Pezcyclingnews: Worlds €15 Women’s Rr: Queen Lizzie Reigns!



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Race report: The elite ladies provided an absolute nail-biter of a finish in Richmond in what must be the best women’s worlds in the last decade breakaways, counter-attacks, tactical brinkmanship, and a great circuit, combined with intrigue and nerve-shredding pursuit all the way to the line.Elizabeth Armitstead has romped all over the World Cup this year, backed by her super-team fro Boels Dolmans. But taking the Worlds virtually singlehanded is the greatest coup of her career.With as little as five kilometers left, her chances were gone as a multi-nation breakaway drove to the finish. Incredibly, it all came together in time for Armitstead to control things on the final climb and then jump past Anna van der Breggen for the title.How it went down: Inside 100 kilometers to go, the Germans are controlling the field, with New Zealand’s TT world champ Linda Villumsen and Luxembourg’s sole representative Christine Majerus near the head of the race. Everyone takes a swig from their bottles as it’s all relaxed so far.Six laps to go: what shapes up to be the first attack of the race comes from Laura Lozano from Colombia. She goes nowhere though. Daria Egorova (Russia) is the first abandon, with Ukraine’s Demidova following swiftly, as the Germans continue to set the pace. The under-the-radar Poles have a presence for Niewiadoma, with Bujak, Plichta and Zur looking after her.The Netherlands (through Chantal Blaak) open up on East Main Street and onto the Libby Hill cobbles, stretching things out. The field already...

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