RideLondon Classique Cycling

The Mall in central London has played host to some spectacular

events this summer. This weekend, Buckingham Palace is at the heart of

what's billed as the world's greatest festival of cycling.

Tonight, the main feature is the RaboLiv an elite women's circuit

race with a route that takes in some of the capital's most iconic sites.

The race in its fourth year is a UCI World Tour event. The prize pot of

100,000 euros is the biggest offered for the women's one day race.

Alongside me is Rochelle Gilmore former Commonwealth Champion and

manager of a successful team. A lovely day. I was out there on the

Cycle it has free Been fantastic. It's a 's a WorldTour event. What

does that mean for the riders? More pressure and global interest as

well. The main thing that impacts the riders is points are on offer

for their world rankings. That is important to the value of the rider

and team. The WorldTour status adds a lot to this event. Many familiar

faces are preparing for Rio. There are big names this race from the

British point of view? Absolutely. There are a lot of athletes,

international athletes, who are going to Rio tomorrow Ormond. The

British athletes with we have Hannah Barnes. She will be one to watch.

Sarah storey is using this as preparation. Danny King is on the

road with something to prove -- Dani? She had a tough couple of

months not making the selection for the radio in Rio. That was a big

ambition for her. This race means a lot to her. She wants to do and she

will give it her best tonight. She has been a great are are of the

track. Another international star of the track in the Velodrome come Rio

is a Kirsten? She won in Yorkshire and she loves this race. She is

training for Rio. This course is really going to suit her. She will

be extremely difficult to beat if it comes down to a bunch sprint. Who is

your money on? It will be Chloe Hosking, who is on

fine form. We will leave it there. The race is underway. On the start

line our reporter Tim caught up with one or two of the British riders.

Welcome to The Mall. You must be excited to be racing in London?

Epic. Her Majesty's house is at the end. It brings gooses bumps back

from four years ago. How does it prepare you for Rio? It's a flat

race. Rio will be hilly. The speed will be immense. My last big race on

the road iechl' excited to give it a good crack. Est about of luck out

there. Let's go. Let us see if we can grab Dan. How are you feeling?

Are you excited? Really excited. Amazing to race here in London. It

will be a fast, furious race. I can't wait. Best of luck out there.

Thank you. Enjoy it. Thank you. We have a quick word here, if we can,

Hannah, can we dive in. You must be pretty proud to be rocking the

British jersey? It's great. To be wearing the jersey here is really

special. Look where we are. To do a show for everyone who is here to

support us. Plans for the race? I can't tell. It will be a brunch

sprint. It is windy. It will come down to a sprint, like it normally

does. Best of They are out luck. There. We will get to the action

now. Rochelle is in the commentary box to join Simon Brotherton who can

talk us through the new and extended course for 2016. The Classique

starts and finishes here on The Mall. The riders head towards

Buckingham Palace at the start of the 12 lapse before bearing right

and heading up Constitution Hill. The peloton turns before reaching

Hide Park Korn corner they race down the op side of the road with the

Palace on their right hand side. Then Birdcage Walk, a long, flat

wide expanse of road as they head towards Big Ben and Parliament

Square. Then left onto Whitehall, past the Cenotaph, Downing Street

and Horse Guards Parade and main of central London's iconic sites. Right

at Trafalgar Square on to the Strand, a U-turn before Aldwych.

There starts the run into the finish via St Martin in the Fields,

Trafalgar Square through Admiralty Arch, 500 meters to go to the

finishing line right here on The Mall. There is every chance it will

be a sprint as well. Lovely evening for a bike race. The weather

improving all the time. Here are some of the riders to look out for:

among them is Hannah BP arnes. Kirsten Wild. Chloe Hosking won last

week. Lotta Lepisto was second in Paris a week ago. Some of the names

to look out for from today's field. Let us join live particular tours.

Allen made a break on the front from Orica. We are on the finishing line

here. Rochelle Gilmore is with me. Someone has made a break away. There

is a gap here. The unrelenting pace has made it impossible so far? A

great bike ride by Allen. Orica have fast riders, not sprinters. Not as

fast as some of the top sprinters. Allen has been in Europe a couple of

weeks joining Orica mid season. She comes from the domestic team in

Australia and has got a professional contract with Orica and is making

her mark at this race. The Dutch rider let the strungout peloton

across the line. The nature of this course make it is very difficult for

a rider to get away and to stay away. One of the tactics we are

seeing today, Rochelle, which we see in women's racing, riders accelerate

and try to draw the sting from the others to force them to chase, to

keep the pace high? I have to say this race has been on from the

start. There have been teams who wanted to attack. One that stands

out to me wanting to make a graebg break away. This is the richest ever

one-day women's Michael race, 100,000 euros in total the prize

fund. Parity with the men. A major break. It's a landmark day for

women's cycling, isn't it? Athletes are appreciative of this race, to

have that prize money, they want to race. Allen is trying to hold them

off. You can see how hard the riders are,ing behind to p it off. It's

fast race. It's difficult for the break aways to stay away. The

RaboLiv is the squad of Voss, not racing today, her team-mates are.

