:00:49. > :00:55.Hello and welcome to the start of our coverage of RideLondon, the
:00:56. > :01:01.biggest Toothill festival in the world and now it gets serious, the
:01:02. > :01:05.richest race in women cycling. We here at the finishing line for the
:01:06. > :01:11.elite races over the weekend, the London Surrey classic tomorrow and
:01:12. > :01:16.then tonight the Women's Classique. It will be absolutely fantastic in
:01:17. > :01:22.spite of a few showers. But the fun has been going all weekend. Families
:01:23. > :01:28.have been out enjoying the traffic free roads in central London. World
:01:29. > :01:33.record attempts. If it is powered by pedals it is here this weekend.
:01:34. > :01:37.100,000 cyclists involved and collectively the biggest legacy of
:01:38. > :01:41.the London 2012 Olympics. A stunning day with so many cyclists out
:01:42. > :01:49.enjoying this unique experience. To see London at its very best. As I
:01:50. > :01:56.said time to concentrate on the elite race. The Women's Classique.
:01:57. > :02:01.Rochelle Gilmore is with us. The former pro cyclist yourself but now
:02:02. > :02:05.running the Wiggle High5 team who will be in action tonight. And you
:02:06. > :02:10.love this weekend? Absolutely, it is my favourite day of the year because
:02:11. > :02:14.it is such a buzz to see the families and young children and they
:02:15. > :02:18.all want to race. I had a race today with some young ladies to the finish
:02:19. > :02:23.line. The athletes who are professionals coming that let them
:02:24. > :02:31.as well and they want to be part of it. Well we had some early laps in
:02:32. > :02:37.the rain and a few hardy souls out there enjoying it. Such an important
:02:38. > :02:43.race now in the pro race calendar. 100,000 euros is the prize pot. On a
:02:44. > :02:47.par with the men. Well that makes a difference to the seriousness of the
:02:48. > :02:52.athletes and their desperation to win the race. It is the big one, it
:02:53. > :02:56.even before the prize money was so much having a live television
:02:57. > :03:01.coverage and racing here in front of Buckingham Palace was feeling of the
:03:02. > :03:05.race that has been important from day one. So the addition of the
:03:06. > :03:09.prize-money changes the dynamics are bit because it is so important to
:03:10. > :03:14.make selection of being on the start line and one of the team. Because
:03:15. > :03:18.those athletes need the finances and the income, that makes a difference
:03:19. > :03:24.to their yearly salary. We have final winner last year, a powerful
:03:25. > :03:28.sprinter. And this course is almost made for a sprinter like Kirsten
:03:29. > :03:31.Wild. She would need to be the standout on a course like this but
:03:32. > :03:37.Katie Archibald, we had an outstanding performance from her in
:03:38. > :03:41.the first part of the race and in the intermediate sprint. But Kirsten
:03:42. > :03:47.Wild would be clear favourite. Another rider we have seen, a great
:03:48. > :03:52.favourite with the British public, a silver-medallist in the Olympics
:03:53. > :03:57.here in London 2012. She is part of a strong team and this type of
:03:58. > :04:04.course is not well suited to her. She had a great ride in the Tour de
:04:05. > :04:09.France event. A super good performance but this course does not
:04:10. > :04:13.suit her. It is flat and technical and he in her mind would be that she
:04:14. > :04:18.can't contribute as much as perhaps others in the team. So disappointing
:04:19. > :04:24.not to have her here for the fans. And for the excitement of a possible
:04:25. > :04:33.win. But it is one for the sprinters today. Who knows what Lisa Brennauer
:04:34. > :04:39.might have achieved. But she's not here. We caught up with some of the
:04:40. > :04:45.main contenders earlier in the week. It is a great event to come to. I
:04:46. > :04:50.would never turn down coming to London. I really look forward to the
:04:51. > :04:54.motivation from the crowds and the atmosphere. It spreads you want to
:04:55. > :05:01.get a good result. I won the race last year. So good memories of the
:05:02. > :05:04.race. I remember it is really fast and hectic. So it is important to
:05:05. > :05:10.stay in a good position especially in the last laps. Last year I came
:05:11. > :05:17.from the back and it was not the best idea. This year I will try to
:05:18. > :05:21.stay in front. I did some stage races this year, my form should be
:05:22. > :05:28.good, I'd have just come from the Giro d'Italia. For the Dutch riders
:05:29. > :05:35.it is a good race. There used to racing like this, aggressive. I had
:05:36. > :05:43.injury in the middle of the season which is never ideal. But recovered
:05:44. > :05:48.well after a collarbone fracture. I was back on the bike within two
:05:49. > :05:55.weeks and had started training. I cannot complain how it all went. And
:05:56. > :06:01.I'm back for now, two weeks in racing and you need to get back to
:06:02. > :06:12.that really good shape. I feel I'm coming getting there. Fantastic to
:06:13. > :06:18.see Marianne Foss. Back where she won her gold medal back in 2012. But
:06:19. > :06:27.looking at the list, those we have selected, or do you think can
:06:28. > :06:38.challenge Kirsten Wild? I think the Belgian, Eri Yonamine, but so many
:06:39. > :06:41.people could potentially win today. And Giorgia Bronzini has been a
:06:42. > :06:45.winner here in the past as well. A lot of quality to look forward to as
:06:46. > :06:50.we get the race underway. We will get to bed shortly but just a quick
:06:51. > :06:54.word, we mentioned the rain and we see lots of umbrellas. It was
:06:55. > :07:00.beautiful earlier on. The forecast is good for tomorrow but how come --
:07:01. > :07:03.how much can the weather affect this kind of sprint race? On this circuit
:07:04. > :07:09.it effects of a lot, it makes a huge difference. Many people come to the
:07:10. > :07:16.race for the sprint, a strong sprint lead out but anything could happen
:07:17. > :07:23.today with the rain. Some strong riders could take a break and we
:07:24. > :07:28.could see for the first time a breakaway. So the rain makes a lot
:07:29. > :07:31.of difference. Well we go up to the commentary box now, it is the
:07:32. > :07:35.technical course and to give you some idea of what they're facing, I
:07:36. > :07:44.lead commentator Simon Brotherton. Let's take a look at the course in
:07:45. > :07:47.central London. As the riders start down the Mall and head up
:07:48. > :07:52.Constitution Hill, making a U-turn just before Hyde Park Corner. Then
:07:53. > :07:56.Buckingham Palace on the right-hand side, along bird cage walk and up
:07:57. > :08:01.past Big Ben and then they turn right onto the Strand. Another tight
:08:02. > :08:04.U-turn in the middle of the road. Twisting through Trafalgar Square,
:08:05. > :08:13.Admiralty Arch and into the finish itself. Halfway along the Mall. 5.5
:08:14. > :08:19.kilometres long, 12 laps as the race distance. And you join us with the
:08:20. > :08:24.vast majority of the peloton still together. Although strung out on
:08:25. > :08:32.this rain sodden course in central London. They are on the strand at
:08:33. > :08:43.the moment. The South African rider Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio at the front.
