Suffering in the lead of the women’s road race on Sunday, her solo run to the finish line was just seconds from ending in celebration. Then they passed me.”For the second time in two days, an Olympic road race was decided by a crash on the final descent of this grueling Rio course. “It really shook me when I saw Annemiek crashed in the road,” van der Breggen said. That same season, she also finished second at the world championship in the road race and the time trial. Van der Breggen, 26, has proven herself to be one of the strongest riders on the planet over the past two years.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 07, 2016 19:55 UTC