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A very good late Saturday afternoon to you from the finest finishing

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line anywhere in the world. To the west, and Buckingham Palace and

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Admiralty march to the East, again host the world-class sporting

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action. A loop of St James' Park and it features two riders who have

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history on this bit of tarmac, Marrianne Vos and Lizzie Armitstead.

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They start the Olympic road race for women, heading down the Mall. Both

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riders looking for the line, where is the gold medal going? Armitstead

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gets silver behind Marrianne Vos. I am delighted to say the race is

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better today that smack the weather is better today. And alongside me is

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Rochelle Gilmore, former Commonwealth Games champion. And

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your team are out there today, first of all, different race from 2012,

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this is a loop, like a criterion. And also because the riders are hear

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with their professional teams. --criterium four. This will be fast

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and open. Marrianne Vos, the greatest ever? Without a doubt. So

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inspirational to watch. She only has one team-mate today but you can

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guarantee she will be riding into the ground. She makes racing so

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exciting. She is the favourite but Lizzie Armitstead is in good form,

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taking Commonwealth title. You were not riding, obviously, in Glasgow. A

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great ride. Phenomenal, and at the Olympics she had such a perfect day,

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but in the Commonwealth Games she got her timing right. A lot of

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satisfied viewers and fans. In terms of her confidence, now she is a

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champion, you might see an even better rider? I think so, she has

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that title and she says it is easy to get carried away thinking

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everybody is here to watch her. But I think we will see more relaxed

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Lizzie, very approachable and laid-back. And let's not forget last

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year 's champion, do we believe that Laura is riding for Georgia

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Bronzini? She will have pressure, she also has a huge fan base in

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London. She has the cards to play with team-mates like Georgia

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Bronzini. They are ready to go, with Jill Douglas.

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To the crowd they received a wonderful reception. Marrianne Vos

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roundly wearing the rainbow jersey of world champion but here you one

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new Olympic title a couple of years ago. How does it feel to be back? It

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is two years ago and of course great to be back on the Mall, seeing

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Buckingham Palace. Good memories of that Olympic gold. And a couple of

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weeks ago you one on a very famous boulevard in Paris, what did mean to

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add to that the night? Both iconic, historic landmarks, in the capital

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of France and England. Definitely here lining up with these two

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champions. Best of luck, we move on to Commonwealth champion Lizzie

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Armitstead, from the pouring rain in Glasgow. And winning silver here in

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the pouring rain, different weather today and a different race? Very

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different race. I am here to have a lot of fun and enjoy the crowd.

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Looking back on those days, a couple of years ago it was a wonderful

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reception, it is special to ride on your home roads? Very special, as

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well as Commonwealth Games champion I get to race in front of the Queens

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house again. And a quick word with Laura, great to have you. What are

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your faults into this one, how confident are you of retaining your

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title? Not very, it is a completely different field. Obviously Marrianne

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Vos and Lizzie have come as well as well as our sprinter, Georgia

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Bronzini. It will be a race of getting one of our riders to the

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line instead of just putting it on a specific person. Best of luck. 1.3

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mile loop of St James' Park awaiting the riders and in the commentary box

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we have Simon Brotherton. It should be fantastic.

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Thank you, Jonathan, hello everybody. Almost ready to go with

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this women's Grand Prix, 100 riders, the biggest ever assembled for a

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circuit race in the United Kingdom and what a field, as you have just

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seen, led by the world and Olympic champion Marrianne Vos. Lizzie

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Armitstead fresh from the Commonwealth Games and Laura Trott,

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who won this race last year. We also have the two-time world champion

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Georgia Bronzini. Last year 's national circuit race champion

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Hannah Barnes and this year 's champion Eileen Roe from Scotland.

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Britain's most decorated female Paralympic, Sarah Storey, the

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Australian Tiffany Cromwell, Roxanne Knetemann, team-mate of Marrianne

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Vos, and look out for Katie Archibald, bronze medallist in the

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Commonwealth Games points race and prominent in every other event she

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was in. We have the setting, we have the field, all we need now is the

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flag to drop and the race will be on. Roughly 45 minutes, in the

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centre of London. Rather different conditions to that enjoyed by some

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of the riders last weekend in Glasgow. Lizzie Armitstead there in

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different colours today, those of her Boels Dolmans team, with the

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orange sleeves in the middle of the picture. And I think that this field

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will fairly rapidly be whittled down. HOOTER

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Difficult circuit to escape on, fast and flats. No hills at all. But I

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think with some of these riders, the best in the world, they will be

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looking to make it difficult from the word go and we are expecting a

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race here in which there are plenty of attacks as riders tried to see if

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they can get away here in the late afternoon sunshine. Heading towards

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Buckingham Palace now, the direction the mood takes them before a long

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bird cage walk and the left hand is turning into horse guards and then

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left, just before Admiralty arch, back into the Mall and the finish

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halfway along the Mall. We have our first attack of the race few hundred

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yards after the start. That is what we predicted, very exciting race. It

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is flat and fast and fast and does not lend itself to breakaways, but

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with the atmosphere, so many people cheering them on, I think the

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motivation of these riders to attack will be very high. Is there a change

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in professional women's cycling this you, we had the women's Tour in the

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UK in May, resounding success. Even more successful than the organisers

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figured it might be. And also with Marrianne Vos, La Course on the same

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afternoon as the finish of the Tour de France on the Shanxi Lee's a --

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Champs. Even the athletes were overwhelmed with the attention from

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the media and fans, very successful event, and a couple of weeks ago,

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the women's Tour de France event, La Course, another huge moment for

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women's cycling. The riders make the left-hand turn into horse guards

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Road. The team-mate of Marrianne Vos on the front, Roxanne Knetemann, she

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has a big task because Marrianne Vos has flown in with only one

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team-mate. The likes of Wiggle Honda have plenty of numbers today. Big

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task. Roxanne Knetemann moving to the fund. Saying we will take

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control from the start. If there is one rider who does not need help, it

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will be the world champion. She never turns up to a race just to

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make an appearance. You are right, they only have two but they have the

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ambition to win and Marianne Vos is still the one to beat. Everybody

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asking, how can we beat Marianne Vos? If she comes she wants to win.