High class across the board squad they are. Lucinda Brand took the

first. Three sprints along the way. 1,000 euros for the first rider over

the line, 500 for second, 300 to third. Lucinda Brand was first on

sprint number one. She was third on sprint number two as well. It does

seem as if the RaboLiv are quite keen on taking as many of the creams

they can. Aalong the way? They are aggressive and want to race hard and

create the race rather than sit back and wait for it happen. They have

been active in the first race. There is a rider there from Wiggle High5.

The peloton is getting tired. It's not a planned out chase at the

moment. One rider here and there from different teams, getting to the

front and having a bit of a go. We are watching a wearing down process

here. You see now rider of Hitec Products. The standout favourite for

the day. Her team are anxious. They want to close it down. A big threat

from Pieters. Up to the front of the peloton when they came down The Mall

a few minutes ago. That is Ingrid Drexel. She was involved in a break

earlier on in the race. It didn't manage to gain any real traction.

Certainly, Pieters strong at this stage. There is confirmation of the

three riders at the head of the race. This is a sprint lap year.

Allen letting Pieters slip in on the second wheel. She wants a rest. That

is common courtesy. If a rider is out there and you catch them you let

them miss a turn. I'm sure Allen will want to punch through for a few

turns am she is a gutsy rider. Young and raw to the sport in Europe. She

will have a go. She's not scared of failure. She will get out there and

lay it all on the If they work line. Together will she be glad of the

company? She will be pleased the riders came across. That is more of

a chance to stay away. A small chance. Kirsten Wild has called a

few of her riders to the front to bring this gap closer. They may not

want to bring it back immediately. They will want to keep it in reach.

Tens of thousands of people have been out riding on closed roads in

the centre of London today, including yourself this morning on

the Freeride? That is right. That was me. I have done it for a couple

of years. It's something I look forward to this morning. Seeing the

children loving being on closed roads much they love being

surrounded by people. Telling people to move out of the way, I'm coming

through. Move over, mum, #3406 over dad. Great experience for me. I love

being amongst all the people doing the Freecycle. 60,000 people.

Something like that on the streets of London today. Finally, they

closed the roads off inn even to those cyclist an hour before this

race. The Women's World Tour much Nelson's Collum out of your so the

on the left hand side. Past Charing Cross station any moment there. On

the right. The thr riders have a small lead. They are hanging on to

it at the moment. Small being the operative word. Coming back quickly

much they were three strong riders having a go. It proves how difficult

it is on this course to stay away. The peloton is packed through of

sprinters. Most of the teams have an interest in closing down all of

these breaks. Certainly, if that's the case, they is have managed to do

so well in this race. There has been a great intensity about the racing

here. Little in terms of Yeoing back in forward off the front of the

peloton. As Rochelle was saying, many of these attempted break aways

have been reeled in. So many have a vested interest in making it a

sprint at the end of this race. A good number of riders not here

because of the Olympic Games next week. Weekend. The women's road race

a week today. In a week's time we will be watching the women's road

race in Rio. What a race it promises to be. As an Australian, I'm not

sure how interested you would be. Lizzie one of the favourites for the

Gold medal? I'm excited about that road raise. Lizzie has been the

strongest all round female cyclist. The Olympics is one day. It's

dependent on your team. Dependent on luck and being in the right move.

It's one day in four years you have to get everything completely right.

A very tough course next weekend for the riders in the Olympic Games.

Tougher than you would normally expect. Not necessarily perfect for

Lizzie. She can do it. Not per folk for her. It's my opinion it's not a

course with her name on it. She is capable of winning the bike race.

One of the smartest bike riders I have ever seen the way she races.

She is capable of the win in Rio. It will be exciting to see one of the

best riders win on the day. I'm excited about the race. Sglp we have

a sprint on our hands here as they come up towards the line. Rattling

down The Mall 300 immediate meters to go. The race strung out. It's a

good sign of the pressure and the speed there. The riders hurtle up

towards our commentary position here.

With money on the line. One of the sprints coming up here, you can see

how keenly contested it is as well. And very, very close as they came

over the line. It looks as though Sara Roy from Orica AIS put in a

late lunch to the front. It was. Certainly seeing a good race from

Orica AIS. Sara Roy has been named as their sprinter for today so it's

interesting to see there, she is using energy to go for an

intermediate sprint. Sometimes athletes will do that to test their

legs and see how they are feeling. Orica AIS are here for Sara Roy in

the spring. Talking about Lucinda Brand as well, scoring points and

money in the first, and she was second in that one as well. Sara Roy

first over the line. Lucinda Brand second. Lotta Lepisto was third.

