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World Championships 2017 – Road race women

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Chantal Blaak solos to rainbow bands

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Chantal Blaak solos to rainbow bands

Chances before the start were that a lady in orange would cross the line first. Everybody thought it would be Van der Breggen or Van Vleuten, but no, Chantal Blaak attacks with 8 kilometres left to solo to victory. Katrin Garfoot comes in second, Amalie Dideriksen in third.

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Route-, profile maps and more

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Route and profile circuit road race

Profile circuit road race

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Route circuit road race - source: uci.ch

Route circuit road/race

Profile climb Ulriken/Salmon Hill

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Bergen at Google Maps

Bergen at Google Maps

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Instagram images

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World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Tweets

Bergen 2017 Tweets

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Route road race – women

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Route road race – women

Saturday, 23 September 2017 - The road race for women during the Worlds in Bergen, Norway, amounts to 152.8 kilometres. The route consist of eight hilly laps 19.1 kilometres, while the women face a total of 2,248 vertical metres.

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Riders road race – women

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Riders road race – women

Herewith Cyclingstage.com brings you the starters at the women's road race of the World Cycling Championships in Bergen. The Netherlands have the largest squad - they start with eight riders.

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Favourites road race – women

World Cycling Championships 2017 Bergen, Norway: Favourites road race – women

The road race for women at the Worlds in Bergen is played out on a exhausting course of 152.8 kilometres. The route amounts to an altitude gain of 2,248 metres, while the finale is a technical descent of 2.4 kilometer and then 8.2 kilometres on the flat. Who are the favourites to win the rainbow jersey?

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