Top-30 finish for Alice Sharpe in women's road race

Alice Sharpe finished in 29th position in the women's road race at the European Cycling Championships in Munich.

Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) sprinted to glory to claim the title of European Road Champion beating the World Champion Elisa Balsamo and Rachele Barbieri, both Italian. Sharpe was just 10 seconds back with a time of 2:59.30.

Starting in Landsberg am Lech, the 129.8-kilometre route took the riders past Lake Ammersee and Lake Starnberg to Wolfratshausen and over its hill, all the way to Munich before they entered the technically challenging 13-kilometre circuit around Munich's city centre for two laps.

Sharpe was the sole Irish representative after Mia Griffin withdrew following a shoulder injury picked up during the Madison event last Tuesday.

"The larger teams were able to move up as a team, so I was sneaking between people," she told RTÉ Sport.

"There was a lot of pushing and shoving in the peloton and fighting for position

"It came down to a sprint in the end which was as expected."