There is the third. We should keep an eye on Lotta Lepisto as well if

it comes down to a sprint in the end. Absolutely, she's had fantastic

results recently, she hasn't pulled off the big win but we have seen her

before, in Paris last weekend she finished second which was fantastic.

Chloe Hosking, the winner, is in this race. One of the most powerful

sprinters in the women's peloton. Some have been very focused on the

track for the Olympics. Interesting that she can derive London. We see

that she means business. -- came to write. She is staying in a good

position and looks super comfortable. Some people who follow

women's cycling or watch the women's Tour from the roadside earlier this

summer may remember Lotta Lepisto, if they think the name sounds

familiar, she won one of the stages into catering. She certainly did,

the last stage, in very good form. And that was one of the hardest

races. Athletes described it as one of the hardest they have done this

year. The breakaway on the last day means you must be pretty fit and in

good condition. The women's Tour last over several days seems to have

firmly established itself very quickly in terms of status within

the calendar when you look at this year as a whole. It is incredible to

see this race and how it is run and how many spectators and fans get

behind it and follow it. It has only been in the list and is for three

years but it is one of the most efficiently run teams. Great prize

money, great organisation, and the athletes really respect the efforts

to put a race on the calendar that is as professional as the men's.

Still a pretty big peloton we've got out there, and they've been out on

the road now for over an hour. Like I was mentioned to you before, on a

course like this, even as an unfit sprinter like myself, if I was to

jump in there, I would not say it is easy because you would be hurting

like crazy, but you would be able to hang on. That's why we see the

peloton is still very large. There's a massive difference between being

at the front and hanging the back. Being on the front, doing turns,

taking team-mates from the back to the front. There is a big difference

between being active and just hanging on. Is this race a major

step forward from the first three years when it was a circuit race

around St James's Park? Absolutely, now it is globally recognised.

Especially within the cycling world it is a respected race. Everybody

talks about it the whole season because of the prize money. Very

significant for these athletes who might not have as big salaries as

the men, obviously. This kind of prize money makes a big difference

to their season. It's the biggest race by a mile, financially? Yes,

Yorkshire was quite big but London came up with a lot more money, so

this is the richest women's one-day race in the world for cycling.

Peloton with three laps to go over the line, still very much together

if a little strung out. Do you think this will be the pattern from here

to the end? Do you feel there will be riders desperate to chance their

arm and catch somebody asleep? I think there will be some. There will

be some late attacks from some riders but it will be difficult for

them to stay away. Most riders will have tired legs. These sprint teams

have very strongly doubt trains as well. Coming into the last two or

three laps, a lot of things will be closed down by the sprinters teams

which is the majority of the peloton. It will be difficult for a

strong rider to get away. We've seen strong riders like Lucinda Brand

been very active, not sitting back and waiting for the one last move.

The team of Kersten wheeled sending some up to the front, who won

detoured Yorkshire earlier this year, ending in a big sprint. And

she would probably be the standout favourite, certainly one of the top

two or three if it comes down to a sprint in most people's eyes. She

has certainly won a lot of bike races and this year she has focused

on the track. She's a sprinter that when she targets a race like this

one, it's very important to her. She does not line up unless she's really

switched on, and she knows she's got the form to take the win. Like we

said, in a sprint, there's a lot of sprinters in this peloton. We have

not seen Chloe Hosking at this level before in her year. She has really

lifted her level best year. What is the big difference for somebody like

Chloe Hosking who won the big race, in Paris, and to have some big wins

actor back in recent years. She not a new rider, she's been around a

long time. Is it confidence? Is it just mental development? Or is it

opportunity? Chloe Hosking is only 25. She's been around for a very

long time but she's done her time on proteins as a domestique. When she

first came into the Wiggle High5 team she spent a year in the lead

out train. Now this year with those athletes having other focuses she's

had more opportunities. And she's not only taken those opportunities,

she's taken in fine style. She's showing that she's super fast,

powerful and a lot of people are talking about her for the victory in

at the World Championships. -- the victory in Qatar. The peloton are

all still together in this, the 13th event of the women's World Tour of

the season, as they come through Admiralty Arch, and they will see

the finishing line in front of them. We have not seen too much about

Cromwell from Canyon SDRAM racing, she could be one to watch for the

finish. Team-mate of Hannah Barnes. So her job will probably be leading

out Hannah Barnes, that's what normally happens when you are racing

on home ground with two riders of the same level. Tiffany Cromwell we

can see her just on the left of the screen. Looks like a black and pink

jersey, black jersey with the pink stripes across it almost by midweek,

middle your picture now. Hannah Barnes, the British National Road

race champion, to let you know, she is in a white jersey with a single

red and blue band around the chest, the national champion Sio jersey.

