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World Championships 2018 – Road race women

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck, Austria: Anna van der Breggen blows competition away

The World Championships road race for women amounts to 156.2 kilometres and features 2,413 vertical metres. The action is centered around a climb of 7.9 kilometres on a circuit that is ridden three times. Van der Breggen attacks on these slopes with 45 kilometres remaining. She gobbles up the front group and solos to the rainbow jersey with a lead of almost 4 minutes over silver medalist Amanda Spratt. Tatiana Guderzo takes bronze.

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Route maps, height profiles, and more

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Route and profile road race women

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Route road race women - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

Route road race

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Details circuits road race - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

Details circuits road race

Profile final 5 km

Profile road race women

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Details climb Gnadenwald - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

Details Gnadenwald

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Details climb to Igls - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

Details climb to Igls

Profile short lap

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Route final 5 km road race - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

Route final 5 km

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Details start road race - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Details finish road race - source: www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Ötztal, Hall-Wattens, Kufstein and Innsbruck at Google Maps

Locations at Google Maps

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: 3D bird's eye route road race women

3D bird’s eye route

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Instagram images

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World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Videos

Videos Worlds 2018 in Innsbruck

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck-Tirol: Tweets

Innsbruck-Tirol 2018 Tweets

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck, Austria: Route road race – women

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck, Austria: Route road race – women

Saturday, 29 September 2018 - The women's road race at the Worlds in Innsbruck is played out on a route of 156.2 kilometres. The altitude gain is 2,413 metres, while the race ends on a local circuit of 23.9 kilometres that's raced three times. Each lap takes in a 7.9 kilometres climb at 5.7%.

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck, Austria: Riders road race – women

The women's road race at the Worlds in Innsbruck, Austria, is played on a course that suits climbers like Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten. Moreover, the Netherlands starts with the largest squad, namely eight riders. But so does Italy with Elisa Longo Borghini. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the UCI Road World Championships for women.

World Cycling Championships 2018 Innsbruck, Austria: Favourites Road Race – women

Who is the most likely new World road champion? Statistics probably would point to a Dutch rider. Which makes sense, the orange squad is an impressive powerhouse. Anybody able to challenge the Dutch and win the women's road race at the Worlds in Innsbruck?

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