Women's Race Cycling

Welcome back on BBC Two two coverage of the Road World Championships. And

elite selection coming through, Lizzie Armitstead in the mix, trying

to add the rainbow jersey to her Commonwealth title. She is coming

by. There she is. Hoping to add the rainbow jersey to her Commonwealth

title. Let's join our commentary team.

Welcome back. This is the big selection for the final lap of the

race. The lead group, including Rossella Ratto and Lizzie Armitstead

and Emma Johansson and Marianne Vos, the defending world champion.

Lisa Brennauer is in there. As is Ellen van Dijk, another Dutch rider.

It is in there. As is Pauline Ferrand Prevot from France. 18

riders in the leading group. The Japanese rider leading the chase

group, 20 seconds back, but presumably that is the selection,

one of those 18 will become the world champion. We would think so.

The Dutch rider on the front, driving the pace. Five have broken

away from the other riders. Lizzie Armistead has to do the work, nobody

else will do it. Representatives from Italy, Germany and the

Netherlands, and Poland perhaps. Yes, the Polish rider coming

through. The pressure is on the British rider, Lizzie Armitstead,

none of the other teams will help her, because they have team-mates in

it. The Polish rider in there. She may choose to wait for the climb and

try to go on the climb. This is a handy rate from those five. Lizzie

Armistead has to do something. A first-year professional, she will be

no stranger to the likes of Marianne Vos. Chantelle Black from the

Netherlands, number two. Is was a Lovato in there as well? Yes, at the

front. Who is the other rider at the

front? It could be the German. It is one of the riders from Germany. Yes,

it is. The United States have missed this move. The only saving grace

from Lizzie Armistead, the American riders will want to try to bring

this back. The Netherlands, Poland, Australia, Italy and Germany

represented in this leading group, the early stages of the final lap at

the women's elite road race. Thankfully, it is staying dry on

most of the course, it will be interesting when they get to the

halfway point, because on the last lap it was pouring down. The German

rider piles it on at the front at the moment. She fancies her

chances, she is doing a bit of the work. The Germans have had a very

good race to this point. There is a reminder of the leading

group. Rossella Ratto, a medallist last year, getting involved in the

thick of it again. Her form is good, she finished fourth in the

World Cup recently, and she won the bronze medal last year in Florence.

Just 20 years of age, once more at the front in the World

Championships, as they had up towards the castle for the last

time. A lot of people say this course is similar to last year, so

it could go in her failure -- in her favour.

Not much of a gap. Here come the Balaton. It was the Americans but in

the pressure on to bring it back. They could not afford to let it go,

because they have options, including Evelyn Stevens. They have got

themselves in a good position, so to let this go now would have thrown

everything out of the window. The Colombian just dropping off the

back, as they begin the climb, five kilometres, but Hill virtually all

the way. The pressure is on. How is Lizzie Armistead feeling? It is

going in her favour, and she has to be vigilant, she cannot afford to

let any group go off the front again. The Italians are setting the

pace, even though they have Rossella Ratto at the front. We saw Giorgia

Bronzini get back in there. Eliza Long Gopal Gini is towards the front

as well. There is Evelyn Stevens, number 22,

for the right of states. -- the United States. Sanchez, the

Spaniard, is there in the red and yellow.