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It is up to the teams to figure out a way to beat her. In the black

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jerseys with purple on, Sarah Storey and Katie Archibald leading the way

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for Pearl Izumi. Hayley Jones as well. A number of their riders

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prominence towards the front of the peloton. We were looking forward to

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seeing Katie Archibald today but she has had to withdraw, she had a

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wisdom tooth removed on Tuesday and has not been able to recover in time

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so not in condition to race today. Sarah Storey is there today,

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representing the Pearl Izumi sports Tours International team. Still

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settling down here in the early stages. Very busy day on the Mall,

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around 50,000 people taking part in the free cycle. Riders still coming

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through up to an hour before the start of this race. Wonderful

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atmosphere on the roads. If you live in London, quite something to be

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riding an empty roads, past the iconic sites. You were out? I got to

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experience that this morning, thousands of cyclists on closed

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roads, young kids, just families getting together and enjoying it.

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Personally it was quite an experience. I could not comprehend

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what it was but to get out there shoulder to shoulder with young

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children, families, listening to their conversations, it was quite a

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buzz. How will the top riders approach this? Is it slow and steady

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whittling down? I think it will be an exciting attacking race. It is

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quite calm at the moment. This race is quite short, it is fast and open

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and a lot of riders do not want a sprint because that is where

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Marianne Vos has the biggest advantage. It is all about trying to

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beat her now she has come here with purpose. We see her on the attack,

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very smart riding to take control and say, I am here to play the game.

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The race are now, Marianne Vos just a few minutes in, signalling her

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intent on this brief visit to London. Taking the race by the

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scruff of the neck and very quickly you will see its strings the race

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out. They will be in a long thin line behind her. Chasing the world

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champion. This is why she is so popular, she animates every single

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race. She won an La Course on the Champs a couple of weeks ago. She

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had to work very hard for that, she only just one, but then this weekend

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she won the World Cup in Germany, she is in good form. He has been

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racing in Holland in the criteriums. These are exciting

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riders, Lizzie Armitstead winning the Commonwealth Games road race a

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week ago. Armitstead just firing off the front, she was chased in media

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to lay by Nicola Juniper from Echelon Roto. Straight onto the

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wheel. Two of the three biggest names on the front in the first

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couple of laps. In the sunshine. A good move from Armitstead, she is

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here without any team-mate. Really brave thing at such a big race

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against really big teams, she just wants to have fun today. So is she

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just showing her face of the crowd can see her? She definitely wants to

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instigate something. Because she has outnumbered she wants a small group

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at the finish. Rather than in a big bunch by herself. This is Tiffany

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Cromwell for Specialized Lululemon. Also was in the com wrath games for

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Australia. Strong road rider, just missed out on a medal in Glasgow.

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Top ten finishes in classic races this year, ninth in the Tour of

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Flanders. Such a close friend for the bronze medal last week. She will

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be devastated. She asked to see the photo finish her she must have

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thought it was close. With the South African. She will be disappointed to

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have missed out. It was the right decision but only by millimetres.

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Such a close race. Considerably less than the width of a tie between the

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pair of them. Tiffany Cromwell from Australia. -- tyre. Wiggle Honda

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wants to close things down now the Laura Trott. I think that is United

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Healthcare. It looks like Hannah Barnes on the front two was the

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national circuit champion last year, just beaten on the line by Laura

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Trott in the sprint. Barnes Road for England in the Commonwealth Games

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last week and did a good job in the early part of the race, the first

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half in particular, marking some of the early moves on behalf of Lizzie

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Armitstead. Both she and Lucy Garner filled the role very well. Hannah

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Barnes dominated the domestic season and couple of years ago before she

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signed for United Healthcare in the states. There was a big question

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over whether she would make the transition from being dominant on

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the domestic scene to being a great international cyclist but the

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Commonwealth Games performance for Lizzie Armitstead has made people

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stand up and take notice. She has a huge future on the road. A very

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mature idea even though she is just 21, Hannah Barnes. A big year for

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her, based in the US, had a big win early season in Argentina. She has

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come on a bundle. A little breakaway group, now. That attack was not the

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show, because she has put pressure on people. She has split up the

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bunch, managed to pull it away. She looks like she has the national

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criterium Champion. Eileen Roe on her wheel, the 24-year-old from

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Fife, in the white jersey and Hannah Barnes in the blue and white in the

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centre. Great to see Hannah Barnes going on the attack, also because

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she is known as a sprinter and she is really applying the pressure.

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This is Eileen Roe, the national champion. There she is. Not fully

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committed to the move, having a look around to see who is there.

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Interesting, she gets to where the national champion's jersey because

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it is the criterium, rather than a road race, otherwise we would see

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Laura Trott, who recently won the national championship road race,

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wearing bee stripes. But Eileen Roe is doing the stripes proud. This

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race has come in a busy period. There is an important race in the

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winning's calendar as soon as tomorrow. The roots deep France

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starts tomorrow, so it might only be one crazy athlete, Georgia Bronzini,

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one of the best sprinters in the world, but the best Wiggle Honda

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sprinter, and she has come to race this evening. She needs to be in the

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car going over to France soon after the race we predict she will get

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there at 3am and will be on the start line at 11am. Georgia

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Bronzini, number four on her back today, one of the Wiggle Honda

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riders in the orange and black, the two times women's road race

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champion, in 2010 and 2011, back-to-back world champion. There

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is every chance she will figure prominently, the longer this goes

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on, as one of the key protagonists. It goes to show how important this

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race has become on the winning's calendar. Georgia Bronzini made

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history last year, winning six or seven stages straight of the route

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to France, which starts tomorrow, and she changed her calendar at the

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last minute to come over here, to either help Laura Trott defend the

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championship she won last year, or take on the sprint for Wiggle Honda

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herself. The riders, preparing to head back

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the mall, once again. Here they come, with 300 metres to go on the

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end of this latest lap. Controlling the pace. But an attack. Specialized

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Lululemon, one of the big teams in the race. She finished the Dureau

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this year, the American rider. -- the gyro. Specialized Lululemon, one

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of the strongest teams in women's cycling. The American rider, riding

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for Specialized Lululemon. A decent bunch, one or two beginning to drift

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off the back. There is Sarah Storey, and she will be riding the