She will be there or thereabouts, one assumes, should it come down to

a sprint. Big wide boulevards for these riders, plenty of room for the

peloton to get through, not too tight and technical for them.

Certainly not like those races they are used to in Italy and Belgium on

those super narrow roads. They will love this surface and this course

being so fast. They race last weekend on novels, a bit steadily

for the legs. Something about this kind of surface and this time of

evening, it feels superfast. Clearly not as slippery as those cobbles in

Paris on the Champs-Elysees. Yes, we saw crash after crash last year. The

Ale' Cipollini squad with the yellow jerseys, they've got two or three

options, haven't they? Two or three fast finishers among their six.

There is Hannah Barnes in the white jersey on the second row at the

moment. You also see any kingdom into the front just behind the

motorbike, moving to the middle-of-the-road. She really wants

to take control for her team-mates -- you also see Danielle King. She

will look for an opportunity for a late break but if she does not feel

the moment is right she will be their 100% for her sprinter Chloe

Hosking. No doubt having missed out on Olympic selection she would be

more than delighted to remind everybody off her great ability on

two wheels today. Absolutely. I've just been amazed at how she has

handled the mental stress that comes with doing everything you possibly

can all year, and she ticked a lot of boxes. She actually impressed not

only everyone around her but also herself this year. She's really

achieved more than we expected. But unfortunately it wasn't enough and

that's been quite difficult for her, at she's dealt with it in a positive

way. She must be somebody who is very passionate and loves her sport

otherwise you would not get out their race after race since the

selection was made. She loves to race and she's got a heavy calendar

between now and the end of the season. For many viewers who just

watch cycling occasionally, they will perhaps remember her as part of

the team pursuit squad with Laura Trott winning the gold medal in

London four years ago. She is an Olympic gold medallist but

concentrating much more on the road these days and she has had

considerable success, particularly this season. Well, absolutely. Being

on the inside of the team she writes for I'm able to see how hard she

works. Others may not see that, but she has really risen to the occasion

of a top women's team on the road very quickly, faster than we thought

she would make the progression from track to road. She's definitely

amongst the top 20 cyclists in the world and she's always there, always

in the top ten, always willing to give 100% for her team-mates. On lap

ten of 12, here. As the riders had down bird cage Walk. The latest to

chance her arm and try to get some freedom off the front has a go,

disappearing among the trees. I imagine it's a lead that will not

last long, but it opens up a bit as they head down towards Parliament

Square. You can see Danielle King making the move we spoke about,

wanting to close this town, responding to all the moves. It will

be her back closes this one down. Looks like she might be working 100%

for her sprinter, she's doing the bulk of the work, riding on the

front and taking the wind. Not setting herself up for a fresh

attack. It may be that Chloe Hosking is feeling good. It will be

interesting to see quite how fast Chloe Hosking is in a straight drag

race against some of the others. Last year 's winner is not in the

field, and that helps a little. But there are many others. That was a

top sprinter that won here last year, she had a heavy fall in Paris

last week and has broken her elbow. So unfortunately she is out this

year. But the favourites like Chloe Hosking, Leah Kirchmann, we will see

Hannah Barnes up there, Orica AIS with Sarah Roy, some really strong

riders. You can see the Wiggle High5 rider coming into your screen just

now. You can see when an athlete reaches for the radio, that means

she wants communication with her athletes, she may want more support

at the front. Lucy Garner and Amy Pieters are behind, she may want

them in front for some confidence. Cervelo Bigler coming up to the

front as well. Lotta Lepisto looking good. You can see the team on the

right of your screen, they look like they are setting it up for Leah

Kirchmann, and they have got seriously strongly doubt train, one,

two, three, four, five. So that the team with it together -- serious

lead out train. We've been talking about Chloe Hosking for Wiggle

High5, how about Lucy Garner? She's also a fast finisher. Certainly a

very fast finisher. Second to custom them feel that the Torah of

Yorkshire this year and she's another that's coming to a very

strong team with limited opportunities but we do know that

she superfast. She's an outside chance for the world as well, riding

with Lizzie Armitstead. She may go as a support rider. But when Lucy

Garner has her opportunities she's one of the fastest sprinters in the

world. We are heading down towards the business end of this Classique,

as they are calling it. 20,000 euros to the winning rider, 10,000 euros

to the best team, based on getting the first four riders from your team

over the line. So there's plenty to race for, for the whole of the

peloton, here, between now and the end of the race. That's Lotta

Lepisto's team on the front at the moment. She's one of those who will

be trying to keep our powder dry up until the final moment, preparing

for what promises to be a tough sprint. The riding the bike with the

pink on the jersey in third place, there are just keeping an eye on

things on the half of Hannah Barnes. Yeah, that's Tiffany Cromwell. Like

we said it would be nice to see her do the job for Hannah Barnes today.

