Brown and Niewiadoma beat Vollering

SD Worx-Protime are far from unbeatable in 2024, as team misses out in Ardennes Classics

- Adam Becket

Kasia Niewiadoma and Grace Brown got the better of Demi Vollering at Flèche Wallonne and Liège Bastogne-Liège respectively last week, as the cloak of invincibility over the latter's SD Worx-Protime team vanished over Ardennes Week.

The wins were both breakthroughs in different ways for the riders from Canyon-SRAM and FDJ-Suez, but also represented setbacks for Vollering, who won both races last year.

For Niewiadoma, it was her first victory since 2019, a period in which she has finished second or third 30 times, including twice third at the Tour de France Femmes. For Brown, it was the landmark win her ability pointed towards, and came after two-second places at the same race.