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RideLondon 100, tomorrow morning. She is off to the world Road

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championship next week. She is out here, using this as preparation. She

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says she does not want to get too much in trouble in the bunch. She

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wants to set off the back or go off the front so we might see how have a

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go if the bunch sits up. We have certainly seen in the Grand Prix

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series this summer on the roads Britain that she has performed

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well, eighth overall. She finished second in the oddly Grand Prix

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recently to Lizzie Armitstead. Quite a turn of pace in this particular

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type of racing, as she does in most other types of racing, it must be

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said, Britain's most decorated female Paralympic athlete. She is

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not slowing down, so she is determined to break up the bunch and

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she is a real racer, very exciting to watch. Roxanne Knetemann is there

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with Marianne Vos, and she was the first to move towards the front of

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the race on the opening lap. Again, just showing her strength. This is

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the danger. Here comes the world champion again. Dangerous move, and

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the bunch as to respond. It is Georgia Bronzini's job to Mark

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Marianne Vos. She will be following Marianne Vos all day today, to make

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sure she takes the pressure off the likes of Laura Trott from Wiggle

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Honda. That is a dangerous move. Georgia Bronzini cannot close the

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gap. She cannot give up. She has to get there. That is a very strong

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attack from Marianne Vos. In an ideal world, what would Marianne Vos

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like at the end of the race? Would she like a small selection or is she

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bothered because she won a sprint at the Champs-Elysees and she has shown

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she can win from any situation? That is the thing about Marianne Vos, she

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can dictate the race. She has taken it into her own hands and she can

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control this race. She knows she can win on a small bag away or with a

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big peloton. She will be concerned that the likes of Wiggle Honda have

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strength in numbers at the finish so she is trying to tie around some

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legs and she will do that. If any of these riders have to chase down that

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kind of attack too many times, they will not have any legs left.

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Bronzini, there, in the black with orange trim and Eileen Roe up there

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as well, a couple of riders from Specialized Lululemon, but I saw

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that Hannah Barnes had responded to that moved by Marianne Vos. They

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come past us now and Hannah Barnes riding on the front with Lizzie

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Armitstead, followed by Bronzini, and Marianne Vos. I have to say,

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Hannah Barnes has really impressed me in the last couple of weeks. The

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ride at the Commonwealth Games was certainly oppressive, for Lizzie

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Armitstead and now she is setting the pace and putting pressure on

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other athletes in the peloton. Georgia Bronzini is a determined to

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stay on the wheel of Marianne Vos. I think this race is entering a new

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phase. Key riders are coming to the fore. You can see some faces being

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pulled by the riders. It is not easy out there. This is the damage

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Marianne Vos can do, when she decides she wants to make it a hard

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race, she certainly can do that. Beautiful pictures from the

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helicopter. What an iconic setting for this bike race. More attacks

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continue to come. Barnes has a little look and decide that it is

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another attack that she needs to follow, another move she needs to

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follow. That is the New Zealand criterium national champion, Emily

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Collins, riding for Wiggle Honda. She has decided she wanted to be a

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part of this, making the race card. She is not going to let Marianne Vos

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dictate the race. -- race hard. Collins was another rider involved

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in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, only last week. As the

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race heads along bird cage walk. A move now from Sarah Storey. One of

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the Pearl Izumi riders. We have not seen Laura Trott at the front yet

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but she is obviously sensing danger and wants to get amongst it.

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The peloton, now heading into horse guards Road. Like we said earlier,

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this course is very difficult to get away because you don't get out of

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Cyclery quickly. There are long straight, no real technical corners.

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It lends itself to a big bunch coming back together. It tended into

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a race that Joanna Rowsell would rather forget, last year, taking a

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heavy tumble on the back of the course. Wiggle Honda asked her to

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come again, and she said she was cursed with it, a bit of bad luck

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last year when she broke her collarbone so she was not confident

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lining up again. Jo Rowsell was fantastic in the Commonwealth Games,

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winding the -- winning the individual pursuit gold medal. They

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come towards the finish again, Emilia Fahlin, one of

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come towards the finish again, Honda riders, having a look around

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at the front of the peloton. Wiggle Honda represented by Emily Collins,

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and Emily Farland. -- Emily Farley and. I think that is... It is

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Harriet Owen, who makes a move. One of the domestic riders. Third in the

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Grand Prix series in pita bread, round two. She won the race in 2012.

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One of those who rock -- who rode in the women's Tour of Britain, a

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resounding success earlier this year and many of those out there today

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enjoys the first-ever women's Tour of Britain. Harriet Owen, also a

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world silver medallist at junior level, four years ago on the track.

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She got a silver in the scratch race. Tiffany Cromwell did a counter

:25:24.:25:31.

again. There was a question about whether she was riding for Lizzie

:25:32.:25:34.

Armitstead today because they really great friends and they train

:25:35.:25:38.

together in Monaco by Specialized Lululemon have a team so she will be

:25:39.:25:42.

riding for her team, and looking for a result for herself. As we said,

:25:43.:25:46.

Lizzie Armitstead is outnumbered. She's racing for herself, by

:25:47.:25:51.

herself, today. She is right up to the front of the peloton in the

:25:52.:25:54.

White helmets and she has the orange sleeves on her jersey. That is the

:25:55.:25:59.

thing with riding by yourself at a race like this, you can't gamble and

:26:00.:26:03.

sit at the back and let your team-mates cover the moves at the

:26:04.:26:06.

front, you have to ride at the front. She is good at doing that. We

:26:07.:26:10.

saw at the luck was that she marked every move. -- lap course. But she

:26:11.:26:18.

had an horrific accident at high speed in the last kilometre on the

:26:19.:26:23.

Champs-Elysees. Everyone's heart was missing a beat because it was only

:26:24.:26:26.

one week before the Commonwealth Games but she came back from it.

:26:27.:26:31.

Even mentally, to block that out. She's intra Mendis form and she is

:26:32.:26:34.

on the front, Lizzie Armitstead, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist on

:26:35.:26:38.

the road. As she says, this is a different kettle of fish, to the one

:26:39.:26:42.

she was victorious in, in Glasgow last week. Talking to her before the

:26:43.:26:46.

start, she said the thing is she needs to concentrate on the World

:26:47.:26:49.