There she is, she just rode up to the wheel of Tiffany Cromwell. So

she's put herself in the right position. She can see her lead out

rider is there and it is her responsibility to get to that wheel.

Tiffany Cromwell will look round at where she is, but they do have

radiocommunication. And now they are giving hand signals, so there's some

communication going on there. That was not Hannah Barnes. Those

two riders will be looking for the jersey. Up towards the front there,

Barnes. She go over the line. They take the bell.

One lap to go. The riders have the bell ringing in their ear as they

cross the line. They are massing at the front on behalf of low pressure

len at the moment. She is has warranted the support of her

team-mate like this with the great results coming second. They are

getting swamped in there now. Liv-Plantur, they have their stuff

together at the front. They are looking comfortable. You can see

Wiggle High5, Amy Pieters there. The fact we haven't see much of Kirsten

Wild. She has been hiding among the wheels so far. She hasn't looked

comfort. Middle of the peloton she had one team-mate with her in case

she gets into trouble. We will see if we can pick her out from the

back. She is closer to the front. We can see her there. She's the rider a

little bit taller than everybody else. Riders fanned across the

Danielle King in the middle of your picture, in the black and orange.

Turning there. Short of Hyde Park Corner. You need to be in a good

spot and when they turn at the end of the Strand before the final

kilometer. If you are caught out there you have a lot of chasing

there to get back to the front. After so many lapse, on the final

lap they need to be positioned at the front to save energy. RaboLiv

don't want it to come down to the a bunch sprint. It will be hard to

make a move off the front this close to the finish.

Stringing it out a little bit. Another Australian there riding for

RaboLiv. A specialist in time trialing. If anyone can do this,

it's going to be a time trial specialist. It looks like it will be

nearly impossible for any of these riders to clip off the front. Look

that is way. Former road champion there. Former winner in the Giro.

Racing at the highest level for a number of seasons now. She wasn't

able to open up a little gap on the front of the peloton. The pace

getting higher and higher all the time. Liv-Plantur have control of

this race. Their riders are comfortable. They have put a lot of

training into their leadouts. They know each other very well. The

French team, we have not spoken much about them, they have two fast

sprinters. Lucy Garner moving to the front, trying to bring her sprinters

into position. Two French righters who could get

into the mix here. We are trying to spot that race favourite today,

Kirsten Wild. She is in there. She is looking comfortable. She is a

further back. A very confident sprinter. She is about 15th. Middle

of the picture. She is. In a blue jersey with black-and-white on it.

Physically, bigger and stronger. She looks it than many of the other

riders in the peloton. A strong looking sprinter as opposed to a

small, slight one with a very low aerodynamic position. She.

She is known as the Queen of Qatar. She has chosen to follow Chloe

Hosking. She is on the wheel of Chloe Hosking. Hosking certainly of

this field has been the form rider in recent weeks, hasn't she, the

Australian, Chloe Hosking, the Wiggle High5 rider. Plenty of team

Liv-Plantur riders on the front. The green and white helmets much the

black outfits with the green and white on. Their main rider is Leah.

Trafalgar square and on to the Strand now. You can see that the

pace of the peloton is quite high. There are a few riders at the back

struggling there. Rochelle, they will be fighting for a good position

before the U-turn in the road. This will string the peloton out? It's an

important and significant part of this course, the corner, roundabout

to get around that U-turn. It's not really about the position is about

saving the legs. It's not about how hard it is. How much do you have to

work and how much effort you have to put in, damage the legs before that

final sprint. They will want to save themselves. Be in a good position,

glide around the corner and save their legs for the final sprint.

That important corner coming up on the Strand before Aldwych. They

start the run into the finish now. Tiffany Cromwell there. The rider we

said would be supporting Hannah Barnes much she put the ma'am hammer

down out of that corner. She wants to hurt people and catch a few

people out not in the best position. Tiffany Cromwell doing a mountain of

work on the front there for her team. They have a couple of riders

up towards the front. Hannah Barnes in a good position. Fourth in line

at the moment. She is in a good spot. Kirsten Wild is further back.

She is about 12, 15th at the moment. You can see that Chloe Hosking is

back there next to Kirsten Wild much they are far back right now. Think

know the course better than anyone. They have done it a few times.

Hannah Barnes is in a good position. Through Trafalgar Square. Towards

Admiralty Arch. Tiffany Cromwell has one of the riders from Liv-Plantur.

The main two with 500 meters to go in the Classique. Riding on the

front and #408ding the front at the moment is Tiffany Cromwell. Still

nobody has come past her yet. One or two of them biding their time in the

sprint here. This is interesting. Tiffany - A crash in the middle of

the road. Most riders have avoided it. The sprint is on now. Kirsten

Wild has made her move to come through the middle of the road. A

long way to go. It's Kirsten Wild on the front. Here she is, the Dutch

woman. She is the one to beat. She is the one they haven't to beat.

