TOKYO (Reuters) – When Annemiek Van Vleuten crossed the line with her arms in the air at the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman thought she had won the women’s Olympic road cycling race on Sunday. Only a few moments later, however, an emotional Van Vleuten realised she had finished second behind Austrian Anna Keisenhofer by a healthy margin of one minute and 15 seconds. “Oh Ruud, I was completely wrong,” Van Vleuten told her soigneur Ruud Zijlmans after the finish. Van Vleuten’s team mate Anna van der Breggen was equally bemused with the final result, conceding she had not even heard of Keisenhofer before. Britain’s Lizzie Deignan said the Dutch team may have had too many leaders.

Source: MetroXpress July 25, 2021 10:30 UTC