Championships, which means after winning the Commonwealth Games last

:26:50.:26:52.

week. She needed to take four days off, to have a physical rest. But

:26:53.:26:58.

more importantly, she needed to have a mental rest. She has two big

:26:59.:27:02.

targets, the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships and she

:27:03.:27:05.

cannot afford to peak every weekend. She has to keep this race in

:27:06.:27:08.

perspective. It is easy to get carried away when you have Sony fans

:27:09.:27:12.

on the side of the road that you want to impress. She says she cannot

:27:13.:27:15.

be too hard on herself, she has to be relaxed and race the best she

:27:16.:27:20.

can, but stay focused on her two big targets. Here we go once again. Was

:27:21.:27:24.

that Emily Collins going through at the front, the New Zealander? We

:27:25.:27:29.

will see in a moment. Yes it is one of the Wiggle Honda riders, Collins.

:27:30.:27:34.

She is the New Zealand national champion in this particular

:27:35.:27:36.

discipline which is why her jersey is different to the likes of Laura

:27:37.:27:40.

Trott and Georgia Bronzini. Collins now riding on the front. She is

:27:41.:27:46.

being marked closely. She is a dangerous rider to let go. You can

:27:47.:27:49.

see Lizzie Armitstead's counterattack. She is going to set

:27:50.:27:53.

this race alight. She wants to be a part of it and animate the race and

:27:54.:27:58.

see what she can do. She wants it to break up because she does not want

:27:59.:28:01.

to be outnumbered by 50 women at the finish. She wants to be in a small

:28:02.:28:05.

group of six or seven so she can control the situation. The attacks

:28:06.:28:09.

coming thick and fast but we are nearly 21 minutes into the race and

:28:10.:28:12.

it is still a decent sized peloton, altogether on the road. --

:28:13.:28:20.

altogether. Bronzini had to work very hard when Marianne Vos did that

:28:21.:28:24.

attack. But she will be sitting in. She is the type of sprinter that

:28:25.:28:27.

does not want a particularly hard race, wants to get to the finish

:28:28.:28:31.

with fresh legs. Marianne Vos will know that, and she is the only rider

:28:32.:28:35.

who can take away the victory in the big bunch sprint. Georgia Bronzini

:28:36.:28:44.

as one win, at the Giro is a Marianne Vos does not want to go to

:28:45.:28:48.

the finish with her. A good work-out for Sarah seven, as we head back

:28:49.:28:55.

towards the front end of the race. Talking to Guy Elliott, one of the

:28:56.:28:58.

organisers of this fabulous event, who also organises the women's Tour,

:28:59.:29:05.

he said it was difficult to get Marianne Vos to come to this race

:29:06.:29:07.

simply because she had orally committed to training with 13 --

:29:08.:29:14.

already committed to training with her team in Belgium this morning.

:29:15.:29:18.

The organisers flew her here in a private jet. That is how important

:29:19.:29:22.

for women cycling it was that she was here. She has trained with her

:29:23.:29:25.

team in Belgium this morning and then got on a private jet and flew

:29:26.:29:29.

in. She arrived one hour before the start. It is great to see that kind

:29:30.:29:33.

of commitment. She wants to support the race and she has scheduled it,

:29:34.:29:41.

as difficult as it is, she is here. It was some race, the Olympics two

:29:42.:29:45.

years ago, awful weather conditions but in a way that added to the whole

:29:46.:29:50.

event, it was an exciting race and as we remember it came down to a

:29:51.:29:55.

sprint, splashing along The Mall, Lizzie Armitstead and Marianne Vos.

:29:56.:30:00.

Sarah Storey really doing a good turnout the front of the bunch.

:30:01.:30:04.

Great to see, she said before the start I do not want to finish this

:30:05.:30:09.

race, my ambition is to hurt myself so much that I am unable to finish.

:30:10.:30:18.

That is her ambition, inspiring. Looking at her face she is on the

:30:19.:30:23.

way. Interesting approach. She wants to use the crowd to lift herself and

:30:24.:30:30.

get that intense training session. She is emptying every ounce of power

:30:31.:30:36.

and energy she has. Great to see Sarah Storey on the front of the

:30:37.:30:41.

bunch, 23 minutes into this women's race. World champion in third place.

:30:42.:30:45.

Rebecca Rimmington from Merlin Cycles in second place. Few little

:30:46.:30:52.

groups of riders being spat out the back of the peloton. Laura Cheesman

:30:53.:31:00.

on the back at the moment. And there we are at the front of the race with

:31:01.:31:06.

Sarah Storey once more. Definitely in fine form going into the World

:31:07.:31:11.

Championship. Not easy to sit on this type of peloton and set a pace

:31:12.:31:16.

like that. How fabulous to see the pain she can enjoy. Fantastic season

:31:17.:31:21.

this year on the road, winning a time trial in France, just a month

:31:22.:31:27.

ago. Quite impressive to see her in the able-bodied competition winning

:31:28.:31:32.

races at international level. Marianne Vos in third place, the

:31:33.:31:36.

world champion looking comfortable. Not often we see her in trouble. I

:31:37.:31:42.

saw her under pressure at the women's Giro d'Italia this year when

:31:43.:31:46.

Emma Pooley went off the front and could have been riding into the

:31:47.:31:50.

jersey, Marianne Vos under pressure. She normally has a strong Rabobank

:31:51.:31:56.

team around Herbert she looks very comfortable today with only one

:31:57.:32:03.

macro team-mate. Dash around her but. She has done cyclo-cross,

:32:04.:32:10.

mountain biking, she wins the lot. Nikki Harris on the far side. She

:32:11.:32:15.

said she will describe this race as being" you might guess, Nikki

:32:16.:32:19.

Harris, she says it is like a cyclo-cross race. She is using it as

:32:20.:32:25.

preparation for her cyclo-cross season. When we look at Marianne

:32:26.:32:31.

