Dutch rider adds road race to time trial winBritain’s Lizzie Deignan has to settle for sixthIn recent years the Netherlands’ women’s team have proved unstoppable at world road race championships and their domination continued in
Italy with Anna van der Breggen taking the squad’s fourth title in as many years, becoming the first elite rider since 1995 to win both time trial and road race gold medals in the same year.
“It’s incredible,” said Van der Breggen. “It was a really hard race; the climbs were really tough. We discussed it, we wanted to make the race hard, and we did. I went for it, and thought that on the final lap everyone would be tired but it was a long way [to the finish].”