A bit of respite. The group are preparing to tackle the main part of

the climb. Number 79, the New Zealander, towards the back of the

group. Lizzie Armistead on the left-hand side of your picture,

towards the front. The Germans at the front, having a discussion. The

tension is ratcheting up on the final lap. It is all to play for in

the race for the gold medal. Lizzie Armistead is right in the middle of

the picture. What a scrap it is going to be on the final climb if it

stays like this. The German at the front. Lizzie Armistead has had a

great position for the whole race. She did not panic when the breakaway

went away. The United the job for her, inadvertently, winding her back

into it. Preserving their own chances of winning. Had an American

writer gone into that move, it would have all been on Lizzie's shoulders

to bring it back. But it played into her hands, and she did not panic,

she sat back and waited for the others to do the work. Is that the

Ukrainian at the front? The silver medallist the other day. One of two

Ukrainian riders in this race. She was up towards the front. A thicket

of riders filling the road. The French move to the front, including

Pauline Ferrand Prevot. Only two of them there, but they are very strong

riders. Pauline Ferrand Prevot has had a breakthrough season. Her

victory gave her a lot of confidence. There is Giorgia

Bronzini. A bit of a discussion, I am not sure what is going on, if

Giorgia Bronzini needs assistance. The Dutch are well represented,

Ellen van Dijk in front of the camera, the very tall figure. We

caught the moment, the Italians are down to three. The defending

champion is still in the mix, Marianne Vos, with the number one on

her back. It is very cagey on the road at the moment. Inside the final

13 kilometres of the race. France taking up the pace. Pauline

Ferrand Prevot if the fancied rider for them. And now a move coming up

the gutter on the left-hand side. It looks like it could be the German.

Trying to set things up for Lichtenberg. Such an experienced

rider. She has been there at the business end more than once before,

she finished fifth in a feud years ago. This will hurt the legs of a

lot of riders. The Frenchwoman going backwards in the bunch. She did that

move to close the gap for Pauline Ferrand Prevot. One of the big

favourites for the day, along with Lizzie Armistead and Marianne Vos.

Still, we await the big moment of the race. The way the Germans have

ridden would give Lichtenberg a lot of confidence, because they have

done a fantastic job to get her to this point. Lisa Brennauer is still

there. Evelyn Stevens makes a move, we

thought she would get involved. It is a good move. They know the

danger. She has come into these Championships in really good form.

She was one of the riders that backed up Italy with Germany, 16

She was one of the riders that days of racing in total, and she

She was one of the riders that that, so a very impressive season.

She finished fifth in the World Championship last year, can she go a

bit better this time and get onto the podium? She is trying to thin it

out. Lizzie Armitstead in third place, behind Marianne Vos, and

behind her is Elisa Longo Borghini, and behind her... We lost the

picture. Was it one of the Australians? Yes, but Marianne Vos

took the chase up. Yes, she had to close the gap, that would have been

perfect for Lizzie Armitstead. It gives you confidence when you see

Marianne Vos having to work. Emma Johansson is still in there, and

Pauline Ferrand Prevot just behind her. Rossella Ratto and Giorgia

Bronzini still hanging on. It is nerve jangling stuff. Lizzie

Armitstead having a look around. Marianne Vos sticking on her wheel.

Evelyn Stevens has not been able to gain any ground. But she has put the

effort in. Marianne Vos, number one. The Japanese is still in there. It

is splitting up. The riders upfront are playing cat and mouse, and the

group that they chopped on the other part of the climb is starting to get

together, so they will have a cute team-mates to come up, it could

change things. The road looks as if it has dried out a bit from a lap

ago. Let's hope that the rain is staying away. Lizzie Armitstead is

third in line. She has been so well positioned all day, extremely

patient, incredible. What a fantastic finish we have got lined

up in this race. There are two more riders for the Netherlands coming

up. That is a big group, and we will have an attack. Germany going on the

attack. Just trying to disrupt everybody else's rhythm. The Dutch

trying to close it down right away. It might be Marianne Vos. It looks

like it could be Blaak. Yes, I think so. Lizzie Armitstead is there.

Where is Marianne Vos? A bit of a split. Lizzie Armitstead should take

advantage. There could be an opportunity in the offing in the not

too distant future. It is starting to come back together again. We are

looking for Lizzie Armitstead at the front of the race. The Dutch rider

on her wheel, and I am sure it is Blaak. Marianne Vos is further back.

She is with Pauline Ferrand Prevot. We should not count out Blaak. But

more importantly, she won the World Cup race in Sweden last month. The

way that Lizzie on the 20 on her wheel straight away... They will be

team-mates next year. There is Giorgia Bronzini in the blue. Number

53, towards the back of the group, Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France.