:08:44. > :08:54.We had attempted breakaway from Alex Manley, the Australian rider, but
:08:55. > :08:58.Dani King of Great Britain, of cyclones pro cycling, she closed
:08:59. > :09:03.that down pretty quickly. Trafalgar Square on there right now. And they
:09:04. > :09:08.will take a left hander before they go through Admiralty Arch and into
:09:09. > :09:12.the finish once again. Chris Boardman is alongside me. When we
:09:13. > :09:19.get to the end of the race, positioning is going to be key in
:09:20. > :09:26.the closing stages. Just over one kilometre to go, a complete hairpin
:09:27. > :09:30.bend, and it also narrows so all the drivers having had several laps to
:09:31. > :09:36.look at it they know the positioning is everything. Another rider down
:09:37. > :09:41.there. We seen around ten punctures so far in this event. Positioning
:09:42. > :09:44.with over a kilometre to go is essential in this race. Katie
:09:45. > :09:48.Archibald sprinted so well earlier on and then she fell foul of that
:09:49. > :09:53.bend in the next intermediate sprint. So she shows even if you
:09:54. > :09:58.have got the legs, if you're not on the right place it does not matter.
:09:59. > :10:06.For laps to go. Sprint lap coming up. The team in the orange jerseys
:10:07. > :10:11.they're coming up towards the front. Boels Dolmans. And they have Amerlee
:10:12. > :10:17.did Nixon in their line-up today, the world champion. She has been
:10:18. > :10:28.hiding amongst the wheels. As has Coryn Rivera. Orica-Scott in the
:10:29. > :10:32.navy blue. Just starting to gather towards the front once again. Quite
:10:33. > :10:37.a battle for position as this laps pans out. The previous couple of
:10:38. > :10:45.sprint with the black and white jersey coming to the front, Ellen
:10:46. > :10:50.van Dijk in that team, Team Sunweb. They could try to snaffle up the
:10:51. > :10:54.points for the sprint competition. 12,600 euros is the prize money
:10:55. > :11:02.fund. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio in the red helmet coming to the front.
:11:03. > :11:06.Lotta Lepisto is the finished champion and she is a rider who is
:11:07. > :11:11.very capable in a fast finish. And again would be one of the fancied
:11:12. > :11:16.riders today. Well with the intermediate sprint laps with seen
:11:17. > :11:20.some of the league riders, the sprinters, positioning themselves as
:11:21. > :11:25.they would for a sprint. They just want to see whether should be, how
:11:26. > :11:29.strong their lead riders are. And Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio has an
:11:30. > :11:36.impressive ride today controlling the front of the Billiton. And in
:11:37. > :11:47.the black, three riders back, the Italian rider, Giorgia Bronzini, a
:11:48. > :11:52.winner in London in 2014. And she certainly has the capability to be a
:11:53. > :12:02.factor. Not the only one from the Wiggle High5 team. They have the
:12:03. > :12:08.national Welsh and champion Eri Yonamine. And Hannah Barnes for
:12:09. > :12:16.Great Britain, riding for the team with the black jerseys, Canon Saran.
