Armitstead wins women's road race in late sprint

ByReuters

Published 26/09/2015 at 21:02 GMT

Lizzie Armitstead of Britain won a drag race to the finish with Anna van der Breggen to claim a breath-taking victory at the road cycling world championships.

Lizzie Armistead (Reuters)

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The pre-race favourite, Armitstead spent much of the 129.8km race back in the pack but, with just a kilometre to the finish line, powered to the front then timed her move perfectly as she added the rainbow jersey to her overall World Cup title.

Dutchwoman van der Breggen, runner-up in the women's time trial, settled for silver again while American Megan Guarnier took third, according to provisional results.

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