Bringing up the rear at the moment if the German. Ellen van Dijk the

bottom of your picture for the Dutch, the world time trial champion

last year, trying to hang in there. And attack goes, is that Ellen van

Dijk? It looks like it, that is a good move. The Australian response

to that, she is having a really good ride. She has put some work in on

this final lap, the German. The Polish rider rides for rubber

bank, alongside Marianne Vos. There might be to publish riders left in

the telethon. A bit further back, the Polish rider is towards the back

of the group. The pressure ratchets up again.

Another group here being driven along by Italy, and Germany are keen

to get back involved. Blaak for the Dutch, Lizzie Armitstead not far

away, sixth in line. Lichtenberg at the front, with Elisa Longo Borghini

rolling through. The Frenchwoman has found a second wind. Still riding

up. The roads are still treacherous. The rain shower seems to have

passed. Who is going to strike first, and how far out will it be?

Who fancies their chances? Who has got the confidence?

Lizzie Armitstead staying up towards the front. Is this Blaak?

Strung out towards the top of the first of the two climbs. It is still

all to play for in the women's world road race championship. Marianne

Vos, first or second in every year since 2006, will she keep that

going? Will she be the winner for the third year in a row and for the

fourth time ever, or can Lizzie Armitstead win for Great Britain?

Lizzie Armitstead has been one of the strongest riders this year, and

some of the team directors were attacking him as the strongest. She

has come into great form, and she has been superb in every race she

has targeted this year. On a similar course to this, she was very

comfortable, a bit outnumbered, with the same team taking first, second

and third, but she looks comfortable.

A lot of names still in the hunt for the gold medal. All of the big names

are here, it is a hard race to pick, but you could not go past

Marianne Vos on the descent in the wet. It is still tricky. Thankfully,

it looks as if everybody has made it round. It has been an awkward

right-hander in the other races, never mind in greasy conditions such

as these. It is still dry here at the finish. They might be leading

the worst of the weather behind them, let's hope so. There was a

question surrounding them, let's hope so. There was a

team's strength after they lost a rider in the team time trial, but

they have the playing out well for Marianne Vos.

She has got team-mates with her, Lizzie Armitstead relying on

everybody else playing off against each other, plus her own vigilance,

of course. We only have one client to go, the one kilometre climb. It

is quite steep at the beginning, steep towards the top, 10%. In third

place is Lizzie Armitstead. Is that Marianne Vos on her wheel?

The American has been on the wheels all day, positioning herself well,

putting in the hard work when she needs to, but it is impressive to

get that far, and if it comes to a sprint, she would be one of the few

that could match up with the likes of Marianne Vos and Giorgia

Bronzini. So much about of Marianne Vos and Giorgia

struggling, but she is there when it matters, as always. It is an honour

for Lizzie Armitstead if Marianne Vos is choosing to follow her,

because she has become one of the strongest riders, very consistent.

What a year she has had, the Commonwealth Games champion in the

road race, he World Cup champion for 2014, Lizzie Ahmed, and now in the

mix. Giorgia Bronzini in the middle of the picture, that will not be a

good sign for everybody else, the sign that she is still there, occurs

she is such a rapid finisher, she is going for a hat-trick of world

titles. Lizzie Armitstead realises she needs to go. Italy still with

three players. Lizzie Armitstead policing everything. This descent

will play a big part in the finish. The most confident descenders. Who

is going to go for it? Surely somebody will try to get a gap, and

they can try hard to hang onto it. Will it be a German rider? Marianne

Vos and Lizzie Armitstead look comfortable. They are swapping

order. Evelyn Stevens goes again. She knows this is where she has two

make her mark, to gain ground on the others. There are too many for her

liking. Marianne Vos looks comfortable in second place, but

Lizzie Armitstead also looks good. Italy well represented towards the

front. Wrotham Loretto and Elisa Longo Borghini. Here goes the move.

That is Emma Johansson. The first time we have seen her at the front.