:12:17. > :12:20.But Hannah Barnes certainly would be keen to improve on a second place
:12:21. > :12:26.that she achieved in 2013 in this event. She has had a good year so
:12:27. > :12:31.far. Add a rider who has the capability certainly of winning here
:12:32. > :12:36.today. She certainly does and you can see that the teams are motivated
:12:37. > :12:47.to set this up today for Hannah Barnes. They have taken controlled
:12:48. > :12:54.the race. And the rider with Lisa Brennauer is the key rider for
:12:55. > :13:01.Hannah Barnes. She's won a number of team time trial. She is one of the
:13:02. > :13:05.strongest riders in the world. So Hannah Barnes has the confidence of
:13:06. > :13:10.having a rider to control the paladin. A lot of communication. So
:13:11. > :13:17.the leader on the road as well for the team. And Barbara Guarischi says
:13:18. > :13:22.there is real strength and depth in that team. I stared at the start of
:13:23. > :13:29.the day with these conditions it would finish in a breakaway. -- I
:13:30. > :13:34.said. In these wet conditions, gaps appearing all the time. And I'm
:13:35. > :13:39.starting to think I could have been wrong. One of the things I did not
:13:40. > :13:45.factor in is this is not the first day of rain but several days of
:13:46. > :13:48.heavy rain. We're not seeing any crashes, we're not seeing the
:13:49. > :13:53.slippery conditions we expected. And the road surface is in good
:13:54. > :13:57.condition. So they're able to stay together. It is stringing it out but
:13:58. > :14:04.they are able to stay in contact and the best riders are able to monitor
:14:05. > :14:09.things. Also many teams believe in their sprinters for this kind of
:14:10. > :14:12.race. And there are not too many pure sprint racers at this level. So
:14:13. > :14:17.they may want to make sure they give the opportunity to the sprinters.
:14:18. > :14:21.Keep everything control. It has been a very fast race at all the attempts
:14:22. > :14:29.at moving have been closed down quickly. So the fact it is a rare
:14:30. > :14:34.occasion for a race on these roads, they want to give the pure sprinters
:14:35. > :14:37.and opportunity. Something we've seen is gaps" could because with the
:14:38. > :14:43.quarters you are losing the amount of ground you have two actually
:14:44. > :14:47.chase. Many long straights for sure but if you give someone enough time
:14:48. > :14:55.to survive the straights they get into the corners. So you cannot go
:14:56. > :14:58.to the front, you have got to jump on it immediately. And the closer of
:14:59. > :15:01.the art of the finished the more likely they are to do that. They're
:15:02. > :15:06.heading to the Strand and ahead of them is a sharp U-turn in the
:15:07. > :15:09.middle-of-the-road. Basically they come to a standstill. So the battle
:15:10. > :15:11.for front placings here will be important. But the sprint coming up
:15:12. > :15:20.next time time over the line. The team of Katie Archibald trying
:15:21. > :15:24.to get towards the front team in blue jerseys with red helmets. Katie
:15:25. > :15:29.Archibald has scored points in both of these sprints so far. She won the
:15:30. > :15:33.first one, forth across the line in the second one. Here is the
:15:34. > :15:40.positioning you can see. The inside is the wrong line to take. If you go
:15:41. > :15:45.into the bend you control everybody else, if you go slow they have two
:15:46. > :15:51.as well, lots of experienced riders approaching the bend using all their
:15:52. > :15:56.tradecraft to control the race. Very impressive, as we said earlier, on
:15:57. > :16:01.this coverage, the race could be won and lost going into that hairpin. It
:16:02. > :16:07.can certainly be lost there. In these conditions it is a very
:16:08. > :16:11.different finish and lead out, you can afford to be further back in dry
:16:12. > :16:15.conditions but in wet conditions you can't afford to be more than ten
:16:16. > :16:21.back going around the hairpin. Looking at it now Katie Archibald
:16:22. > :16:27.has ground to make up as they head for Admiralty Arch. We've seen her
:16:28. > :16:31.very well positioned in the previous intermediate sprints, so she may be
:16:32. > :16:37.tactically having a calm lap coming into the finish. Now we see the
:16:38. > :16:44.world champion, who is a very fast printer. She won the Qatar world
:16:45. > :16:53.championships on a flat surface. She has a super strong team. That's your
:16:54. > :17:08.current world champion from the Qatar World Championships,
:17:09. > :17:13.Dideriksen. Boels Dolmans leading this one out. Team Sunweb getting
:17:14. > :17:17.involved as well. The world champion is an affront at the moment,
:17:18. > :17:20.Dideriksen, the 21-year-old from Denmark. Bronzini challenging hard
:17:21. > :17:24.but gives way at the end. No sign of Katie Archibald on the third sprint
:17:25. > :17:31.of the three. I think Dubai was testing her legs,
:17:32. > :17:35.an indication to her team coming into the final, if they back
:17:36. > :17:39.Dideriksen for the Sprint or try to get in a breakaway... She has
:17:40. > :17:43.demonstrated she has quite some good form. Hasn't done so much on the
:17:44. > :17:46.road recently, but when she does and hits good form, she's one of the
:17:47. > :17:57.fastest sprinters the world. To the right of your screen, you will see
:17:58. > :18:02.Edmundson from Australia. You see all of the big-name sprinters coming
:18:03. > :18:07.to the front. It's a very good indication for the teams on how to
:18:08. > :18:12.play this last part of the race. Very easy to spot the national
:18:13. > :18:18.champion Belgian in the colours of the national flag. The Luxembourg
:18:19. > :18:22.National champion there in the middle of the picture. Her
:18:23. > :18:29.team-mate. Back to the front of the race... Interesting we haven't seen
:18:30. > :18:34.the favourite, outstanding favourite, go for any of those
:18:35. > :18:38.intermediate sprints. We've not even seen her at the front. We seen Danny
:18:39. > :18:43.King, her team-mate. On the right of your screen, green helmet, white
:18:44. > :18:49.shoes, she's been protecting all the moves and making sure Kersten is
:18:50. > :18:54.there for the finish. We'll see her in the final. In a macro she's made
:18:55. > :18:57.a real progress on the road, Danny King, you've worked with her in the
:18:58. > :19:03.past. Many people watching will remember her having been part of the
:19:04. > :19:09.team pursuit Gold medal winning team with Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott
:19:10. > :19:13.and Laura Kenny. It didn't work out for her in terms of approaching Rio,
:19:14. > :19:19.so she's concentrating on the road and has had good results.
