Women's Road Race Cycling

Zagar from Slovakia, one of the world's greatest show men, has

landed the world title. Lizzie Armitstead has sprinted her way to

victory. You have got to have luck on your

side. These are the decisive moment in

this World Championship road race. It took a lot of hard work and

determination, failure, to get to this point. Lizzie Armitstead is

right in the thick of it. She is in the driving seat. It was a

calculated race. Lizzie Armitstead is going for it. The sprint is

really on and Armitstead is coming towards the front! Up towards the

line, it is gold for Great Britain and Lizzie Armitstead. She is the

champions of the world. Welcome to a seriously hot Doha in

Qatar, the host of the 20 Sixteen Rd cycling world champion chips. Two

fantastic days of racing and Rochelle Gilmore and David Millar

alongside me. It was a special day for Lizzie. Fantastic day, so much

to talk about it. But she stayed relaxed. To bring home those

rainbows last year was special for her. A different race today? Yes, it

is hot. We are in the desert. We have these conditions occasionally.

I don't think we have ever done a World Championships in this heat

before. Lizzie Armitstead is supported by a strong team.

You are defending that rainbow jersey and you got married a couple

of weeks ago. How is married life? I have been married a month and I have

only seen my husband the four days of it! Looking back on your year in

rainbow, how would you reflect on it? It has been up and down. The GB

cyclist Lizzie Armitstead has responded to criticism over her

three missed drugs tests, apologising to anyone who may have

lost their faith in sport as a result of her actions. Looking back,

what are your thoughts? I would be lying if I said it wasn't extremely

difficult for me and my family. It was traumatic to be honest. I

suppose you learn from everything in life. I focused the last six months

on climbing, trying to prepare for Rio and beastly, it was a very tough

time and physically and mentally tough. You have to allow your body

to rest both for mental and physical health and I need that kind of dip

now. A difficult experience and lessons learned, can you know impart

some of that experience to the team with you now? It is a really nice

group of women to be leading. Sadly, I am the 27-year-old experienced

rider and they are all asking me questions and I feel I can embrace

that role now and do it justice. I feel like I have lived through

locked, victories and defeats and that is all to come for them. I am

sure one of them among them could be world champion in the future. Lizzie

is the strongest in the team. We wanted to bring a full team and be

able to give it a good shot to defend that jersey. It will be tough

but it is a young team and it is good to have all of these riders

here. It is my first time riding in a World Championships on the road.

Spirits are high in the camp and I am looking forward to getting out

there and racing. What do you expect from this team? I think it is

fantastic we have a team of eight. It is brilliant for great British

women's cycling. I don't know if that has happened before. We have a

few cards to play. I don't think Lizzie is an out and out favourite.

