Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of the UCI Road World Championships women's elite road race. Racing kicks off from Bradford in about ten minutes. Stay tuned for now...

Defending World Road Race champion, Anna van der Breggen, is in a good position, sitting comfortably in that chasing group of eight riders. Van der Breggen won the Tour of California in May this year, and La Fleche Wallonne, the Belgian classic, in April.

Annemiek Van Vleuten, our solo rider out at the front of the race, has extended her lead on the chasing group to 1.05, on those lumpier roads

The solo rider from Lithuania, Rasa Leleivyte, has a mechanical at the side of the road

We're heading into a lumpier segment of the course now, which will suit Deignan, and potentially, attacks. Van Vleuten is still approximately 50 seconds out from the chasing group. The peloton is clawing a little road back from that group, with the gap decreasing to 2 minutes 35 seconds

Riders are picking up their musettes, i.e. their lunch bags, from the feed stations. They'll pick out what they want as they ride, and discard the rest at the side of the road, where officials will pick them up (or fans) afterwards

Here's Deignan in action. Riders are currently passing through Ripon, and the feed zone

We're assuming those jerseys aren't knitted

And here's some local sheep, in their Saturday best

Here's the moment van Vleuten got away. The Dutch rider still has around 50 seconds on the chase group, which has stretched its lead to the peloton to almost three minutes (2.50)

Deignan is, of course, hoping for a win today. If she did succeed it would be her second World Championship title, her last being the 2015 win in Richmond, USA. Deignan became a mother for the first time a year ago, with the birth of her daughter, Orla, announced on 24 September 2018.

Deignan won the Women's Tour this year, scooping up the overall winner's jersey, as well as the points classification and the British rider classification. In 2017 she won first place in the National Road Championships, in the Road race, as well as first in the Tour de Yorkshire.

Deignan is currently refuelling, and grabbing a bottle of water from the team car.

Van Vleuten won the general classification in the Boels Ladies Tour earlier this month, where she was the defending champion. Last year van Vleuten won the Worlds Individual Time Trial, and came 7th in the Worlds elite women's road race

Really impressive riding here from Annemiek van Vleuten, who is staying away from the chasing group. There's still two hours of racing left, mind you

Notably, Dutchwoman Marianne Vos is in the main peloton, which is losing time on the chasing group - which is now 2.5km ahead, with Annemiek van Vleuten a further 0.8km up the road

And, as the UCI points out, Clara Koppenburg (Germany) is in that chasing group, too

There's now 50 seconds between Annamiek Van Vleuten and that chasing group

Deignan is on the front of that chasing group, with Cecile Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark), Soraya Paladin (Italy), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (South Africa), Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), Anna Van Der Breggen (Netherlands) and Amanda Spratt (Australia)

Van Vleuten has a 46 second lead on the chasing group, and Deignan has launched a chase to bridge the gap, chased by various other riders, including Dutchwoman Anna Van der Breggen and Elisa Longo Borghini

Van Vleuten has gone off the front on this climb. It's early for a solo attack but the Dutchwoman is certainly showing her strength here

There's a second group off the front, behind Van Vleuten, which includes Lizzie Deignan and American Chloe Dygert

Annamiek van Vleuten is also on the front of the group on this climb. Arguably the best climber in women's cycling, Van Vleuten was the winner of this year's Giro Rosa.

We're starting the climb at Lofthouse now. Lizzie Deignan is among the riders at the front