Vos, we think OK, Marianne Vos and Nikki Harris our competitors in

:32:32.:32:35.

cyclo-cross and they are finding it very comfortable because it is their

:32:36.:32:40.

type of race. Good timing, we mentioned cyclo-cross and are seen

:32:41.:32:43.

as off-road was mentioned Nikki Harris went to the front. Easing off

:32:44.:32:48.

slightly, in the yellow and blue. Cromwell again, she never runs out

:32:49.:32:55.

of batteries, Energizer Bunny. Not the first time we have seen her at

:32:56.:32:59.

the front, Lizzie Armitstead riding on the front. This is a group of

:33:00.:33:05.

four favourites, five favourites, this could be dangerous. I do not

:33:06.:33:10.

think you will see any cooperation from the likes of Laura Trott.

:33:11.:33:16.

Hannah Barnes in blue and white. Laura Trott in orange and black, she

:33:17.:33:24.

is there. This is a good move for Wiggle Honda with Laura Trott and

:33:25.:33:27.

Collins. Marianne Vos has missed this. It will come back in all

:33:28.:33:35.

likelihood. It looks promising for a moment. Laura Trott on the front, as

:33:36.:33:41.

we head for the race, she was not in top form. Certainly physically in

:33:42.:33:44.

Glasgow she was unwell, but still found a way to win when it came to

:33:45.:33:48.

the women's points race on the track. It came down to the final

:33:49.:33:53.

sprint. She finished in the end of level on points with one of her

:33:54.:33:57.

team-mates, but took the gold medal on counts back. She was level with

:33:58.:34:04.

Elinor Barker, very exciting. To know where she had come from that

:34:05.:34:08.

week, Laura was very ill, not able to eat leading up to the event. She

:34:09.:34:13.

wanted the gold medal, she wanted the common wealth games title. She

:34:14.:34:18.

had to reach really deep. She managed it and that is the true

:34:19.:34:23.

championship is. Of course she was not a team-mate on Monday, Elinor

:34:24.:34:27.

Barker, riding for Wales. The team-mates the rest of the year.

:34:28.:34:32.

Elinor Barker had an excellent Commonwealth Games. Very unlucky in

:34:33.:34:36.

the points race. Still lots of riders in this peloton. Bronzini in

:34:37.:34:43.

second place at the moment. Stalker on the front, from Specialized

:34:44.:34:49.

Lululemon. They realise they have a bit of a break. Bronzini putting

:34:50.:34:55.

some pressure on the pedals. That is not like her unless it looks like a

:34:56.:34:59.

promising break Bert stalker must have put some daylight between the

:35:00.:35:03.

group and the peloton because that is the only reason Georgia Bronzini

:35:04.:35:08.

would be putting the pressure on. As you can see, Bronzini stringing the

:35:09.:35:15.

peloton out. In the back of her mind she knows she has to travel the

:35:16.:35:21.

night. Stage 1 in France and 11am tomorrow. It's the cold yesterday to

:35:22.:35:26.

travel from Italy. It goes to show how important a race like this is.

:35:27.:35:35.

Sarah Storey has done a big turnout the fund. Peter Mullins from

:35:36.:35:43.

Australia for Wiggle Honda. She was in the Congo games on the mountain

:35:44.:35:48.

bikes. -- Peta Mullins. -- Commonwealth Games. She was in the

:35:49.:35:56.

women's Tour of Britain in May. Very heavy road programme to prepare for

:35:57.:36:00.

the Commonwealth Games mountain bikes, very unfortunate she had

:36:01.:36:04.

mechanicals. She will have to focus for the World Championship mountain

:36:05.:36:08.

bike race. Back into the mall, nearly half an hour gone in this

:36:09.:36:16.

race. Like you said it will come down to a bunch sprint, it very

:36:17.:36:21.

difficult to get away, still a significant number of riders left in

:36:22.:36:26.

this race. They come up to the line one more time, the white jersey is

:36:27.:36:30.

the national circuit race champions jersey, Eileen Roe. The other rider

:36:31.:36:36.

we saw was Hannah Walker. In the purple and white. Very popular

:36:37.:36:41.

rider, she will probably want to show her face. Everybody knows her

:36:42.:36:46.

face from the Adidas advert, if you Google YouTube Adidas that is who

:36:47.:36:52.

you will say. Walker in the middle of the picture. -- you will see.

:36:53.:37:00.

This will come down to a bunch meant, couple of riders trying to

:37:01.:37:05.

stay out of the wind. As you can see, the leaves are moving around,

:37:06.:37:10.

quite breezy. These riders have a little gap. Riding around at the

:37:11.:37:20.

back of the peloton. Sarah Storey still tagging on the back. As they

:37:21.:37:26.

head now into bird cage walk once again. And despite various riders

:37:27.:37:34.

having a look it has been impossible so far for anyone to form the

:37:35.:37:40.

breakaway. This is a great move, digging really deep, you can see she

:37:41.:37:45.

has the Swedish National championship stripes on her sleeves.

:37:46.:37:51.

Emilia Fahlin. She still has the knot of wearing the Swedish National

:37:52.:37:57.

stripes. She rides a big gear, very strong rider. National champion on

:37:58.:38:02.

the road and in the road time trial. She has opened up a gap as you can

:38:03.:38:07.

see, the first of the race. Emilia Fahlin, the bits like Joanna

:38:08.:38:11.

Rowsell, once she gets gay going she keeps on going. She looks so strong.

:38:12.:38:17.

Definitely very strong rider, taking some motivation from seeing the gap

:38:18.:38:23.

behind her. Two lead riders behind her in the peloton in Laura Trott

:38:24.:38:27.

and Georgia Bronzini. This will be the end of her race. She will either

:38:28.:38:32.

stay away or end up pulling out but this is what Wiggle Honda wanted.

:38:33.:38:39.

Marianne Vos wanted this. She will have to take up the chase. Marianne

:38:40.:38:43.

Vos having to do all the work in the white jersey with the rainbow world

:38:44.:38:50.

champions jersey. Leading the chase. Emilia Fahlin potentially

:38:51.:38:54.

drawing some of the sting from the world champion, making her do some

:38:55.:38:59.

work. One of the other Wiggle Honda riders, Georgia Bronzini, on her

:39:00.:39:03.

wheel. This is a little group, Lizzie Armitstead chases the latest

:39:04.:39:09.

attack on the left-hand side of the screen, is that Tiffany Cromwell

:39:10.:39:13.

again? She is having a fantastic race. She thrives on crowds like

:39:14.:39:17.

this. She loves this type of atmosphere. One of her best friends,

:39:18.:39:23.