:19:20. > :19:25.She's dedicated her career to road cycling since the Olympics. Wise
:19:26. > :19:30.decision. You've reached the pinnacle on the track, you have the
:19:31. > :19:34.gold medal. A lot of these track riders in the race, Katie Archibald
:19:35. > :19:37.and Elinor Barker, have deep ambitions to be successful road
:19:38. > :19:41.riders so once you've reached the pinnacle on the track, they shift
:19:42. > :19:44.their focus to achieving something a little bit more challenging for
:19:45. > :19:50.those riders. Confirmation of the third sprint, world champion
:19:51. > :19:56.Dideriksen taking it. Kirkman taking third place. Lucinda Brand in fifth
:19:57. > :20:09.place. This race is too hard to pick. It
:20:10. > :20:12.looks set to be a sprint finish. I suspect it'll break up in the last
:20:13. > :20:18.corner coming onto The Mall. The athletes that are strong and good at
:20:19. > :20:21.positioning will be going full out at the last corner. Do you get the
:20:22. > :20:26.impression the world champion has decided she is very much up for this
:20:27. > :20:29.and feeling good? She left it late to test her legs and show the team
:20:30. > :20:34.she's up for it. Now it'll be about recovering from the sprint. She will
:20:35. > :20:40.feel the lactic acid burning her legs, breathing deeply, now she'll
:20:41. > :20:44.rely on her team to close the moves down at the front, keep everything
:20:45. > :20:47.in control and the last couple of laps we'll see her get a good
:20:48. > :20:54.position to unleash the sprint at the finish. On Birdcage Walk heading
:20:55. > :21:00.towards Parliament Square. Big Ben towering over them any moment now.
:21:01. > :21:07.It funnels down for this 90 degrees left-hander into Whitehall where
:21:08. > :21:19.they head towards the Cenotaph. We see the illustration of it. Not much
:21:20. > :21:24.room for the riders to get through. We can see after that sprint from
:21:25. > :21:27.the world champion, Dideriksen, Boels Dolmans move into the front
:21:28. > :21:35.and they know they have somebody in really good form to back. This is a
:21:36. > :21:39.great sprinter herself, Amy Pieters. The question today was would Boels
:21:40. > :21:44.Dolmans try to get a breakaway? They are keeping the pace high so there
:21:45. > :21:47.isn't any breakaway so they can back Dideriksen for the sprint. Bronzini
:21:48. > :21:53.hovers around in the black jersey in third place. We can see Lloyd riding
:21:54. > :21:57.strongly for the Great Britain team and Elinor Barker is in that team.
:21:58. > :22:02.But Lloyd has shown her face at the front on more than one occasion
:22:03. > :22:06.during the race. But it's the South African on the front, what a strong
:22:07. > :22:12.ride from her today, not a rider you would see in a sprint at the end of
:22:13. > :22:18.the race but she had Lotta Lepisto on her wheel a lot of the time. Not
:22:19. > :22:30.at the moment, Lotta Lepisto three or four riders behind her team-mate.
:22:31. > :22:39.Danny King moving to the front. We can see the team of Marianne Vos, W
:22:40. > :22:47.M3, moving to the front. Talking about the depth in numbers, the
:22:48. > :22:52.reason we don't have, apart from test on wheels, hard to pick. So
:22:53. > :23:03.many riders could win this race today.
:23:04. > :23:13.They have two cards to play coming into the finish. Orica Scott have
:23:14. > :23:19.two very fast sprinters. The list of possible favourites today goes on
:23:20. > :23:22.and on. Back along the Strand now. You can see how strung out they are
:23:23. > :23:26.here so when it comes to the end of the race the fight for position
:23:27. > :23:31.going out east along the Strand will be quite something because you need
:23:32. > :23:34.to be in that front group of riders realistically to stand a chance,
:23:35. > :23:36.even though there is over a kilometre to go. Very difficult to
:23:37. > :23:43.close those gaps. These riders at the front of the
:23:44. > :23:47.peloton with relaxed faces, but you can see by the string of riders,
:23:48. > :23:51.there will be riders more than halfway back actually having to work
:23:52. > :23:56.extremely hard just to stay in contact with these riders. Hannah
:23:57. > :24:03.Barnes alongside the Belgian national champion. Easy to spot is
:24:04. > :24:16.Chloe Hoskin, another Australian rider. We hadn't seen much of Chloe
:24:17. > :24:20.Hoskin but she looks very relaxed, that is rider number 12 in the
:24:21. > :24:25.bright yellow with orange helmet. Her team-mate, very strong, who
:24:26. > :24:30.could potentially win a race like this. Plenty of big-name sprinters
:24:31. > :24:33.come out for this race. It's going to be a very exciting finish. The
:24:34. > :24:40.pace will stay high, what is your opinion? Looks like a commitment to
:24:41. > :24:43.keep it together for a sprint to win. It makes it almost impossible
:24:44. > :24:49.for somebody to counter because they won't be able to develop enough
:24:50. > :24:53.speed to get a gap. On these big wide roads between the technical
:24:54. > :24:58.sections there is plenty of room to stamp on any moves. It almost
:24:59. > :25:01.impossible for somebody to escape. The more the race goes on, the more
:25:02. > :25:08.the Boels Dolmans come towards the front. Just a couple of laps
:25:09. > :25:15.remaining. The Luxembourg is right on the front. The Boels Dolmans team
:25:16. > :25:26.are moving towards the front to line things up for Dideriksen. You can
:25:27. > :25:32.see Kirsten Wild's team. Those are the big name teams but we could
:25:33. > :25:36.still see a victory from a rider from a smaller team, Katie Archibald
:25:37. > :25:39.has shown good form. Will the race be slightly too long for somebody
:25:40. > :25:47.who trains over four kilometres? It's a shorter race than normal, but
:25:48. > :25:53.for a track rider, she'll be feeling fatigue coming into the finish.