Only showed her face at the front in the final few seconds of the race.

But they were the final few seconds that really mattered. She bided her

time in among the wheels. She pounced on The Mall to win the

Classique and the 25,000 euro first prize. Her focus has been on the

track for the Rio Olympics. She was the favourite today. She meant

business. That is a super impressive sprint. A powerhouse sprinter. She

showed it there. Kirsten Wild takes the win. Lensworld lens came in

second. Liv-Plantur third. Hannah Barnes the British national

champion in ninth place. Her sister, Alice, one place behind in 10th.

Chloe Hosking 11th. An exciting sprint. The sprinters we assumed

would be up there, bar Chloe Hosking, who didn't have a great

sprint, boxed in and struggling to pick up her speed, these names we

expected to be in the front. Wild owns these sprints and races. She

powered away from the field there, Kirsten Wild. In sprinting terse she

won that by a mile. That was a superb performance. Nina from

Lensworld. What a back drop London has provided this evening for this

race with the sprint for the line. Within sight of Buckingham Palace.

RaboLiv continuing tomorrow with the Ride 100 and the Ride 46, the men's

race in the afternoon. That is on BBC One from 3.30pm. Chris froom

among that field, the Tour de France winner. What a sprint there at the

end of the women's race. Tough to get away on a fast, wide open course

like this. There, as you can see, clear daylight for the winner.

Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands. Kirsten Wild adds her name to the

role of honour. Laura Trott won the first one. Barnes finished second in

the first race. It was Kirsten Wild in 2016. It will

be interesting to see how she fairs in Rio. Pretty well I should think

with the form she has at the moment. The tour de-Yorkshire winner.

Winning in Britain once again. A stage of the Tour ofical for this

year. Rochelle talked about how good she is. How well she has done in the

Tour of Qatar. Four times she is has won the classification in the

women's tour of Qatar. Let's confirm the result from the Prudential

RideLondon Classique. Wild wide the winner. Nina Kessler in second

place. Leah Kirchmann third. Hannah Barnes in ninth place in the sprint

for the line. We will hear from the winner in a few moments' time.

Rochelle sprinted down from the commentary box to join me now on The

Mall. You predicted a Kirsten Wild winch you got it bang on right? She

is so difficult to beat in races like this. She owns these type of

fast races. Shi came off that track preparation you could see her how

focused she was. She came to win the race. She was hard to beat. Super

impressive sprint. I have watched her sprint for many years, I

sprinted against her, to watch the powered and see her ride awhich and

put lengths into the riders was impressive. Four years ago it was

another Dutch rider who lit up the Olympics Voss beating Armitstead?

She is a different rider to her? Completely different. All the same

today, a hard race. You could see the sprint was a sprint among tired

race. The riders who went for the minor placings were tired at the

finish. The peloton sprint finish they rode hard, no chance of a break

away. The majority of the teams had a sprinter shech wanted their

chance. Hannah Barnes in ninth could have been second or third. All the

teams who had a chance to be on podium dedicated their day to bring

everything together for a sprint. Chloe Hosking wasn't in the right

place at the right time? This is the wonderful and beautiful thing about

cycling. You can never know. She won in Paris last week. This weekend

struggled in the finish much she didn't look good the whole race.

Sometimes that happens. One of your riders wandered in. We will grab her

now. Danielle King join us here. Good to see you. Straight off the

bike. Well done you. Straight into a microphone. I didn't see you finish.

You did a lot of work in the front for your team? I felt really good

today. One of the best I have felt all season, to be honest. I was up

there near the front trying to chase everything I could. Made a few

attacks myself. It was going to be a hectic finish. I wanted to get my

job done before a few laps to go. I just rode my heart out for the the

team today. Felt good. How does it feel to be riding in London, four

years on from the success on the track, here you are on the road?

Amazing. I love it. It brings back memories. I can't believe it was

four years ago, it has gone quickly. Wonderful to race in London. Great

to ride in front of the crowds again? Amazing. All my family are

here and fiancee. Lovely to have so much to support. Kirsten Wild what a

fantastic sprinter she is? Amazing. Fresh, going off to Rio tomorrow to

race. She was going to be one of the favourites to win. Amazing ride.

This was the sprint finish here. She is so powerful. We have seen it time

and time again on the track. When she gets in front it's very

difficult to come round her, isn't it? Exactly. She gets herself in the

right position. There is no coming round her, no way. She will be

racing against your pursuit team-mate, Laura Trott. They have

different characters. Kirsten Wild powerful cyclist. Laura much

smaller, pack as punch from her weight to power ratio she does well?