She is dishing it out to the others, you can see how they are gritting

their teeth to stay with her, that Marianne Vos and Lizzie Armitstead

are the first to respond. Pauline Ferrand Prevot is there as well for

France. This is the moment. Lizzie Armitstead stretches her legs on the

front, she shows her face, this is where she is making a move. She

cannot get away. She is heavily marked by Marianne Vos. If Marianne

Vos hangs on, she will be difficult to beat in the sprint. Elisa Longo

Borghini and Emma Johansson are there. Pauline Ferrand Prevot trying

to come across, with Rossella Ratto. Giorgia Bronzini is a bit further

back. Will these four have enough to stay away and contest the finish?

You would think all of these riders and Elisa Longo Borghini are going

to keep the pace high, because they do not want them to come back.

Marianne Vos will not want to come to the finish with sprinters like

Giorgia Bronzini. But they have a handicap. It looks like this could

be the group. Lizzie Armitstead is right in the thick of it. Elisa

Longo Borghini, and Marianne Vos, and Emma Johansson, going for the

World Championship. Emma Johansson has been so strong for such a long

time, could this be her year? Marianne Vos will take some beating.

She is putting in the hard work, she once this to stay her way. Emma

Johansson wants to keep this away so they can play cat and mouse towards

the finish. Elisa Longo Borghini is just going to follow Marianne Vos.

Emma Johansson takes a chance. You may remember Emma Johansson riding

in the UK earlier this year, finishing second behind Marianne

Vos. She leads now, Marianne Vos in second, Lizzie Armitstead in third,

Elisa Longo Borghini on her wheel. Thankfully, it is dry on this

descent. We did have concerns, with the rain shower which affected the

previous lap. Flying down for the last time, have they got a big

enough gap to hold off everybody else? There is not much time for any

cat and mouse and they hit the flat. Elisa Longo Borghini is the slowest

of the four, but Marianne Vos will need to close the gap. Lizzie

Armitstead has got a good spot, she has felt comfortable all race. Like

she said, if there is a year she can win, it is this year. She was beaten

by Marianne Vos at London 2012. Just as you suggested, Elisa Longo

Borghini makes the move. The first to respond is Marianne Vos. Lizzie

Armitstead is happy to let the others respond. She is on the wheel

of Emma Johansson, playing it cool and keeping something in the tank.

She has played it perfectly to this point. She has a quick look behind

her. Saving every last ounce of energy for the final sprint, Lizzie

Armitstead, hoping they have got enough time to sit there. She winds

it up a bit. There is a group chasing them down very quickly.

Giorgia Bronzini. If there is a junction, suddenly Giorgia Bronzini

could become the favourite. The American would fancy it as well, and

Evelyn Stevens is hanging in there. American would fancy it as well, and

Lizzie Armitstead is determined not to lead out the sprint, but it is

bigger than she would have liked. Germany have a couple of cards to

play. This is an exciting finish, we have got sprinters in there.

Marianne Vos has had to do a bit. What a finish, as they come into the

finishing straight. Germany leading the way. Cromwell is therefore

Australia, Marianne Vos is in fourth place. Lizzie Armitstead is not in a

great spot, she has got work to do to come round. Lizzie Armitstead is

too far back, as Marianne Vos comes towards the front. We are going to

have a different world champion. It is extraordinary, the finish, it may

have been Pauline Ferrand Prevot over who got it. Lisa Brennauer in

second place. What a finish, what an incredible finish, a tremendous

sprint, and Pauline Ferrand Prevot oh takes it, Lisa Brennauer

finishing in second place. Emma Johansson snatches the bronze medal.

Giorgia Bronzini gets fourth place. Cromwell is in fifth place. Lizzie

Armitstead out of it in seventh place. Pauline Ferrand Prevot is the

new world champion. There she is, we did not see her face at the front

very much. Her team-mate did a great couple of terms for her. A little

way from the finish, Marianne Vos did not have it in her legs. A bit

of confusion on her face. She cannot believe it. She has been told. It

sinks in. What a moment for French cycling and four Pauline Ferrand

Prevot. She is the world champion, and for the first time since 2006.

