{"id":8216,"date":"2019-09-28T22:48:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T22:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=8216"},"modified":"2019-10-19T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T14:04:11","slug":"uci-world-road-race-championships-2019-elite-women-junior-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=8216","title":{"rendered":"UCI World Road Race Championships 2019 | Elite Women & Junior Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Podium Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands, Anna Van Der Breggen, Netherlands, Amanda Spratt, Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCI World Road Race Championships 2019 \u2013 Elite Women<\/h4>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Peloton on Parliament Street for the 1st time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten launched a solo attack with 104km remaining of the 149.4km race, with defending champion, Dutch teammate, Anna van der Breggen claiming the silver medal, whilst Australian Amanda Spratt came in third.<\/p>\n

Words by Heather Bamforth, Images by Chris Maher<\/pre>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Winner, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands chatting with Lucinda Brand just after the Lofthouses climb…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Dutch team were active from the start, with Demi Vollering launching an attack to split the field before Van Vleuten attacked on the Lofthouses climb with just over 104km to go. She quickly gained 27 seconds which then increased to 44 seconds as a selection of eight riders looked to try to bring Van Vleuten back. Van der Breggen, Spratt, Longo Borghini from Italy, GB\u2019s Lizzie Deignan and recently crowned World Time Trial Champion Chloe Dygert were all in the group.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Leading group at 30Kms with all favorites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Splinters after Lofthouses sees Luxemburg’s Christina Majerus in chasing groups..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
After five kilometres on her own, Van Vleuten had increased her lead to over a minute and it would hover around the 50 seconds mark until the race reached Ripon with around 70km still to go, where it dipped to 43 seconds as Deignan and then Dygert launched attacks to try to bring her back. But with van der Breggen closing every attempt down, it became increasingly obvious that whilst van der Breggen was still in the group, any attempts to bring van Vleuten back would be in vain.<\/p>\n
By 50km to go, the impetus had gone out of the chase group and van Vleuten\u2019s lead had extended to over one and a half minutes. Deignan and Longo Borghini attempted to split the group but to no avail with Dygert also trying to split it. It was at this point that Koppenburg from Germany was dropped. Deignan looked totally frustrated as move after move was shut down.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands entering Harrogate Circuit out-front…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
By the time van Vleuten reached Harrogate with 40km to go, the win seemed to be hers for the taking as the gap reached 2 minutes 37 seconds back to the chasers.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Chasing Annamiek, Lizzie Deignan, Amanda Spratt & Elisa Longo Borghini entering Harrogate Circuit at 2.37s behind…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Dygert saw her chance as they reached Harrogate, and with 38.8km still to go, she launched an attack that would put paid to Deignan\u2019s medal hopes as she was unable to get back up to the chasers. The group now became four as Dygert continued to press on and distance Deignan.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Chloe Dygert, USA chasing Van Vleuten at 28Kms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With the gap around 2 minutes 12 seconds to van Vleuten, Dygert attacked the chasers again and this time van der Breggen was unable to bring it back, with Dygert going clear. Her gap would extend to a maximum of 29 seconds with 18km to go, at which point Spratt attacked and Longo Borghini was distanced.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Chasing duo Anna Van Der Breggen, Netherlands & Amanda Spratt, Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands with just over 27kms remaining…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
By 16km to go, it seemed like the distance was starting to affect Dygert (whose longest race before today was 119km) and as she entered Parliament Street and the finish for the penultimate time, Spratt and van der Breggen were closing the gap, and they would then catch Dygert with 12.7km to go.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019Penultimate for Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands on Crescent Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Dygert\u2019s gutsy ride was not to end with a podium as van der Breggen attacked as the duo caught Dygert and Dygert was left behind by van der Breggen and Spratt. With 4.7km still to go, van der Breggen attacked Spratt and got a gap, which would be sufficient for her to claim second spot.<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Chloe Dygert with 1 lap remaining..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