:25:54. > :25:57.Quarter of an hour left between then and the chequered flag and the
:25:58. > :26:05.riders are already starting to think about how to tackle the final
:26:06. > :26:11.because if they don't get into the top ten with 100 meters to go you
:26:12. > :26:18.will not forget in sprint. The speed will drop, positioning is as
:26:19. > :26:21.important as being a capable sprinter. There are two finish
:26:22. > :26:25.lines, the hairpin is one to get through with good position, then
:26:26. > :26:29.after they come through the arch there is a long way to the finish
:26:30. > :26:35.and this open road makes it difficult to judge. If you are a
:26:36. > :26:41.strong rider like Kirsten Wild or Katie Archibald, you can manage to
:26:42. > :26:46.hold off the peloton but it's a difficult stretch to judge. If
:26:47. > :26:51.you're on the wrong side of the road, the other side will flow. The
:26:52. > :26:54.or I don't think there will be enough time for trains, I think
:26:55. > :26:58.there might be one train, two riders in front, gets around the corner.
:26:59. > :27:06.I'm not sure anybody will have a chance to get back on terms, it's
:27:07. > :27:09.the unique finish. Absolutely right, if a train goes through the last
:27:10. > :27:13.hairpin there won't be time for other teams to get a train and get
:27:14. > :27:17.up to contest it, that's why we say it's an important finish line before
:27:18. > :27:22.the finish line to sprint into the U-turn and get out of there with a
:27:23. > :27:25.couple of riders from your team. When you come through Admiralty
:27:26. > :27:29.Arch, it looks closer than it is. You need the patience to wait to
:27:30. > :27:34.time your effort otherwise if you go to soon you'll be washed away almost
:27:35. > :27:42.literally in the sprint. I can't think of another race in the world
:27:43. > :27:46.that goes past so many, the word is normally overused, iconic... But I
:27:47. > :27:50.think it's warranted here. Iconic monuments that have been absorbed,
:27:51. > :27:54.that we can see while these riders are going round. It really is quite
:27:55. > :27:59.a special thing to ride around the centre of London completely closed
:28:00. > :28:03.off. London adopted cycle racing since way back in 2007 when the Tour
:28:04. > :28:07.de France came here and two and half million people stood at the side of
:28:08. > :28:13.the roads to watch. Ever since then, it's been coming back. This world to
:28:14. > :28:16.a race for women, the men's World Tour race tomorrow. The classic.
:28:17. > :28:22.They are the icing on the cake. We have an attack here. Of course, this
:28:23. > :28:28.weekend of cycling is about so much more than that. 100,000 people
:28:29. > :28:38.taking part in various events over the weekend. Its moves like this
:28:39. > :28:44.that could set up an eventual split that becomes meaningful. If the
:28:45. > :28:48.riders have a mind to do so and keep attacking and trying to open
:28:49. > :28:51.something up. It would be a little bit intimidating, I'm sure the
:28:52. > :28:56.riders will have a go, but knowing one of the strongest teams in the
:28:57. > :29:02.world is lining up, it's going to be a very hard task to get away from a
:29:03. > :29:06.team that is so strong and dedicated to keeping this together for a
:29:07. > :29:12.sprinter who has just proved she's got good form, in condition, and
:29:13. > :29:18.ready to be a contender for the win. Danny King with the green sleeve
:29:19. > :29:26.certainly getting more grimy with every passing rain sodden lap. Back
:29:27. > :29:32.at the peloton, Tatiana, former world road race champion. Boels
:29:33. > :29:38.Dolmans really starting to assert their authority on this raise the
:29:39. > :29:47.last couple of laps. They certainly are.
:29:48. > :29:51.Another team has all six riders supporting Hannah Barnes. They
:29:52. > :29:59.looked like the team who have really got things together. Everything can
:30:00. > :30:03.fall apart in the last half lap. They are known to be strong in the
:30:04. > :30:06.team time trial. They almost need to do a dress rehearsal now to go
:30:07. > :30:10.through what they are going to do next time around here when it's all
:30:11. > :30:16.to play for. It effectively what's happening, because Chloe Hosking is
:30:17. > :30:20.being led into a good position. They've got three riders up there
:30:21. > :30:31.towards the front. Wiggle high-5 as well.
:30:32. > :30:41.Lotta Lepisto Ian White. -- in the white. We should be hearing the
:30:42. > :30:45.bell. When we get the belt it is 5.5 kilometres to go. It is difficult to
:30:46. > :30:50.get to the front if you not already positioned at the front in a circuit
:30:51. > :30:54.like this. So the stronger teams know that it is going to be hard
:30:55. > :30:59.when they go past the bell, the positioning. The pace will be
:31:00. > :31:04.extremely high. Less than ten minutes between them and the finish
:31:05. > :31:10.line proper. You can see those nerves creeping in. The pre-finish
:31:11. > :31:15.line, we got a good look at that. And the damage it did to the backend
:31:16. > :31:22.of the palate. Just too narrow to get any meaningful numbers around.