-- for the first time since 2006, Marianne Vos is not first or second,

she finished in a photo finish for 10th place. It was not per day. On

the last lap, Lizzie Armitstead tried to have a go on the final

climb, which she found she could not get away, she was in a little group

of four, and she could see they were about to be caught, and with 500

metres to go, the game changed completely.

Here is the finish once again, Marianne Vos, orange jersey,

left-hand side. As we have seen so many times in the past, you think

that she would hit the front and everybody racing for second place,

but not the case, Lizzie Armitstead, second from right, blue shorts, all

the way through the sprint, not at the front, ground to make up, did

not end up in a good position having done so well. So much happened in

the last 300 metres. Marianne Vos was on the front, you can see her

coming off the wheel, Giorgia Bronzini, having to come across...

At the vital moment, Giorgia Bronzini making the move, and it was

the French who won. Lizzie I know that you are watching

the replay of the Sprint. What do you think? I put all of my ex in one

basket on the last climb. I had Giorgia Bronzini's wheel, thought

that was the best option. And then just sort of messed it up. Difficult

to refocus. The race was just... It sounds weird, saying the race was

too easy, I did not win! you could not have done any more.

That is cycling. The home straight, they began to look at you, giving

you the opportunity. It is easy to say, look back, but with the four of

you, you could have made a race of it. I do not understand why Emma

Johansson was not working, she did not have a sprinter behind her.

Negative race... I'm disappointed. Maybe one day I will learn. Thank

you very much. Then, thank you for speaking with us, we know that it is

frustrating. STUDIO: Great delight in the French camp, the pick of

Marianne Vos, even we spoke about her, she came through with a sprint

finish, and I have got alongside me Rochelle and Rob. They have come

down from commentary. She said that the race was a little bit too easy.

You could see the frustration on her face with a few laps to go, great

support from team-mates, asking them to put down the pressure, it began

to lighten up, but I think she would have liked a harder race from the

start. -- liven up. With that finish, we thought it was going to

be the fall riders away. And suddenly the Sprint group came from

nowhere. Certainly looked like the move, anybody who has that kind of

distance going into the last few kilometres, that should stay away.

But the combination of riders just behind... The German squad

desperately trying to bring it back. It all came together, it was looking

so good for Lizzie Armitstead. She did not put a foot wrong, so

well-positioned. Team around her were great. There was a little bit

of an lucky few moves, a crashed... A couple of the riders. -- crash.

What can you say, I can understand her frustration, really was in form

but the race did not pan out her way. We saw Annie Last do a decent

stretch, Lucy Garner suffered and pulled out, we talked about her

team... Do you think the team was not quite strong enough to make it

more difficult more soon. The team were there, they made it difficult

when Lizzie Armitstead asked them to work, we saw a great move from Anna

Christian and in the final laps, Hannah Barnes. Then the race... Then

it was up to the other teams, if it was going to go in the favour of

Lizzie Armitstead, it was up to the other teams to make it difficult

from the start. A little bit too much to ask from the British team to

start from the gun. Maybe not their responsibility. Lizzie Armitstead,

she did everything right today. Unfortunately the pack came back.

She would have liked to have come to the finish with those for. Could

they have worked harder at the end, those for? Lizzie Armitstead said

Emma Johansson did not do as much as she would have expected. They did

not work hard enough but there was a group not too far behind who were

willing and had riders capable and willing to fall on the sword,

basically, for their team-mates. -- those four. That is how racing works

out. A word about the champion, we did not hear much about her

throughout the race, she was very quiet, and then out of nowhere, the

1 they had not picked was right there! You would not pick from that

group, Ferrand Prevot. We had Giorgia Bronzini, we had Lisa

Brennauer, we had Marianne Vos... Two golds and a silver from this

World Championship, Lisa Brennauer, very well done. Pretty impressive

performance from her, winning the time trial. Having ridden in the

team time trial and the individual, and then lining up the road race...