Lizzie Armitstead. They will be trying to do each other favours.

:39:24.:39:27.

Great move by Wiggle Honda and Amy Roberts now in that little

:39:28.:39:31.

breakaway. Not much of a gap. As you said hopefully that took a bit of a

:39:32.:39:36.

sting out of Marianne Vos so some other riders have a chance. In

:39:37.:39:40.

theory it should have but in reality it is very difficult to tire her

:39:41.:39:46.

legs. The gap is very small, the chase is on. Inside the last five

:39:47.:39:52.

laps of the race. They can really starts to put the hammer down as

:39:53.:39:55.

they know the end is in sight. Will it be cagey? Five laps to go, a lot

:39:56.:40:03.

of riders will want an opportunity but it has been a hard race because

:40:04.:40:08.

there has been a lot of attacking. Emily Collins once more, Marianne

:40:09.:40:14.

Vos onto her wheel. Eileen Roe tries to get onto the coat tails, British

:40:15.:40:17.

champion. Lizzie Armitstead up there again. In great form, she has had an

:40:18.:40:24.

excellent year for Boels Dolmans. You mention that she is leading the

:40:25.:40:28.

World Cup, but she has been strong throughout the year. As Specialized

:40:29.:40:34.

Lululemon come to the front. Tiffany Cromwell again, very popular rider.

:40:35.:40:39.

It is for this very reason, she never gives up. Amy Roberts, with

:40:40.:40:43.

her. In fantastic form. Amy is very young. Just really letting people

:40:44.:40:49.

know who she is. She was strong in the Commonwealth Games. I think she

:40:50.:40:55.

surprised a few people and she was in the race for longer than

:40:56.:41:00.

expected, not her type of the rain. Fantastic job. Keep an eye on Amy

:41:01.:41:05.

Roberts, 19 years of age. 13th in the road race last week in the end

:41:06.:41:10.

but third in the Grand Prix series this summer. She won the race in

:41:11.:41:15.

Vidic, she has form in this type of race. -- Redditch. Roxanne Knetemann

:41:16.:41:26.

on the front, very famous name, her father Jerry sadly no longer

:41:27.:41:32.

witness, former world champion, winning in 1978 at the Nurnberg

:41:33.:41:39.

ring. Much decorated Dutch cyclist. These cyclists being lapped,

:41:40.:41:45.

Knetemann feeling the pressure now, the only support rider for Marianne

:41:46.:41:48.

Vos, she will be up against the likes of Armitstead, Trott,

:41:49.:41:54.

Bronzini. Really exciting sprint. It looks like that is where we are

:41:55.:41:59.

heading, some of the backmarkers and they're being lapped. Armitstead on

:42:00.:42:06.

the right of Knetemann as we look. Tucked in and around two riders

:42:07.:42:10.

behind Armitstead. Out of sight at the moment the rainbow jersey of

:42:11.:42:14.

world champion Marianne Vos. She is the one they will all be looking for

:42:15.:42:20.

at the end of this race. A few nervous riders because of the size

:42:21.:42:24.

of this peloton. The likes of Marianne Vos and her team-mate

:42:25.:42:32.

Knetemann do not no wall of the local riders. Wiggle Honda covering

:42:33.:42:36.

that moves again. Another attack from the front of the peloton. Keira

:42:37.:42:46.

McVitty for WyndyMilla. WyndyMilla Reynolds. Launching that attack

:42:47.:42:53.

halfway down the Mall, swiftly closed down. Emily Collins in third

:42:54.:43:00.

place in the black and white. Fifth in line is Lizzie Armitstead. These

:43:01.:43:05.

riders will be taking deep breaths, Emily Collins applying the pressure.

:43:06.:43:10.

She wants to make it hard in the spring. She has the Lululemon team,

:43:11.:43:16.

bit of a tongue twister. Specialized Lululemon, one of the strongest

:43:17.:43:20.

teams in the world, they have covered that move of Emily Collins.

:43:21.:43:25.

Who should we be looking for from the Specialized Lululemon seen in a

:43:26.:43:29.

sprint? If it comes down to the sprint they have not got much of a

:43:30.:43:34.

chance which is why they are working so hard. Tiffany Cromwell is quite

:43:35.:43:38.

asked herself. As you see she has done a lot of work in this race.

:43:39.:43:42.

They have played their cards of trying to get the breakaway but it

:43:43.:43:45.

has not worked, it will be difficult for them to finish on the podium.

:43:46.:43:51.

Marianne Vos won the women's Tour here in May, she also won three

:43:52.:43:54.

stages of the race. Very dominant performance. Lizzie Armitstead

:43:55.:44:00.

feeling unwell going into the final day, unable to finish the race. As

:44:01.:44:04.

we mentioned she has had an excellent season. And here we go,

:44:05.:44:09.

Wiggle Honda on the attack. It will be an exciting finish, it has to be

:44:10.:44:14.

Marianne Vos closing everything down, clear indication she wants to

:44:15.:44:19.

win this race. She is taking everything into her own hands. She

:44:20.:44:24.

will cover every single move. Quite capable of doing that and still

:44:25.:44:27.

winning the sprint, that is why she has been named as the most

:44:28.:44:31.

successful and talented women cyclist in the history of women's

:44:32.:44:37.

cycling. At the moment for Wiggle Honda? I think that is the Swedish

:44:38.:44:42.

national champion. Emilia Fahlin, she has had a great race covering

:44:43.:44:46.

things. Roberts coming into the picture now. That is the rider in

:44:47.:44:53.

the purple. An attack from Amy Roberts as we were speaking about

:44:54.:44:57.

her, it is a really good move. We have not seen that much of a gap

:44:58.:45:01.

today. Very swift move from Amy Roberts. Just opening up a little

:45:02.:45:10.

bit of a gap here. Some hesitation behind saying she will have to carry

:45:11.:45:18.

on with this. She Has Got One Of The Stronger Teams Here. They Are Taking

:45:19.:45:21.

Matters Into Their Own Hands But There Is A Bit Of Hesitation In The

:45:22.:45:29.

Peloton. A Couple Of Riders, There, Hannah Ormesher. Marianne Vos Has

:45:30.:45:40.

