Coryn Rivera, the American Team Sunweb rider, left it late to slingshot her way to victory off the wheel of her Finnish rival Lotta Lepisto and win the 55km RideLondon Classique. Dani King: ‘Life is too short to let Rio 2016 omission bother me still’ Read moreIt was Rivera’s third UCI Women’s WorldTour Race win of the year and moves her to fourth in the rankings currently topped by Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands. “They were not the best conditions but when you’ve got a goal, you’ve got to commit and get after it. The race was contested by 18 of the current top 20 teams in the WorldTour rankings, although the four highest-ranked riders were all absent. In teams of five or six, those riding in service of the main sprinters worked feverishly to contain any breakaways and ensure the mayhem of a sprint finish.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 19:26 UTC