Germany did write for another rider, Lichtenberg, but in the end,

Lisa Brennauer was there and she was very powerful at the finish. Giorgia

Bronzini, riding for your team, heavy fall but still picked herself

up and rode very well. Not so far away. Fantastic four Giorgia

Bronzini, she had to work very hard. She had a great spring, she was

boxed in, but maybe not the legs after such a demanding course. --

fantastic for Giorgia Bronzini. How do you assess

fantastic for Giorgia Bronzini. How wrote, and the fact that she was

injured beforehand? -- rode. I think that she rode well, we saw her going

across the moves, on the last lap, she did everything she could she had

team-mates around. They played their card. Ultimately she ran out of legs

on the finishing straight. Again, I do not think she put a foot wrong

coming into this race, she certainly rode as expected. Another quick word

on Lizzie, she is going to be disappointed, Rob says nothing could

have been done different, would you agree? I agree, she could not have

done anything different. The race could have gone different, she could

have been more aggressive, perhaps a different result. She did everything

she could today, she did the team proud. She will be disappointed, but

upon reflection, she has had a fantastic season, came into the race

at the World Championships as one of the favourites. Proof she was one of

the strongest in the race. Not quite for Lizzie Armitstead but a great

women's race and now we will look back to Wednesday, the men's time

trial, Tony Martin of Germany looking for his fourth title but

Bradley Wiggins had other ideas! COMMENTATOR: There is not going to

be too much in this, as Tony Martin heads up to the time check. Ten

seconds or so. 9.64 seconds between Bradley Wiggins and the defending

champion, Tony Martin. The race is on here. Back now with Bradley

Wiggins. CO-COMMENTATOR: Peddling the gear well, if he was mauling a

big year, that would be signs that he is starting to tie up. Looking

good. Looking good. You wonder about the time comparison, whether he

really is that far ahead. Maybe a few more seconds... He may well have

done, he may have done, beginning to suffer, that big year that he tends

to use. Martin looked as though he was on the limit. -- that big gear.

He out of it yet, not by a long way. If he gets any closer the gutter, he

is potentially picking up a puncture here or there, do not get too close

to the edge of the road, that would be disastrous.

This is very technical, the riders will have gone over this bit, to get

it right in their heads. If his race radio is working, if he has one on,

then the team car will be telling him, next right-hander, a little bit

like pace notes. In a rally car. Tony Martin still looking good. He

has settled down a bit. Unlike Roman Dennis, here, pulling shapes all

over the top of this one. A little bit windy, just in his face. Heading

for home. Under his wheels, heading for home. 20 seconds in it between

Martin and Bradley Wiggins, according to the GPS.

Place your bets now. This is going to be so tight, we will not have

long to wait, when Bradley Wiggins crosses the line, because Martin is

the only rider still out there. Here's a couple of minutes behind on

the road. Will this man be able to produce a

ride which is good enough to claim the medal, because he has been there

or thereabouts, and judging by the look on his face, he is going to

leave everything out there. It is a great ride by Vasil Kiriyienka, Team

Sky, he has done it, and finally, Nelson Oliveira is owing to have to

switch seats and moved to the second spot! Huge effort, absolutely. The

final few hundred metres. Thankfully, that is over. Must have

hurt, he has clearly shown the expression there. Left everything

out on the road, great ride for him, from the Belarussian. There is the

man who at the moment is in the box seat for gold. Here is the man who

has won it for the last three years, and will cling on with every last

ounce of effort to that rainbow jersey. This should be a good lesson

in how to dissent, nice tucked position. -- descends Slightly over

break, for the bend. Got it a little bit wrong. -- how to descend. Buggy

Wiggins looking very good. Were coming through saying that Alex

Telles it did not feel at his best, did not feel it. -- Alex Dowsett.

Perhaps did not recover from his efforts at the Tour of Britain. That

is fair. Certainly you expect him to be up there a little bit higher on

the classification today. But it was a big effort that he put in at the

Tour of Britain. Roland Denis, down the finishing straight, up towards

the line. -- Rohan Dennis. Always a major player in races against the

watch these days commonly will be in years to come, still just 24 years

old. APPLAUSE He is going to have to wait.