Had To Take Up The Case Again, because she is the favourite. It

:45:41.:45:44.

can't be easy when everyone is expecting you to win every time you

:45:45.:45:49.

sit on your bike but she delivers, time and again. She is right in the

:45:50.:45:54.

thick of it, as expected. Lizzie Armitstead, right on Marianne Vos'

:45:55.:45:59.

wheel. The world champion, just closing down the gap to the front

:46:00.:46:03.

with the Lizzie Armitstead in third place. It looked as though it might

:46:04.:46:07.

be Bronzini and forth, just behind Armitstead. I am sure it is the

:46:08.:46:11.

Italian who should not be discounted yet at the race. She finished 11th

:46:12.:46:15.

in the spread in the Champs-Elysees. Not a particularly

:46:16.:46:20.

good they could Georgia Bronzini, then, it was one of her targets but

:46:21.:46:26.

she got through the Jared Italia and decided to have a break -- the Giro

:46:27.:46:32.

d'Italia decided to have a break. Emily Collins, again, here, who has

:46:33.:46:36.

been very active today. Collins, really digging in on the front.

:46:37.:46:43.

Pushing, driving on. She is such a small rider but so strong on the

:46:44.:46:47.

flat. She is very handy in the sprint as well but she won't be

:46:48.:46:50.

thinking about that today. She's just trying to put pressure on

:46:51.:46:54.

Marianne Vos to set it up to Laura Trott or Georgia Bronzini. A small

:46:55.:46:58.

rider Budgie has a decent. Emily Collins won a classic last year, a

:46:59.:47:07.

big race on the women's calendar. -- but she has a big engine. She has

:47:08.:47:13.

had a painting schedule since last weekend at the Commonwealth Games,

:47:14.:47:16.

back home and then back here on Friday, so a hectic travel schedule

:47:17.:47:20.

between the two races in Glasgow and here in London. It is looking a bit

:47:21.:47:25.

late for anyone to make a move and get away. Tiffany Cromwell will not

:47:26.:47:30.

give up yet. On the right of your screen, Emilia Fahlin, these former

:47:31.:47:35.

Swedish national champion, putting pressure and Tiffany Cromwell from

:47:36.:47:39.

Specialized Lululemon tried to come across. The Swede and the Australian

:47:40.:47:42.

and I think we have just seen Lizzie Armitstead jump out of the pack.

:47:43.:47:47.

Maybe now the race will break up a bit. You can see Emilia Fahlin is

:47:48.:47:49.

going right into the red, making this move. She does turn a big ear

:47:50.:47:54.

as she comes out of the corner. Anyone would have said the last time

:47:55.:47:59.

she made the move that it was the end of her for today Budgie has back

:48:00.:48:03.

to do it again. Roxanne Knetemann coming across. This could be a break

:48:04.:48:12.

break. It is the Rabo-Liv rider we were not expecting at the front of

:48:13.:48:16.

it there, now, Emilia Fahlin leading the way with Roxanne Knetemann and

:48:17.:48:18.

also Tiffany Cromwell and then leading the rest of them over the

:48:19.:48:22.

line, Nicola Juniper. Hannah Barnes did a lot of work to bring that back

:48:23.:48:26.

but did not really close the gap. They still have a bit of a gap and a

:48:27.:48:30.

bit of hesitation but Tiffany Cromwell is not stopping today.

:48:31.:48:34.

Cromwell, not interested in sitting up. She will continue with the move

:48:35.:48:38.

now she realises that it looks as though they will come back together.

:48:39.:48:42.

Emilia Fahlin, just easing off on the front of the race. It looks like

:48:43.:48:48.

there was a bit of confusion. They thought they had been caught but

:48:49.:48:52.

then they realised the peloton was going to leave them for a bit

:48:53.:48:56.

longer. Tiffany Cromwell says, "I have come too far now, I have two

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MTV tank". Cromwell did not need asking twice but they are

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freewheeling and looking around so it looks as though the breakaway

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will not gain any time. Sarah Storey come on the left of the screen. She

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has done a great job to hang on. It has been a very hard race because

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they have not sat up and taking a breather much. It looks like Hannah

:49:17.:49:21.

Barnes has taken up a lot of the responsibility to bring back the

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chasing pack. This is Roxanne Knetemann in the orange and white,

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and in the black-and-white, in the centre, Tiffany Cromwell but with

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the peloton coming back together, Cromwell will need a good half a

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minute to get her breath back before she launches yet another attack,

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knowing her. Lizzie Armitstead, very vigilant towards the front and here

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comes another attack on the inside. One of the riders from Matrix,

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swiftly chased down. Marianne Vos is in third place now. She does an

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amazing job to get a self-imposed after she has been under a bit of

:50:07.:50:09.

pressure. She would have taken a few deep breaths and getting closer to

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the finish will be inspiring and motivating for her. She is heavily

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marked by Georgia Bronzini. Can Bronzini take the victory? Marianne

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Vos is the clear favourite and everyone will be surprised if she

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gets beaten. A lot of looking around. Emily Collins applying more

:50:26.:50:33.

pressure. Their areas a fair gap. -- there is a fair gap. She has got

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something left after a very hard race Budgie has made a good move.

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Marianne Vos is looking around and you can't afford to do that. She has

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decided to take up the chase once again. Here we come, now, from Horse

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Guards Parade, into the mall, once more and it is Emily Collins leading

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the way. -- into The Mall. Collins leading the way and Marianne Vos

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stalking her every move, Bronzini on how will and Armitstead in fourth

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place and it looks like Laura Trott is perhaps in fifth place. We have

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not seen much of her today. She might have something left in the

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legs. Emily Collins, Marianne Vos, Bronzini. What a final lap this is

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going to be, as they take the bell. We have seen the favourites doing

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all the work all the big names but will we see one of the riders we

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have not seen yet on podium? Peta Mullins, the Australian mountain

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bike rider, having one last little bit. What a turn of pace from Peta

:51:33.:51:38.

