The ladies’s highway race is that this Sunday and guarantees a duel between Belgium and the Netherlands however loads of different riders will fancy their probabilities, particularly after Anna Kiesenhofer’s shock win the final time.
The Course
157km and 1,700m of vertical acquire. It’s out to Versailles however earlier than the well-known palace, a left flip and straight to the Chevreuse valley to select up a lot of the identical course as the lads however skipping the climbs of Senlisse and Herbouvilliers on the run again to Paris.
Then it’s three laps of the by-now acquainted 18km Paris circuit with the Butte Montmartre as the apparent climb with the slim highway and cobbles however the different boulevard ramps and drags alongside the best way.
The End: after the third time up the Montmartre climb a left flip after which again down previous the Louvre to the banks of the Seine and a run alongside the river to the Eiffel tower the place there’s the precise flip for the end on the Pont d’Iena by the Trocadéro.
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The Contenders
Having picked the world champion for the lads’s race, Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) is the apparent decide right here too as a result of the course fits. She’ll be way more cautious of a dash from a gaggle given the rivalry and having written up a duel above between Belgium and the Netherlands it’s Kopecky vs. the Dutch which makes it a lot more durable for right here.
The dash situation winner is Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) however being there for the ultimate proper flip is a troublesome ask. Not Inly if she will be able to recover from the climbs however so many rival groups will base part of their ways to keep away from a dash in opposition to her. Group mate Demi Vollering is their card to play on the climbs and there’s additionally Marianne Vos too.
The Italian workforce can play comparable ways with Elisa Longo Borghini for the assaults and Elisa Balsamo in situation for the dash.
Residence hopes discover in-form Juliette Labous (France) however she’d need extra climbing and if the workforce can play the dash card with Victoire Berteau they’d certainly signal now for a bronze given the competitors.
Australia’s Grace Brown stormed the time trial and she will be able to and does win highway races too so must be a contender with Ruby Roseman-Gannon capable of play off this too.
Denmark have comparable choices with Emma Norsgaard for a dash and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig for an assault however kind this season makes then a more durable decide.
The British workforce can cowl and make extra strikes with TT medalist Anna Henderson , Lizzie Deignan and Pfeiffer Georgi.
Arlenis Sierra (Cuba) is an outdoor probability for the dash. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland) is a uncommon winner however can hope to select her second so can Alison Jackson (Canada).
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Lotte Kopecky
Vollering, Longo Borghini, Vos, Wiebes
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Niewiadoma, Brown, Balsamo, Georgi
Climate: cloudy and 24°C.
TV: KM0 is at 2.10pm CEST and the end is forecast for six.00pm. The race returns to Paris round 4.30pm.
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