Challenge a on another day, Rohan Dennis, the new second fastest time,

beating by Vasil Kiriyienka, and Dennis, the new second fastest time,

suddenly, Nelson Oliveira will have to change seats again. Hadley

Wiggins, about to crash the client. -- Bradley Wiggins. -- about to

crash the client. Lovely with them being tapped out. -- crash the

climb. He will be giving it everything. Said he felt good in the

time trial win of the Tour of Britain. He liked the course, he

liked the form he was in, hoping that it might be his year this year,

definitely in with a chance of gold here. Certainly put himself in that

position. If that time is anything to go by, if we can believe that,

he's taking more time on it then Tony Martin.

This dissent is going to be key. -- descends. The speed he is going to

be able to carry into the corners as he heads down. I can only presume

has the knowledge he is ahead, and so need is not have to panic is not

have to panic for everything. He can take it easier.

Whatever happens now, Tony Martin will have to be squinting towards

the line. Back with the man, leading the way, Bradley Wiggins. Going

quick, well over 40 mph. Flying down this descent. Dry and smooth. Cover

the brakes, on the brakes. Coming towards the conclusion of his right

shortly, Tom Domoulin. He only has Bradley Wiggins and Martin behind

him, bronze medal is at stake. 57 minutes to beat.

Looks as if there is every chance he is going to beat 57.13.44. Well

within his grasp. Here he comes... Vasil Kiriyienka, finishing fourth,

again, just as he did last year. Agonisingly close to a medal.

Tremendous ride from the Dutchman. Certainly happy with that, if you

said to him coming into the race that he would come away with a medal

he would have been jumping through hoops. .

Gold at stake, man against man. This is when he is at his best, when it

is quick and fast. A little bit more in reserve when it goes quick, what

does he have in the Lakes, does he have the strength and enjoyments

left? Any power he has in his Lakes and has got to be using our. Bradley

Wiggins towards the finish. This is going to be the fastest time, will

it be a ride to gold? Bradley Wiggins beat Tony Martin to the

Olympic Games gold medal two years ago, will he beat into the Olympic

-- will he beat him to the championship medal this time? 56

minutes 25.52... It could be enough for gold, we will not have long to

wait. Absolutely incredible effort by Bradley Wiggins, he can do no

more, he will not even get time to get into the hot seat by the time

Tony Martin is through! He will know already if it is going to be the top

seed or the second step. He will not have time to get his breath back

before he knows if he is a world champion.

The time set by Bradley Wiggins, 56. 25. -- 50 6.25. Clock ticking for

Tony Martin, fourth world time trial championship in a row he is going

for, Bradley Wiggins cannot even look he's so tired after the effort.