Mullins as she heads towards Buckingham Palace, getting ready to

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make the left-hand turn in front of the Fountain, just gaining a bit of

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ground, which is foreshortened slightly by the camera angle but

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there can be no more than a couple of seconds in it at most. Roxanne

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Knetemann leads the chase. She is working so hard for her team leader,

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the only other rider from her team here today, Marianne Vos. Lizzie

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Armitstead has looked comfortable in this race, I have to say, all the

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way through. She showed her face at the front early on and any time

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anyone has made a move, she has been there or thereabouts without having

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to do too much work. This is an exciting finish. These are the best

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riders in the world, coming over to the UK for this race. This could be

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taking place anywhere in the world because all the big names are at the

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front. Peta Mullins with a strong attack. She is managing to hold the

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pace. We have seen and other Wiggle Honda rider, Amy Roberts. The

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19-year-old from Wales, now the front of the race, in the very last

:52:37.:52:42.

lap of the Prix. She has still got to hitch up the leg of her shorts.

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She has got something there, just in case. But Wiggle Honda, definitely

:52:49.:52:52.

putting pressure on the likes of Marianne Vos and Roxanne Knetemann.

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Lizzie Armitstead is getting the free ride, being very patient. What

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a sprint this is likely to be as they head towards The Mall. Amy

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Roberts leading the way. Not much in it. Inside the last kilometre of the

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race. She is going to give it everything she has possibly got. You

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can see Marianne Vos' team-mate on the front, Roxanne Knetemann, who

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came here with a very big task and she is doing everything she can for

:53:20.:53:23.

her team-mate, to set her up. Marianne Vos can probably win from

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here. She has to be the clear favourite. Amy Roberts on the front

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and Roxanne Knetemann leading the way, the British National circuit

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race champion Eileen Roe is still there, and Tiffany Cromwell and

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Lizzie Armitstead in third place. Bronzini, the Italian, now, as they

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come into the finishing straight. Amy Roberts is dying a thousand

:53:44.:53:47.

deaths in the lead as they chase her down. Eileen Roe makes the move past

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Roberts. Coming to the centre is Lizzie Armitstead but here comes the

:53:52.:53:55.

world champion, Marianne Vos hits the front! Bronzini tries to follow

:53:56.:53:59.

her on the wheel, Eileen Roe in third, Armitstead in fourth at the

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moment and here they come, Bronzini leading the way to the line! It was

:54:03.:54:08.

such a close finish! Georgia Bronzini, from Italy, the Wiggle

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Honda rider, in a photo finish with Marianne Vos, the world champion, as

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they came hurtling down The Mall. What a sprint for the line. That was

:54:19.:54:22.

an unbelievable sprint. Ron Deeney left a late run -- Bronzini left. It

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was so close, a photo finish. We have to find out -- to wait to find

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out who has taken the RideLondon Grand Prix 2014. It looked like

:54:36.:54:39.

Georgia Bronzini to me, not by much but I think the Italian has snatched

:54:40.:54:43.

victory. We will wait for the replay. There is Georgia Bronzini,

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twice the world road race champion, who was watching the moves all the

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way. She was sticking on Marianne Vos' wheel and she made her move at

:54:52.:54:55.

the right time. That was Eileen Roe on the left-hand side. Chase down

:54:56.:55:00.

immediately by Marianne Vos and Lizzie Armitstead is in the orange

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with the black stripe in the middle. Georgia Bronzini, has she got the

:55:04.:55:08.

legs to overhaul Marianne Vos? She certainly had the speed at the vital

:55:09.:55:13.

moment of the sprint, as they came over the line. Georgia Bronzini

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takes the victory by half a bike length. That is a stunning victory.

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Here we go again. Marianne Vos, when she normally hits the front, that is

:55:22.:55:26.

the last that anyone sees of her. But Georgia Bronzini, with one stage

:55:27.:55:30.

win in the Giro d'Italia this year, winds in London. For her, that was a

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spectacular success. Her sprint was timed to perfection. She was some

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distance back but it was all about the timing of the sprint and the

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timing for her was absolutely right. It is not very often we see the

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world champion beaten but we have seen her beaten here today, not by

:55:48.:55:52.

much but a Google bit was enough. Georgia Bronzini, the double world

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champion, is the winner, and Marianne Vos takes second place, and

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Lizzie Armitstead over the line in third, with Eileen Roe in fourth,

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and Laura Trott in fifth place. Just waiting for official confirmation of

:56:07.:56:07.

the result. Tiffany Cromwell attacked so many

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times, was still involved in this print at the end. -- in the sprint.

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I think we can go down to the roadside, with Jill Douglas, who has

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got the winner. Just waving to the crowds and that

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was a beautifully timed sprint. It was an amazing race and I'm really

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excited because the last time I was here was the Olympic Games and I was

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a bit unlucky in that race and the day, I really wanted to win in this

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beautiful city. They have welcomed us. I really wanted it. A very

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aggressive race right from the beginning but the team worked very

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hard. I asked my team to show how women's cycling is. We often power.

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-- we are full of power and we have nothing less than the men. It was a

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beautiful show for the people. There was some amazing chasing. It was

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really beautiful. You have taken a couple of big scalps today. Yes,

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sure. Enjoy it, thank you for joining us.

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Brilliant performance from Georgia Bronzini add a happy team manager

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alongside me. She said she was full of power, like a man. What an

:57:41.:57:45.

amazing ride. It was phenomenal, she had to rely on her Wiggle Honda

:57:46.:57:47.

team-mates and we saw a very professional race. The way it played

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out, they had to put Marianne Vos under pressure and every Wiggle

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Honda rider had to ride at their peak. They peaked for this race, a

:57:56.:57:58.

very important race on our calendar, being British based. To manage to

:57:59.:58:05.

win today's fabulous. A long journey for her tomorrow, well, today. She

:58:06.:58:09.

is under pressure to be out of here in the next half-hour because she

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has to get to a remote place in France will be start of the route.

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She will travel in her hotel at -- to be at her hotel at 4am and she

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will be on the start line at 11am. We are back tomorrow, with

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RideLondon. Look out for Sir Bradley Wiggins and Philip Gilbert in the

:58:30.:58:33.

men's race. But that is it from The Mall where Marianne Vos, the

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greatest women's cyclist ever was just pipped by Georgia Bronzini. We

:58:38.:58:40.

will see you tomorrow. Thank you for your company. Goodbye.

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