By now, Van Vleuten\u2019s victory was secured and she powered up the finishing straight to become the World Champion, with van der Breggen 2 minutes 15 seconds behind, and Spratt a further 13 seconds in arrears. Dygert finished a fantastic fourth, 3 minutes 24 seconds behind van Vleuten, Longo Borghini finished in fifth a further 1 minute 21 seconds down, with Marianne Vos leading in the peloton at 5 minutes 20 seconds, which included Deignan and Anna Henderson who finished 22nd.<\/p>\n
But the day belonged to Annemiek Van Vleuten, whose incredibly courageous ride has deservedly secured her place in the history books.<\/p>\n
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Press Release Quotes<\/pre>\n
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Netherlands rider Annemiek van Vleuten said: \u201cThat was crazy. I knew the climb was really far from the finish but once I\u2019d attacked my coach told me to keep riding hard and I was lucky I had really good legs. It was definitely not planned but I\u2019d trained so hard for this \u2013 put in so many hours on the bike \u2013 and I thought \u2018if anyone can do this, it\u2019s you\u2019. As I was riding I was thinking \u2018maybe I could make history today\u2019, and if it didn\u2019t work out I knew Anna [van der Breggen] was in a great position behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was only towards the end that I dared to believe, and I was being cheered on by so many fans. The crowds in Bradford were huge at the start and I had so much encouragement out on the course as well. British fans are amazing and I want to thank them all for helping make this win so amazing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Great Britain rider Lizzie Deignan said: \u201cToday was absolutely phenomenal and a massive privilege to be able to experience. I\u2019m so grateful for the opportunity to ride a home World Championships and I just want to say thank you to all those people who supported me. It\u2019s a day I\u2019ll never forget and I\u2019m so proud of Yorkshire. Congratulations to Annemiek too, she was in a class of her own today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Race Results<\/pre>\n
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1 6 van VLEUTEN Annemiek NED 4:06:05 +0
\n2 1 van der BREGGEN Anna NED 4:08:20 +2:15
\n3 28 SPRATT Amanda AUS 4:08:33 +2:28
\n4 29 DYGERT Chloe USA 4:09:29 +3:24
\n5 13 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA 4:10:50 +4:45
\n6 8 VOS Marianne NED 4:11:25 +5:20
\n7 10 BASTIANELLI Marta ITA ” ”
\n8 73 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh RSA ” ”
\n9 16 BRENNAUER Lisa GER ” ”
\n10 32 RIVERA Coryn USA ” ”
\n11 90 MAJERUS Christine LUX ” ”
\n12 87 SIERRA Arlenis CUB ” ”
\n13 41 DIDERIKSEN Amalie DEN ” ”
\n14 36 de VUYST Sofie BEL ” ”
\n15 95 FAHLIN Emilia SWE ” ”
\n16 49 JACKSON Alison CAN ” ”
\n17 81 CORDON RAGOT Audrey FRA ” ”
\n18 105 AMIALIUSIK Alena BLR ” ”
\n19 5 PIETERS Amy NED ” ”
\n20 119 PATINO BEDOYA Paula Andrea COL ” ”
\n21 113 CHABBEY Elise SUI ” ”
\n22 63 HENDERSON Anna GBR ” ”
\n23 56 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL ” ”
\n24 11 CECCHINI Elena ITA ” ”
\n25 65 GARCIA CANELLAS Margarita Victo ESP ” ”
\n26 70 SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ Ane ESP ” ”
\n27 25 HOSKING Chloe AUS ” ”
\n28 3 BRAND Lucinda NED ” ”
\n29 76 ANDERSEN Susanne NOR ” ”
\n30 43 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup DEN ” ”
\n31 62 DEIGNAN Elizabeth GBR ” ”
\n32 12 GUDERZO Tatiana ITA ” ”
\n33 4 MACKAIJ Floortje NED ” ”
\n34 114 REUSSER Marlen SUI 4:11:36 +5:31
\n35 68 MERINO CORTAZAR Eider ESP ” ”
\n36 80 BIANNIC Aude FRA ” ”
\n37 134 NOSKOVA Nikola CZE ” ”
\n38 33 THOMAS Leah USA ” ”
\n39 23 CHAPMAN Brodie AUS ” ”
\n40 75 AALERUD Katrine NOR 4:11:41 +5:36
\n41 26 KENNEDY Lucy AUS 4:11:43 +5:38
\n42 51 POIDEVIN Sara CAN ” ”
\n43 2 BLAAK Chantal NED ” ”
\n44 34 WILES Tayler USA ” ”
\n45 100 BUJAK Eugenia SLO 4:11:51 +5:46
\n46 47 CANUEL Karol-Ann CAN 4:11:56 +5:51<\/p>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Great Britain’s Lizzie Banks & Nikki Juniper on the chase…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Peloton with 2 laps remaining..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Junior Women\u2019s World Road Race Championships 2019<\/h4>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Megan Jastrab, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Megan Jastrab continued USA\u2019s good form to hold onto a slender lead and take the Junior Women\u2019s Road Race title, despite a last gasp effort from Belgium\u2019s Julie De Wilde and the Netherlands\u2019 Lieke Nooijen, who came second and third respectively.<\/p>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Megan Jastrab, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Words by Heather Bamforth, Images by Chris Maher<\/pre>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Race start at 0Kms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The 86km race set off from Doncaster with Jastrab one of the clear favourites, alongside Britain\u2019s Elynor Backstedt and European Champion Ilse Pluimers from the Netherlands. The nature of the course meant that the peloton would stay pretty much together for the duration, although this also resulted in a number of crashes.