:31:23. > :31:35.Technical skill more important today than physical prowess. Another of
:31:36. > :31:42.those potential winners today is Annalisa Cucinotta. She has just
:31:43. > :31:50.moved up to the front. That red outfit and the blue the same team in
:31:51. > :32:02.fact. It is the Cervelo Bigla team. They're doing the job for Lotta
:32:03. > :32:10.Lepisto. Wm3 is up there with Marianne Vos. And also Wiggle High5
:32:11. > :32:18.well-positioned. Sitting a little bit further back is Boels Dolmans
:32:19. > :32:23.with Amelia Dideriksen. The race is really on low and so many teams know
:32:24. > :32:34.they have a chance. Also the team in white and black, Team Sunweb, also
:32:35. > :32:39.well-positioned. Their sprinters Coryn Rivera, we have not seen her
:32:40. > :32:45.yet. A very small but very fast rider. Maybe a good sign from their
:32:46. > :32:53.point of view, hiding in the middle of the Billiton. We have not seen
:32:54. > :32:56.anything either of Marianne Vos. Amelia Dideriksen also disappeared
:32:57. > :33:01.into the middle of the brightly coloured Billiton. So the last lap,
:33:02. > :33:09.just under five kilometres to go. Lotta Lepisto in a good position. On
:33:10. > :33:16.the heels of Lisa Brennauer. One of the strongest riders in the paladin,
:33:17. > :33:23.Lisa Brennauer. Trying to set things up for Hannah Barnes just in front
:33:24. > :33:25.of her, Amy Pieters just in front, from the Netherlands. A handy
:33:26. > :33:32.sprinter herself but working today to her sprinter. This is Amy Pieters
:33:33. > :33:37.on the front now of the Billiton in the orange jersey. Everyone trying
:33:38. > :33:43.to hold their nerve now not to go too early. They have a hairpin bend
:33:44. > :33:48.and then three successive bends that keeps everyone pin down. If someone
:33:49. > :33:51.pushes too hard it would be mayhem. There's not much room to race and
:33:52. > :34:01.all the riders know that. As they come round the penultimate hairpin.
:34:02. > :34:08.Some real strength and depth with Hannah Barnes. Riders like Lisa
:34:09. > :34:20.Brennauer up towards the back. Some powerful riders. I had my first
:34:21. > :34:25.glimpse of Kirsten Wild. One of the taller riders in the skeleton. Being
:34:26. > :34:29.protected by Dani King. She has been well protected, as this is the first
:34:30. > :34:36.glimpse. But the pace is extremely hard so a bit of a pain to face.
:34:37. > :34:40.Hannah Barnes, they are the best team trial team in the world so they
:34:41. > :34:46.will be well organised. They have done this plenty of times and that
:34:47. > :34:51.is what they actually train for. So a great line out there. And Amelia
:34:52. > :34:57.Dideriksen, just sitting behind, benefiting from the strength of the
:34:58. > :35:17.organisation of that team. The American team at the front. Team
:35:18. > :35:24.Tibco. Then the pink of Canyon Sram. This is a very strong ten on the
:35:25. > :35:29.front here. The pellet unjust bunching up coming into the finish.
:35:30. > :35:34.There will be a fight for places over the next two or minutes. Still
:35:35. > :35:38.a little way to go before they get to the Strand and that key point
:35:39. > :35:44.where they make the U-turn. Just going along Birdcage Walk at the
:35:45. > :35:47.minute. Little sign of the Wiggle High5 riders at the front of the
:35:48. > :35:55.palace and, they have some ground to make up. Team Sunweb well
:35:56. > :36:09.represented. They have a strong lead out for Coryn Rivera. But still Amy
:36:10. > :36:14.Pieters of the front. She knows where she needs to be. Everyone
:36:15. > :36:17.knows that is the spot you need, up towards the front. But knowing where
:36:18. > :36:22.you need to be an tapping the legs to get there and finding the space
:36:23. > :36:28.is another thing. But you would think she has the class to do it.
:36:29. > :36:33.Just about to go past the Cenotaph, and the Pelton racing up Whitehall
:36:34. > :36:37.for the final time. Amy Pieters, at the front of the pellet, her time at
:36:38. > :36:43.the front may be just about done. Amelia Dideriksen, and that is Chloe
:36:44. > :36:48.Hosking in the bright orange helmet in the middle of your picture. She
:36:49. > :36:53.is worth watching. Kirsten Wild, her team in the green and black helmets.
:36:54. > :36:57.And Kirsten Wild the second of those riders. Right in the middle of your
:36:58. > :37:01.picture at the moment. Physically quite a tall, strong rider. We have
:37:02. > :37:07.not seen her at all until now in the race. She was the winner last year.
:37:08. > :37:11.As they go into the Strand. She holds her position well, the pace is
:37:12. > :37:23.so high. A lot of riders having to fight hard. Some web -- Team Sunweb
:37:24. > :37:30.in second position. Boels Dolmans doing the work for the champion.
