Annemiek van Vleuten wins women's road race gold at World Championships with a fractured elbow
By Aimee Lewis, CNN
Sprint Sport News
'I think this is her best win' - Adam Blythe on Annemiek Van Vleuten's surprise road race victory at World Championships
By taking her second set of rainbows in such a surprise fashion, Annemiek van Vleuten achieved the «best win» of her career, said Adam Blythe afterwards on the latest edition of The Breakaway. Having suffered a broken elbow in the team time trial on Wednesday, Van Vleuten was not expected to be able to contest the victory. She said before the race that she was unable to ride from out of the saddle, which meant she would neither be able to climb in her customary fashion, nor engage in a full-throated sprint, should the race come down to it.
Van Vleuten snatches road race world title after hellish ride
SYDNEY: Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten staged a classic late attack to win the world championship road race in a stunning finish on Saturday (Sep 24) despite nursing a fractured elbow throughout the 164.3km race.
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It's the big one. The last big one of the season, at any rate. The World Championship road race means the opportunity to sport the iconic rainbow bands for an entire season, and a rainbow trim on every jersey worn for the rest of their career.
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Yevgeniy Fedorov: Kazakhstan star stuns favourites to take under-23 road race title at World Championships
Kazakhstan's WorldTour star, Yevgeniy Fedorov, was an unlikely winner of the World Championships under-23 road race in Wollongong. Having tried several times before, the Astana rider finally snuck away with Czechia's Mathias Vacek in a late move after the break of the day had been reeled in. That had held out for most of the previous three-and-a-half hours, with France's Mathis Le Berre the hardiest resistor.