<\/p>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Solo attack by Kazakhstan’s Diana Bukanova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The first break of the day came from Kazakhstan\u2019s Diana Bukanova whose solo attack lasted for around 25km and saw her get an advantage of nearly a minute over the peloton before she was reeled in with 50km to go. A crash just after Bukanova was caught would see Pluimers\u2019 hopes for a medal dashed, although those involved would later form a group to try and get back on.<\/p>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Peloton after 30Kms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This crash coincided with the first of a handful of attempts by Jastrab to split the field, although the next main attack would come from France\u2019s Cedrine Kerbaol, who was quickly followed by the sole Chilean in the race, Catalina Anais Soto Campos. The pair launched their attack with around 25km of the race remaining, and would build up a gap of around 30 seconds which they would retain until around 6km to go when Soto Campos launched a solo attack. Soto Campos would eventually be caught with around 3km to go.<\/p>\n
With around 2km remaining, Russian Junior Women\u2019s World Time Trial Champion, Aigul Gareeva and Jastrab launched an attack and with 500m to go, it was touch and go as the duo had around 100m advantage on the peloton although another crash in the final 500m did little to stop De Wilde and Nooijen who made up significant ground to deny Gareeva of a second World Championship medal. Jastrab\u2019s advantage by this point was unassailable and she held on to give USA a third world title in as many days.<\/p>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Megan Jastrab, USA, 2nd, Julie de Wilde, Belgium, 3rd, Lieke Nooijen, Netherlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Press Release Quotes<\/pre>\n
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USA rider Megan Jastrab said: \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to win this race for several years now so to have everything come together today is just amazing. It\u2019s incredible how well the USA is doing in these Championships and I am so happy for all the team. We love riding here and I wish I could take two more weeks to enjoy these roads even more, but on Sunday I have to go back to reality, and back to college.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Great Britain rider Abi Smith said: \u201cIt was amazing riding on my home roads today and the crowds were unbelievable. The schoolkids were screaming really loudly and I heard so many people shout my name, which was lovely. It gave me more adrenalin and kept me motivated. There were so many Yorkshire flags on the route as well and I just wanted to grab one of them and wave it whilst I was riding and give the supporters a wave back. Things didn\u2019t go quite as we\u2019d planned today but I\u2019ve loved the whole experience and hope to have more chances in the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Team World Cup Podium, Netherlands, USA & Great Britain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Race Results<\/pre>\n
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1 14 JASTRAB Megan USA 2:08:00 +0
\n2 23 de WILDE Julie BEL ” ”
\n3 2 NOOIJEN Lieke NED ” ”
\n4 43 GAREEVA Aigul RUS ” ”
\n5 6 BACKSTEDT Elynor GBR ” ”
\n6 76 RUEGG Noemi SUI 2:08:03 +3
\n7 92 VAS Kata Blanka HUN ” ”
\n8 19 CURINIER Lea FRA 2:08:05 +5
\n9 36 MATHISEN Silje NOR ” ”
\n10 65 VALLIERES MILL Magdeleine CAN 2:08:07 +7
\n11 28 ALESSIO Camilla ITA 2:08:09 +9
\n12 8 SHACKLEY Anna GBR ” ”
\n13 4 SMULDERS Silke NED 2:08:11 +11
\n14 45 MILIAEVA Mariia RUS 2:08:14 +14
\n15 44 GOLAYEVA Valeria RUS ” ”
\n16 73 BURI Noelle SUI ” ”
\n17 78 SOTO CAMPOS Catalina Anais CHI 2:08:18 +18
\n18 35 WLODARCZYK Dominika POL ” ”
\n19 29 COLLINELLI Sofia ITA ” ”
\n20 7 KING Eluned GBR 2:08:21 +21
\n21 77 SVARINSKA Lina LAT ” ”
\n22 94 SHEVCHENKO Sofiia UKR 2:08:27 +27
\n23 31 VITILLO Matilde ITA 2:08:30 +30
\n24 32 KRZESLAK Natalia POL 2:08:33 +33
\n25 86 GALLAGHER Maeve IRL ” ”
\n26 27 GEDRAITYTE Akvile LTU 2:08:38 +38
\n27 42 GALIMULLINA Iuliia RUS ” ”
\n28 71 PAULECHOVA Radka SVK 2:08:43 +43
\n29 11 BORGSTROM Julia SWE 2:09:07 +1:07
\n30 95 BERTON Nina LUX ” ”
\n31 41 WYLLIE Ella NZL ” ”
\n32 58 CANTERA CARRASCO Ines ESP ” ”
\n33 9 SHARPE Amelia GBR ” ”
\n34 10 SMITH Abi GBR ” ”
\n35 59 LARTITEGI ORMAZABAL Amaia ESP 2:09:12 +1:12
\n36 21 KERBAOL Cedrine FRA ” ”
\n37 30 PATUELLI Alessia ITA 2:09:17 +1:17
\n38 40 NIGHTINGALE Stella NZL ” ”
\n39 87 GILLESPIE Lara IRL 2:09:18 +1:18
\n40 57 AMONDARAIN GAZTANAGA Naia ESP 2:09:20 +1:20
\n41 15 LEHNERT Gabrielle USA ” ”
\n42 68 STERN Friederike GER 2:09:22 +1:22
\n43 84 van SCHOOR Kelsey RSA 2:09:27 +1:27
\n44 5 van ANROOIJ Shirin NED ” ”
\n45 20 FOUQUENET Amandine FRA ” ”
\n46 18 CORBINEAU Ysoline FRA ” ”<\/p>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Press Conference with 3rd, Lieke Nooijen, Netherlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Junior Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, Press Conference with Winner, Megan Jastrab, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Winner, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Netherlands with her Mum at the Press Conference..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019, 30Kms in… Splitting up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elite Women’s Road Race | Yorkshire 2019 Peloton with Great Britain’s Anna Henderson & Netherlands Amy Pieters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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