:37:31. > :37:36.Here comes Coryn Rivera from Team Sunweb. One of the fastest sprinters
:37:37. > :37:42.in the race. Karin Rivera working her way towards the front of this is
:37:43. > :37:45.a fight they cannot afford to lose. They splashed the way along the
:37:46. > :37:50.Strand. Here is the key turning point. Someone has just shot up the
:37:51. > :37:57.inside and stolen a march on everyone else. A very handy
:37:58. > :38:02.manoeuvre. It is a Cervelo Bigla rider. It could have been Lotta
:38:03. > :38:13.Lepisto. I think it was Lotta Lepisto. One of the strongest lead
:38:14. > :38:18.outs in the race from Canyon Sram. You can see Chloe Hosking, all the
:38:19. > :38:34.big names appear. Giorgia Bronzini also up there. Back into Trafalgar
:38:35. > :38:38.Square, the closing stages. The champion of Finland in third place
:38:39. > :38:48.Lotta Lepisto. In fourth place Giorgia Bronzini. There are about to
:38:49. > :38:52.go through Admiralty Arch. Canyons from habit when they wanted in terms
:38:53. > :38:56.of having riders up in front of the race. They're looking behind to see
:38:57. > :39:02.where Hannah Barnes is. At least half a dozen riders further back.
:39:03. > :39:08.Marianne Vos also up there. Dani King doing a fabulous job. This is
:39:09. > :39:16.going to be very close. Here comes Christine, in fine form. Karin
:39:17. > :39:25.Rivera fighting to get on her wheel. Lisa Brennauer out at the minute in
:39:26. > :39:30.front. In the third is Karin Rivera. She hits the front and she goes for
:39:31. > :39:35.it. It is going to be tight. But Karin Rivera takes it on the line.
:39:36. > :39:38.She turned that effort, time did superbly. That is the first time
:39:39. > :39:43.we'd seen Karin Rivera hit the front. That is what she is paid to
:39:44. > :39:50.do. She timed effort to perfection to take it on the line just in a
:39:51. > :39:54.closed spring. She did a fantastic job, she was one of the favourites
:39:55. > :40:01.for debate and has a super strong team in Team Sunweb. Their morale is
:40:02. > :40:04.high from the success of the Tour de France. She was the winner of the
:40:05. > :40:17.Tour of Flanders this year and really has stepped up. It was Lotta
:40:18. > :40:24.Lepisto on the wheel and here comes the battle, really close on the line
:40:25. > :40:30.and I think Rivera just get that by half of wheel ahead of Lotta
:40:31. > :40:35.Lepisto. You see the lead out there from Lisa Brennauer, a long lead out
:40:36. > :40:40.for Hannah Barnes, her team-mate. But she ended up on the podium here.
:40:41. > :40:44.Lotta Lepisto in second place but you cannot take away from this
:40:45. > :40:48.rider, Rivera, just stepping up every time that she comes into a
:40:49. > :40:54.race that is well suited to her. You saw the power of her acceleration
:40:55. > :40:59.and then she come up up alongside Lotta Lepisto and went again. Great
:41:00. > :41:02.strength from Lisa Brennauer, still on the front at the end of the race.
:41:03. > :41:07.Hannah Barnes further back on the right-hand side. She did not have
:41:08. > :41:11.the legs today. Lotta Lepisto in the white jersey. But look at Coryn
:41:12. > :41:20.Rivera, the pocket rocket sprinter for Team Sunweb. Kirsten Wild, the
:41:21. > :41:25.winner last year, at least two or three lengths behind. Taking it on
:41:26. > :41:30.the line is Coryn Rivera, and she knew that she had got a bit of
:41:31. > :41:34.wheel. Fantastic positioning. The riders coming through the arch of
:41:35. > :41:42.the front, right behind them big-name riders, Marianne Vos, Chloe
:41:43. > :41:48.Hosking, all the big names there. But Coryn Rivera, positioning was
:41:49. > :41:50.everything today. So a rain sodden race in London thankfully passed
:41:51. > :41:54.without any major incidents. Everyone managed to stay upright and
:41:55. > :41:59.we had a spectacular sprint for the line, the winner Coryn Rivera from
:42:00. > :42:05.the United States and she races for Team Sunweb.
:42:06. > :42:11.And we'll bring you confirmation of the pool line out there but what a
:42:12. > :42:15.finish Coryn Rivera. Really find her sprint perfectly. Timing I think is
:42:16. > :42:21.everything. I think Lotta Lepisto was in a better position but just
:42:22. > :42:26.left it too late. Coryn Rivera just found a way through perfectly. And
:42:27. > :42:31.it was picking the right wheel to follow. The first bit was just to
:42:32. > :42:34.get around the hairpin. That was the first selection. If you're not in
:42:35. > :42:39.the top 20 then you were done for. We both got around there and it was
:42:40. > :42:44.just finding the right wheels as you say. So very technical challenge
:42:45. > :42:48.today. Lotta Lepisto got the hairpin perfectly and got in a strong
:42:49. > :42:53.position. And we were also watching Kirsten Wild, she knew exactly what
:42:54. > :42:58.she wanted to do. We thought it would be enough for her but she just
:42:59. > :43:03.did not have the legs at the end. And we thought Katie Archibald might
:43:04. > :43:07.be in play as well after a strong intermediate and opening sprint. But
:43:08. > :43:12.she just faded out a little bit. Try to get back into the race but the
:43:13. > :43:15.early section had done the damage. But Coryn Rivera has been hiding
:43:16. > :43:20.amongst the wheels all day long. She was one of the riders we talked
:43:21. > :43:24.about ahead of the race. A fantastic career, she wore Dasher was the
:43:25. > :43:32.winner of the Tour of Flanders error in the year. She starts to fight
:43:33. > :43:36.earlier than anyone else. She was still in shelter with plenty of
:43:37. > :43:42.space around her. So accelerating into a slipstream. And then just
:43:43. > :43:46.swung around at the last second, the most intelligent sprig of all the
:43:47. > :43:52.riders. And also that she fight. She really committed to the sprint and
:43:53. > :43:56.by that point the race had gone. I think so, such a technical
:43:57. > :43:59.challenge. We do not normally see something like that, normally is
:44:00. > :44:07.about physical ability. But this was so technical. Rochelle, you shot out
:44:08. > :44:14.of the commentary box, good effort but what about that sprint finish,
:44:15. > :44:18.from Coryn Rivera. Coryn Rivera has really stepped up this year with
:44:19. > :44:22.every chance she has had for a race that Souter, she has delivered. She
:44:23. > :44:26.was the winner of the Tour of Flanders. And the race today is so
:44:27. > :44:30.difficult to win because with the rainfall it is so technical, you had
:44:31. > :44:34.to depend on your team-mates and you need to be in the right position.
