WATT WORKS FOR ME Kasia Niewiadoma

The Tour of Flanders runner-up talks lost bikes, altitude training and strength workouts

Where and how have you been training for this year’s Classics?

I have taken a different approach to previous years. With the growth of women’s cycling, we need to do more and more with every passing year. Whereas before I would usually focus on training at home, training camps with my team and then racing, this year I haven’t done many races and instead have gone to altitude camps. At the moment [in late March] I’m in Tenerife for three weeks. Last year I learnt that, without altitude training, you can be only as good as fourth or fifth place. Realising this is a very important factor in being able to fight at the end in the finale.