My project this year was the Olympic games. It is important I am here to

respect the jersey and respect the next winner of the jersey. I am not

prepared like I did for Richmond. There are a lot of Championships and

this will not be easy. I would like to give it a go. I missed out last

year through injury so I am ready to get stuck in. I think it will be

fast and furious and I think it will be exciting to watch. Let's talk

about Lizzie, very low-key, coming here, not really talking up their

chances but she is a natural born racer. Absolutely and she plays down

her chances because this course is not exactly perfectly suited to

Lizzie Deignan. It is tough and technical and with the conditions,

it will be hard. There is a small chance Lizzie could retain the World

Championship jersey and she does want to even know she is playing it

down. She would love to win it. Big target this year was the Olympic

Games. She has had a good year. Fantastic, she won so many races at

the start of the year. She had a great ride, it was a very hard

course. As world champion, she has had a stellar year. If she could

finish it off by winning this, it would be the dream season. All of

that distraction, having to go to the court of arbitration, having

missed a couple of tests, British cycling has come under scrutiny in

the last couple of weeks. Yes but again, that was due process and I

think that was a real silly mistake of hers, careless of her to miss

three tests and she got the appeal and she went through the due process

and that is permitted. I hope she will never miss one test again. If

ever British cycling needed a good news story, it was this week. The

pressure will be on the team but they all seem in good spirits. They

are just a bunch of lovely kids and I then necessarily deserve the

scrutiny they have been under. Let's look at the others. Hannah Barnes,

national champion. She could suit this course. Absolutely and I

wouldn't put it past Lizzie to say, I will put all my efforts to put

Hannah Barnes into the sprint. She won the national Championship and

she has the support of her younger sister Alice Barnes. Danny King also

get the start for the first time in her career. Danny King coming off

the track. She was disappointed not to make the Olympic team for Britain

on the road, she has a appoint a bruise. This is one of the better

teams we have seen for the women in a long time. A sense of solidarity

with them. They seem to be all for Hannah Barnes and Lizzie Armstead.

It is a great combo. A strong Britain team, eight riders, let's

meet them. I am Alice bands, 21 years old riding for drops cycling.

It is great to see the full complement. Eight riders. The first

time in a very long time. They will need it on the scores because it

will be hard to control. Although flat and relatively easy, it will be

very tactical. A big step up. Then, what will their main role be? They

will listen to their team captain. The young riders need the experience

of being given a role and trying to execute it. A wonderful experience

for the young riders. It is a challenge. To give you a better idea

of what they can expect, we sent David and Michelle into the heat to

write the course. -- Rochelle. World Championships... This is the pearl

and that'll be the entrance to the circuit. A man-made island,

relatively flat. Seven laps of 15.2 kilometres around the circuit,

plenty of technical hairpins and corners for the athletes to

navigate. Look at this, 12 minutes past nine and already baking.

Certainly very hot. You have to get used to it. You have to drink more

water because it doesn't stay cold very long. -- warm water. That

wasn't quite what we expected. This on the map looks like a hairpin but

is actually a very fast, sweeping bend. A technical circuit. Not

nearly as technical as it looks like on paper. For the sprinters, they

will barely touch the pedals. It is very much a sprinter's course. Look

how wide it is, sprinters die for a road like this in the Tour de

France, a perfect sprinters set up. It is beautiful, smooth. Kicks up a

little bit on the finish. This is a perfect sprinter's course, you

have... You don't see the finish line until 200 metres to go. This

looks like what sprinters would love. For women particularly, a lot

of fresh legs coming to the finish because this course is a pure

sprinter course. They will really want to take their chance and come

to the finish so we might see some barging at the finish. Because it is

a circuit, they get to see it seven times so it won't be a surprise.

Hopefully, it'll be a clean sprint. Not like what we did. The cyclist

start at the cat foundation to the west of the city centre and they

cover just over 20 kilometres through the city.

Once they are on to the pearl, they will complete seven laps of a 15.2

kilometre circuit. Full of turns and curves and roundabouts. The same

circuit used in all of the other races including the time trials

earlier in the week and the total distance, 134.1 kilometres and the

route is fast, flat and technical. A route highly likely to produce a

sprint finish. This is the start list. Lizzie

Deignan the defending World Championship. -- world champion. An

incredible Dutch team. Every single rider on that team could potentially

win this. Giorgia Bronzini, Italian rider, one of your riders.

Devastating for her, that is how sport goes. Two days ago, she was on

target to win this and take a third world title and everything fell

apart yesterday. She got food poisoning or was affected by the

heat and she started to be really sick and throughout the night didn't

get any better so she won't be starting today for the Italians. I

really feel for an athlete that normally can get their preparations

spot on but this is outside influences that can bring everything

tumbling down in the last moment. Devastating news for her. Weather

conditions today predictably, the sun is out but how does it compare

with earlier in the week? I don't know whether we're getting

acclimatised but it still feels like the desert, still incredibly hot. It

really is a difference between it being hot or scorching and at the

moment, it it is in between. We are touching scorching at the moment.

This is a rare opportunities for sprinting. Opportunities for them in

the World Championships only come around every few years. Yes and it

seems to be every four or five years it happens on the last one was

Copenhagen. Three times in the last 13 years so it is a rare opportunity

for the sprinters and one they don't want to miss out on. Devastating for

Giorgia Bronzini because you don't know when the next will come around.

