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Summer Olympics 2016: Road Race - Women

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Van der Breggen takes gold ahead of Johansson and Longo Borghini

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Van der Breggen takes gold ahead of Johansson and Longo Borghini

At 141 kilometers, the women's Olympic road race is played out a grueling parcours with tough climbs and cobbles. Van Vleuten is in the lead in the last descent when she crashes. Mara Abbott takes over, yet she is caught by a chasing group with Van der Breggen in the last few hundred metres. Then the Dutchie sprints to victory.

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Route road race – women

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Route road race – women

Sunday, August 7, 2016 – At 141 kilometers, everything is there in the women's Olympic road race: tough climbs, flat sections, cobbles... The route in Rio is definitely one to look foward to.

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Riders road race – women

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Riders road race – women

The Olympic road race women is held on Sunday, August 7. Title defender Marianne Vos faces strong competition by the likes of World Champion Elizabeth Armitstead and former World Champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list for the women's road race at the Summer Olympics in Rio.

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Favourites road race – women

Summer Olympics 2016 Rio: Favourites road race – women

The Olympic road race for women is played out on a mountainous circuit, while the finale is on flat roads. So in order to win you definitely need to be a climber, yet that's not the whole story. Given the finale a fast sprint or time trialing skills would come in handy, too.

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