:44:35. > :44:38.You also need to have the legs and the power with all from Coryn
:44:39. > :44:42.Rivera, even if she was a bit further back she had serious para
:44:43. > :44:47.coming into that sprint. One of the riders were expected to pass through
:44:48. > :44:49.was Kirsten Wild. But in the closing stages she did not have it. She was
:44:50. > :45:00.not able to come round. There has been a question over in
:45:01. > :45:03.tick's fitness this year. Coryn Rivera is one of the fittest in the
:45:04. > :45:07.race and she was able to conserve the energy throughout to have the
:45:08. > :45:11.power at the finish. We saw around Kirsten Wild was all the big names,
:45:12. > :45:19.Marianne Vos. Double didn't have the legs in the finish, Bronzini was
:45:20. > :45:22.there. All the big-name sprinters were there. Coryn Rivera, after she
:45:23. > :45:26.did her powerful kick in the seat, she got out of the seat for another
:45:27. > :45:32.kick, well-deserved victory. She came into the race with the form to
:45:33. > :45:35.win and she did. It's a big win. We know how significant this race is in
:45:36. > :45:45.the women's calendar, you can see just what it meant to her. To race
:45:46. > :45:49.in the centre of London about all of these iconic money months, it is a
:45:50. > :45:53.bit special. The prize purse for the women is starting to become on an
:45:54. > :45:57.even keel with the blokes, at least in a couple of offence, it's a big
:45:58. > :46:02.deal, they are not well salaried at the moment, so it's really important
:46:03. > :46:03.event all around. Important win for Coryn Rivera and she's talking to
:46:04. > :46:13.Tim. Huge congratulations, you must be
:46:14. > :46:17.filled, how did it go? I'm elated, it's crazy, raining, not the best
:46:18. > :46:22.conditions. When there is a goal in front of you, you have to commit and
:46:23. > :46:27.go after it. It was a crazy chaotic finish, a lot of elbows, but you
:46:28. > :46:32.have to keep at it till the end. Talk us through the conditions, not
:46:33. > :46:36.ideal for a bicycle race, how much did it play a part in the
:46:37. > :46:40.proceedings? Everybody rides different, faster than average
:46:41. > :46:47.speed. Everybody is a little more cautious. Greater margin for error.
:46:48. > :46:51.But you have to deal with it and everyone has to deal with it, it's a
:46:52. > :46:55.challenge for everyone, not just yourself. This sprint on the Mall
:46:56. > :46:59.seems to go on forever. You come under the arch at the end, you're
:47:00. > :47:04.looking right down at Buckingham Palace, how do you time it? How does
:47:05. > :47:08.it go in your head, the final sprint? Its timing and positioning.
:47:09. > :47:12.I knew I was in the right place and had to time my sprint correctly.
:47:13. > :47:16.It's a very long sprint, you see it for a while, it's a little bit
:47:17. > :47:24.deceptive. I went at the right time apparently. To win the Prudential
:47:25. > :47:29.RideLondon Classique you must be pretty thrilled to be on parity with
:47:30. > :47:33.the men, as we heard earlier, you must be thrilled. I'm really excited
:47:34. > :47:36.to be here, really excited the race understands that we race just as
:47:37. > :47:43.hard and crazy as the men. Regardless of what we do. It's
:47:44. > :47:47.special to me they respect that. It also my first time racing here, it's
:47:48. > :47:50.pretty special. Huge congratulations and well done.
:47:51. > :48:00.A very happy winner of the Prudential RideLondon Classique,
:48:01. > :48:08.Coryn Rivera of team Simon Webbe. Reach of team Sunweb. Marianne Vos
:48:09. > :48:11.loves it here on the Mall, she sprinted ahead of Kirsten Wild. My
:48:12. > :48:16.thanks to the guys here for joining us, we've had a fantastic evening
:48:17. > :48:21.here watching that race. Of course this is just one legacy event. We've
:48:22. > :48:25.got the world athletics Championships coming up as well.
:48:26. > :48:30.Coming up later in this month on the BBC. Let's tell you what's going on
:48:31. > :48:33.here over the weekend at 11pm we have some of the sport. Looking
:48:34. > :48:54.ahead to the classic. Weight so, we're looking forward to
:48:55. > :48:58.all of that. In fact we'll have some highlights from the BMX tomorrow in
:48:59. > :49:03.our morning show. You can get in touch with us if you want to send
:49:04. > :49:10.some messages to friends and family who are on those two. Look forward
:49:11. > :49:24.to joining you tomorrow. Goodbye for now.
:49:25. > :49:28.# So get yourself ready This is the time