The women's road race is underway. Deignan among the first. That is the

vice president of the UCI, one woman who has put so much effort into

developing women's cycling at a global level. The UCI flagged by

Tracy gaudily has just been dropped. I think that is Barbara from the

Czech Republic who has had a mechanical issue at precisely the

wrong moment. Very bad timing. Often if you have a mechanical in the

neutral zone you will hold the start until you will back on. I think

that is Gerry Yonamine. Flat race like this, it's interesting when you

get climbers that say it will not suit me but I will go and have a go,

anything can happen. Very brave move. The poor old rider from the

Czech Republic is chasing already having had a mechanical issue at the

side of the road. You see the size of these roads. It is so easy when

you are sitting in the bunch on roads like this. On wind here, small

roads, you might see people attacking. But you are seriously

wasting energy. Judging by the fact nobody is reacting immediately to

Yonamine, they will paste a race. National champion of Japan on the

road. Fifth overall in the tour of the dash. We have a crash already,

no row Mimi she wants a bottle. That's why she

was moving to the front. You can see Dani King, she's always

well-positioned at the front as well. She will be such an

instrumental part of the result for Team GB today. The rider from

Ethiopic trying to get a bottle from anybody prepared to provide one.

Think there is not a great deal of support for some of these smaller

cycling nations, here. So many riders so early in the race

desperate to take on some more bottles. And still Gabriel of

Ethiopia just cannot get a bottle off anybody at the moment. Oh dear.

She will need to get some fluid from somewhere. Certainly looks like a

dangerous place to be, down the back of the peloton in the feed zone,

some banks being handed out. Surely there must be some arrangement for

the Ethiopian team. There must be. You can see the expressions on the

faces of these riders, somewhat different to how it would normally

be in the first 30 or 40 kilometres just two to the heat. Such a

challenge and uncomfortable. That is good to see. Yes, it was difficult

for that rider to take a bottle during the feed, a lot of chaos

going on. There are roving cars of Shema no handing out water. -- of

Shimano. And a sticky bottle at that. That is when the rider hangs

onto that bottle for a little longer than they need to. Just to make sure

they are not going to drop it! I think that could be Anna van der

Breggen, the Olympic gold medallist, on the front. The German champion

chasing her. So the Swiss rider very quick to jump across and now we have

two leaders out on the road. Riding on her own today for all intents and

purposes, the only rider with a Swiss jersey on her back in this

elite figure. Controlling things back in the peloton, the German

rider. Trixie Warwick is in the middle of your screen, one of the

most experienced riders in this peloton. She is an outside chance

for a World Championship based purely on Eric 's period. And she

had a devastating accident when she slid under a guard rail and had an

emergency operation to remove a kidney. Everybody thought it would

be the end of her career but she came back. She was back racing by

June, wasn't she? These stories of these athletes that have these

accidents and the surgeries that you would think would prevent them from

racing at elite level again in any sport, they are back so quickly

because their bodies are just so fit when they have these accidents that

they repair themselves and heal. Ooh, this is the race favourite.

