her win resonated with anyone watching. It was gutsy, passionate and unbounded. A bit of an analogue rebellion in a digital, power-metered age. Even if she hadn’t won, raw aggression like hers is why people get into the sport. If she had looked back, she would have seen Amada Spratt...