BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) - Annemiek van Vleuten claimed an emotional world road title in the women's individual time trial on Tuesday, beating fellow Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen to the gold medal. "I can't believe it," a tearful Van Vleuten said. Van der Breggen was the second of the 54 riders to start and it looked as though she might take the gold as Van Vleuten was behind on the first two intermediate splits. However Orica-Scott rider Van Vleuten put together a superb final 4km to go fastest on the scoreboard. Eighteen riders followed her, including many of the pre-race favourites, but none mastered the conditions as well as Van Vleuten.

Source: The Star September 19, 2017 15:53 UTC