Tristan Wilde is down. Wild from the Netherlands, one of the big

favourites to win today. -- Kirsten Wild is down. It will be interesting

to see how Kirsten Wild reacts to this, it can play on your mind. How

can it be my bad luck? Let's look at the replay. Just on the outside of

the roundabout. Pretty Slocombe low speed. She is back up. It was a slow

speed tumbles. Just got twisted. Very calm, putting both bottles back

into her bike, picking that one up off the ground. So, very relaxed,

calm, professional. Roxane Kneteman almost held up by

that as well. No damage done but a scary and anxious moment for one of

the favourite soft the race, number 16, Kirsten Wild. No significant

breaks in terms of how this result is likely to pan out, although we do

have two leaders out in front at the moment. Nicole Hanselman of

Switzerland and Yonamine of Japan. Their lead is over 30 seconds. Who

are we looking at now? One would imagine that plenty is set to happen

between now and the finish. The Dutch are having a little go off the

front. Is that Hannah Barnes chasing down? That interesting, no

Netherlands and Great Britain are going to mark each other down, so

the other teams need to profit from that. They know if the Netherlands

team go, a GB rider will chase, and vice versa as well. Hannah Barnes

was quick to get on the Dutch rider's tail. Mariano Boss, known as

one of the best female cyclists in the world, and Hannah Barnes had the

role to mark that. Because not many people have the power to kick and

respond to a move of Vos, but Hannah Barnes has done that. Looks like

Germany brought it back again. The big teams are looking at each other.

And nobody will let Marianne Vos go. The Netherlands are being quite

active, they seem to be the most active team so far. Marianne Vos,

three times the world champion. Five times second. We have this vision of

her winning everything all the time like some sort of eggy Merck 's of

winning cycling -- some sort of Eddi Merckx of women's

cycling. They want to toughen the race up. They want to rip it to

pieces. There has not been much thinning out so far in this field.

Not until now. But as David says, the Netherlands have made it evident

that they are not going to roll along and put all their cards on the

sprinter. They've got Marianne Vos, van Dijk, such a strong team. We've

seen Amy Peters and Roxane Kneteman at the front. And another attack now

by the Netherlands. Everybody will want to respond to this. They will

all go with this, they know if van Dijk disappears up the road she will

take some bringing back. As you can see, very quick, the response. Also

she strings out the field rapidly. The big riders are coming out to

play and seeing what's happening. They understand the tactics. It's

becoming quite evident that the Netherlands will not stop until it

does split. Feels like the race is just really getting started now with

this activity on the front. It's been a big question mark about which

nation will want to make this hard. We did not really know if the

Netherlands would want to, because they have been pure sprinter, known

as the Queen of Qatar, she has won so many races in the desert out

here. Lizzie Deignan is at the front as well, starting to push. Marianne

Vos, Lizzie Deignan, Hannah Barnes is up there. Lizzie Deignan is on

the radio now, that's one indication of how Lizzie is in really good

form. Which is fantastic to see after the Olympics and the emotional

season she has had, to just be on top form. And van Dijk is possibly

the strongest rider in the race. Abbey made Parkinson pulling over at

the side of the road for a quick wheel change. That's a bad time for

her with attacking going on at the front, it will take a while to get

back on. Marianne Vos at the front. Marked by the Italians. Great

Britain is there, America, Sweden, Germany, all the big nations. But

Marianne Vos and Lizzy Deignan are the two that really want to ignite

this race and split it up. Lizzie Armistead, the harder the race the

better. And this is not good for Parkinson, having to stand at the

side of the road for this amount of time when the race is at the point

it is that, this is a very slow change. There is something wrong

with the skewer, that's a shame, it will make life very difficult. This

is the reason why it is great that the nations that qualify a riders

like Team GB bring a full complement and all the riders filling those

spots because anything can happen. This type of thing could happen to

two or three riders. Even the winner of the time trial out here making

the race hard. You see how much work is being done in the peloton to

bring this one back. She is in fine form, the current time trial

champion. Chased down by Amy Peters of the Netherlands. On a course like

this, for it to split apart, the attacks must be relentless. You

cannot give up and go soft tactically, you have two keep going.

And it starts to draw out the stronger riders. Good ride by Dani

King up there in third place. So GB are represented. A gap of about two

riders in that small split. Looked like the Belgian rider had to close

that gap for their sprinter. Now it's just going to be a matter of

which riders are strong enough. Very hard on a course like this, but

which rider has really got the form in the legs and get the timing right

to split this up. Looks like King and Barnes up there. If it was a

hilly circuit people would be waiting for the hill, but here it is

relentless and you cannot predict where it will go. They may find a

section with a headwind or a crosswind, a series of corners that

makes it more difficult. You have to have a strong team willing to do

attack after attack. It will only eventually split when everybody is

on their hands and knees and that's when you have to push hard. Here we

are in the middle of the peloton with Nicole Hanselmann, who was

upfront with Yonamine earlier. They split off the front. Lizzie Deignan

coming across, sensing it will happen. Kirsten Wild is applying the

pressure. And these are the strongest riders in the world making

this difficult on a flat circuit. They are known as being stronger on

the hilly circuit. But Marianne Vos, Lizzie Dignan, Emmy Johannson, the

Italian rider in there, we have not picked up her number yet.