Dpbthly. I had a coffee with her yesterday. I'm hoping she can go out

and do the same as she did in London again. You are disappointed not to

be involved in the Great Britain team in the road race as well. A

tough couple of months? It has. I'm gutted. Ted. In the form I'm in it's

a shame. I don't want to be bitter. I wish them the best. I'm gutted I'm

not going. You have a wedding to look forward to? Next year. That is

keeping me occupied planning that. That is keeping me happy. Thank you

very much for saying hello to us much I will let you go. You needed

to rehydrate. Danielle King wonderful champion here in London

with the track and pursuit team four years ago.

But what a team member to have on your team? It's been amazing. It's

been difficult to see the hurt and pain she's been through trying to

manage the emotions involved with not being selected for something

you've worked so hard and long for. But she's a true professional, the

way she handled it, the way she just gets out there. She loves racing so

much. Like tonight, giving her heart and soul to her team-mates. Really

nice to see her racing and getting her head clear. It was indeed. We

said we'd hear from the winner, now we can cross back there. Yes indeed.

Congratulations, you made it look easy. It might have looked easy but

it wasn't! It was set up perfectly for a sprint finish at the end, was

that the plan the whole time? Yes, to go for a sprint. It was really

hard work to keep it all together, sometimes there were breakaways, but

I think it would really good and the team was strong. And I was happy to

make it up. Well, you made it look very easy, as I said earlier. This

whole event, coming to London to do this, that must mean a lot to you?

Yeah, it was a really good race, I looked forward to it for a few

weeks. I thought it was my finish line. Amazing. Well, massive con

regulations to you. Well done. Thank you. Brilliant. Kirsten Wild

delighted to win the race, a powerful finish, wasn't it, and she

looked in great form? Boyek I wish I could have seen her. Absolutely

incredible rider. The Tour of Yorkshire as well, phenomenal form.

Great to have been Sarah Storey with us. We saw you out there today,

almost a training ride ahead of the Paralympics which is very much focus

a successful Paralympic World Championships. Definitely, I'm in

the middle of a huge training, but I don't have much speed and my legs.

Good training ride, stayed out of trouble. Just in the altitude

chamber at the moment. Heavy legs but good to get round. Just how

important was it to get this into your legs, this event today, how did

that fit in with the training block? I'm back on the track for the first

time in about six months on Monday to start with some speed and high

power. They are almost like standing starts. And I will build back into

the track were quick. And that comes with Lake speed as well. Some speedy

areas, especially the mile, here. Let's look at the closing stages of

this race. A bit further down the road, couldn't quite see the

village, but we can see this dreadful hairpin on the Strand. The

riders or bunch up, a real dead turn and if you are to the bank you

almost come to a standstill. Part of my computer rendered up spotting,

but the speed at the front is being driven, and you really feel it at

the back. How important is it to be on the right position on the

hairpin? For the sprinters it was so important to be in a good position

because they have to repeat that sprint. If they are in the wrong

position they will have to spend twice, once to get into position and

then for the finish. It was important to be in a good position,

saving the lakes coming out of the hairpin, float under the wheels and

safety legs for the final sprint. We don't see the big trains we

sometimes see in the men's stage racing, much smaller teams here as

well. Smaller teams and the riders need to cover all the moves and do

the work early on. So most of the sprinters in women's cycling, they

like a lead out but they know sometimes they will be isolated and

sometimes it's just the best of the best to fight it out head-to-head.

You can tell how fast they are going, difficult to keep on the

wheels. Definitely and that has an impact on the lead out train. One

rider from each team almost on each other's wheel. Especially with the

turns towards the finish, although it is a long finish straight, when

you come to the bit before there are some terms so you do not see the

leader of trains, everybody is fighting for position. Probably

fighting for the wheel of Kirsten Wild. Difficult wheel to grab hold

of, she is so powerful. We are very fortunate it is a dry track and of

course we do not have the cobbles like a champ to lycee in Paris. We

are very fortunate that anyone rider came down, there. There we are, that

was the finish of the Classique, the new UCI World Tour event, here.

100,000 euros prize pot, significant prize pot. And I think it was

appreciated by the riders that it has been given this added status.

Without a doubt, everybody was delighted to hear of pedal parity as

it has been referred to an social media. Which of about 44 kilometres

per hour today, that was the average speed. You could see everybody was

coming to get some of that prize money. Great job by the organisers.

Of course the Tour of Yorkshire also recognising that, Great Britain very

much leading the way in terms of parity for women racers. They

certainly are and also in the organisation and professionalism and

the support they give to women's cycling. We have seen it from the

British organisers of women's cycling races, it has been

phenomenal. They are leading the way. The prize money was so big. It

was full on from the start. Riders attacking everywhere. Good to see.

