- Dutch rider adds road race to time trial win
- Britain’s Lizzie Deignan has to settle for sixth
In recent years the Dutch 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 time trial and road race gold medals in the same year.
“It’s incredible,” she said. “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].”
Written by William Fotheringham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/26/anna-van-der-breggen-claims-double-gold-at-world-road-championships under the title “Anna van der Breggen claims double gold at world road championships”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