GPS well outside the time of Bradley Wiggins, we will only believe it

when we can see it. I think we are looking at the world champion Derek,

on his back with the gargantuan effort he has put in, here comes

Tony Martin. All the way to the line. Bradley Wiggins is the world

champion, he has done a. -- he has done it! It is Bradley Wiggins's

day, it is Britain's day, it is a gold medal for Bradley Wiggins to

add to the Tour de France victory and the Olympic Games success and

his World Championship successes on the track over all those years, he

has finally managed it, in the road time trial. 20 years after Chris

Boardman won the first men's elite time trial, Bradley Wiggins joined

him on the roll of honour. Mission accomplished! Bradley

Wiggins delivers on the biggest stage once again. Congratulations,

that is the full set, incredible, where it is the full set,

incredible, where did this once it? It is right up there with the

Olympic title, I think. On the time trial anyway. We spoke before about

Tony being perhaps... Somebody did, perhaps it was with you... Possibly

the best time trialist we have ever seen. Getting the better of him, I

said, if there was ever a course we were going to beat him on, it was

going to be this one, I knew how difficult the last 15 K is. If I

just executed my own right, I knew that I was going to be in the

ballpark and close to him. No time splits the whole way, just focused

on my own right. Said it was ten seconds up on him, and I thought,

world champion! Still carried everything down the descent. It is

still in the back of your mind, has he come back? Really nice. Cannot

believe you will not be wearing the rainbow jersey in the time trials

next year... I will be, but I will be doing it in Britain, so I shall

be riding up and down motorways as the champion! Michael Hutchinson,

all of that. In this kind of form, do you wish you were doing it next

week. Not at all because I can get back to this, and hopefully, if I do

that properly, I can extend the record. That is it, really. Will you

be back to defend it? This time next year, we will be nine months from

the Olympic Games, I shall probably be in full track mode. What about

with your Team Sky hat on, news talking about the track. You have

got to start with Rio. As a big point in a couple of years time,

and-tastic way to maybe finish his career, on a fantastic high. Work

back from there. You have got goals along the way, and if he can win

some of them, what is left? He has won pretty much everything.

Incredible athlete. Incredible career. National time trial jersey,

Olympic one. Now he has the time trial as well, averaging 50 K PH,

averaging that, how tough that was, that must be incredible, you must be

in awe. He has a great sense of history, and occasion, beating tiny

Martin, argued be the greatest time trialist of all time, that will have

made it even more special. Yes, to see the way that the road, bearing

in mind Tony Martin was going for his fourth consecutive title,

started two minutes behind him, he will have had all of the information

he needed on Bradley, and as we said, went out there completely

blind, wrote his own race until the last few kilometres when he

realised, great ride, and I think we mentioned earlier, had he finished

his career with out pulling the time trial jersey on it would have been a

great shame, and certainly a big tip missing. He has gone there, what a

time to do it. Interesting psyche, Bradley he can lose focus and get

it, but when he has the bit between his teeth, few riders like him. He

will have taken confidence from the Tour of Britain time trial, he

really got his mind on track and he focused, and like you said, when he

woke up commonly knew it was the day and it was on. Rob, where does

Bradley sit in the list of all-time great cyclist? He is the greatest

British cyclist ever, without doubt, but when we talk about world

cyclist, where would you put him, given his range? I'm going to get

lambasted... If you talk about European cycling... Bradley Wiggins

is there or thereabouts, but when you look from a British perspective,

what he has done kind of transcends cycling as well... Years the only

rider to have the titles that he has got on the track, at WorldCom

Olympic, and then Grand Tours... Tour de France, he has been on the

podium three times in Grand Tours, as opposed to Eddie Max. Where he

stands in all-time greats... Unfortunately, for us, he is kind of

down there. Eddie Merckx. -- Eddie Merckx. This does sent

ridiculous, if and when he can go and win the Tour de France again,

just and win the Tour de France again,

really... What about as a spreading? I would say that he is quite famous

and one of the names every blue recognises, because of his

personality, not something that goes unnoticed. He has a real presence.

Bradley Wiggins has quite a strong name for an Israeli in. But if he

can yes, if he can focus on something then we have seen that he

is capable of doing it. He is bigger than cycling in the UK. Wherever he

sits in the hierarchy of cycling, I do not think that it really matters.

From our point of view, he is absolutely incredible. Not quite a

gold for Lizzie Armitstead today, she finished seventh, we can catch

up now with the results of that women's road race, incredibly

exciting, in the balance right until the end, and it was the French

rider, Pauline Ferrand Prevot who took the gold medal, Lisa Brennauer

of Germany took the silver, to add to the gold medal that she won in

the time trial, and Emma Johansson taking silver. What a race it was. A

few last reflections on the women's race. Lizzie David Ball but it was

not good enough. Did not turn out in her favour, the way the race

finished, but she rode a perfect race, she proved she was the

strongest. One of the strongest, if not the strongest. Fantastic season.

Peaked for the World Championships. She had the form and did everything

right, unfortunately it did not play into her favour. We will be back

again tomorrow the men's race, that is on the red button. BBC Two,

1:20pm. The small matter of 120 kilometres and 14,000 feet of

climbing. And pointing you towards the website, everything you need to

know about getting involved with cycling.

That is it for all of us. We are back again tomorrow with the men's

race. It was not quite good enough for Lizzie Armitstead, we will see

you tomorrow. Hold on, there is just one more

thing. We've got a newbie.