Now we will take a look at some of the thousands of cyclists who have

been on the roads and streets of London over the course of today. It

was amazing, wasn't it? You were out this morning taking part. They

closed the centre of London and it was a wonderful opportunity to see

the sights of London on your bike with the safety of knowing there was

no traffic. Absolutely. To see London from that perspective with so

many cyclists cruising the main streets of London, the views we saw,

it was a wonderful experience. Lots of happy, smiling faces. Lots of

children out there today which was great to see. All sorts of types of

cycling represented here in this wonderful festival of cycling,

all-round Green Park, all sorts of things going on, a lovely family day

out. And beautiful weather, which makes a huge difference. The

children were absolutely loving it. They are all having big smiles and

owning the roads out there and just loving the opportunity to be riding

around London and closed roads with family and friends and to summon the

smiles and a great atmosphere out there. Yeah, people have come all

over the country to enjoy London this weekend. This three-day

festival of cycling, musical entertainment to get them on their

way. I saw somebody cycling down The Mall with a great beatbox on his

bike just entertaining the crowd, extraordinary scenes. Absolutely,

and so may different bikes. You see a Penny Farthing, you see so many

interesting bikes out there. I think that's the beauty about the free

cycle. Just behind us now we can see a lot of the Brompton bikes warming

up because we will have the Brompton World Championship, the 11th

anniversary of this wonderful race. All of the riders are just warming

up before taking part in this race. I should tell you, if you take part

in the Brompton World Championship you are not allowed to wear any

lycra, that's one of the most important rules. Certainly some

interesting costumes and outfits out there. You see all the decorations

on the bikes and helmets and it's a fantastic event to come and watch.

Vary much looking forward to seeing how David Miller has improved his

technique after last year. It took him about five minutes to get his

bike put together. It's a bit like Le Mans, the bikers have to run

across the road, assemble their bikes, and then head off. Not just a

case of peddling. There's a lot more to it. And the challenges of racing

in these types of outfits. If they are used to riding in microbe that

is a challenge in itself, especially with this weather. As they get ready

to race we can see the podium presentations from the Classique.

COMMENTATOR: And the applause rings out for Kirsten Wild from the

Netherlands. The riders just getting the sash over her shoulder. Leah

Kirchmann, the Canadian, who finished fifth in the women's Tour

earlier this summer. 12th last weekend in Paris. And now third in

London. It's been a pretty solid season against the Leah Kirchmann.

Eighth overall in the women's Giroud Italia as well recently.

Second on the day in this sprint to the line on The Mall, Nina Kessler.

The Dutch rider. Won estate in a race at little earlier this month,

so clearly coming into London in good form, and continuing with that.

-- won a stage race. Kessler probably not the name we were

inspecting to see in the top three. In the end no surprise with the

winner. The favourite going into the race, a very impressive sprinter.

And we look forward to seeing Kirsten Wild in Rio in the next week

or so in the women's on the up against Laura Trott at owl. And

Kirsten Wild was unstoppable on The Mall, as soon as she hit the front

you just knew she was going to carry all the way over the line in first

place. And the celebrations start now. Kirsten Wild, winner of the

ride London Classique. STUDIO: Wonderful to see her. Wonder if she

will repeat that in the Omni in the Olympics. Not if Laura Trott has

anything to say about it. Back at London tomorrow for the London

Marathon on two wheels, thousands of cyclists out enjoying a right

through the Surrey countryside ending right here on The Mall. All

the stories from 10am on BBC Two. Then our attention switches to the

elite men's race, a stellar line-up with the biggest name in British

cycling the star of the show. With one of the most beautiful wins

in his career, head over the bars, leans her every second of advantage,

Chris Froome punches the air. Well, this Tour de France is turning into

a mighty battle already. Banging on the board for Chris Froome. Ooh,

Chris Froome is off his bike! He is running. This is an unprecedented

situation. He could be losing serious time. I have never, ever

seen anything like this in my life. Chris Froome attacks. Nairo Quintana

is again losing time on Chris Froome. He already has one stage

win, now he has two. And Chris Froome wins the time trial. Chris

Froome becomes the first Briton to return the Tour de France title.

Froome wins his third Tour, sky win it for a fourth time, and what a

Tour de France this has been for Great Britain. The yellow jersey

among a host of top names lining up for the ride London Surrey classic.

You can follow the race online and on the red button from 1pm. We'll

have the last three hours of the race live from 3:30pm here on BBC

One. You will be alongside me for that race but not in the morning

because of course you be on your bike in the 100, looking forward to

that? Absolutely, really looking forward to the challenge of trying

to beat the time I did with a group of guys last year, trying to beat

that time this year. What about that Surrey classic? Great to see the

yellow jersey in the line-up. Absolutely, a very strong field.

Looking forward to seeing how things play out tomorrow, team tactics and

just analysing what might happen when they get to box Hill and how

the race will pan out. Sprint finish like we saw today? Being a former

sprinter I would love to see a sprint. Watching the women's

classic, absolutely fantastic. Good luck tomorrow and thanks to

everybody. Celia tomorrow morning at 10am, goodbye for now.

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