The former winner of the Tour of Flanders is in the peloton for

Italy. You can see the damage that has done. Lizzie Deignan on the

front. And she looks very comfortable, doesn't she? The

American rider goes. You may need a counter attack, this is not

disrespectful, but the B quality riders, and that's the sort of move

that can go. It's likely to split soon if the

Americans keep applying the pressure. She has had a sensational

season. Disappointing result at the Olympics. But Olympics aside she has

had a phenomenal season, winning the Giro, National Championships again.

Meanwhile, further back, the usual chaos as riders try to grab a

bottle. Allie Dragoo taking her time. The

real action is taking place up the road and at times, there has been a

panicked reaction behinds. We see the biggest guns in the race come

out. This will be an aggressive race. It is hard to know what will

go on until the actual race because everyone says this is a sprinter's

course but you can see as tactics change, it can become anything.

Sometimes causes that claim to be sprinters, they end up being the

best races because it forces interesting and unpredictable

tactics and that is what is happening now. 55.8 kilometres to go

in the swimming's elite road race and the defending champion Lizzie

Deignan from Great Britain is up towards the front. British team

prominent, the Dutch keep attacking. The British are animating the race

among others, constantly responding, not the issue themselves. Abby-Mae

Parkinson had a rear wheel problem a while ago and has managed to fight

her way back into the peloton. Dani King and Hannah Barnes and on the

right of your picture, the German rider. Emma Johansson having

something to eat with the yellow shoulder jersey. We ride now with

Nicole Hanselman, the Swiss rider in the race.

Armitstead, now Deignan and Marianne Vos among them. So in some tax which

made life difficult for those in the peloton behind. The race winding its

way around The Pearl. The Italians have not been so active. They

normally take control of the races over the past ten years but we

wonder if the absence of Giorgia Bronzini, their leader and captain,

has affected and hurt them today. We haven't seen much of the Italians.

Sometimes that can happen when you have been so dedicated one tactic

and one race strategy, and overnight, it completely changes

because your leader is sick and can't start the race. It really does

set a cat amongst the pigeons and the team loses direction slightly. I

think that is what we aren't seeing from the Italians. They also have

Bastianelli who was a very good sprinter. She has a chance of being

on the podium and even an outside chance that the victory should this

come down to a big, bunched sprint. You think at some point during this

race, the Netherlands will like it up and try to hurt the peloton and

splitted up but will there be a point where the Netherlands get

tired from attacking and it all sit up and comes down to its breadth or

will it be aggressive right to the line? I was wondering whether they

would be counter-attacked. Team GB and Netherlands are marking each

other out and at some point perhaps they will drop their guard at some

point. You have to be careful that because you become so focused on one

tactic and one race situation that you missed something else happening

and another team could be thinking that. They might be thinking, wait

until they get tired and then go as hard as we can. If you were smart

and you have relationships in the peloton, you might speak to another

team and say, let's let them do that. I'm sure a number of riders in

the peloton will be thinking, let's wait and see if the moment presents

itself to take advantage of all the attacking and hard work the

Netherlands are doing. Heidi Dalton with an on-board camera. I love the

on-board camera views we have had during this World Championships from

the other races as well, when incidents happen in the peloton, it

gives a really good view to the spectators as to how things unfold

in the peloton and how little movement you have in the peloton

around the wheels that are in front or next to you. Definitely opens up

to you in a way you might not have seen before. When you see the lead

trains and they are shouting at each other and it is all quite frantic,

it is a whole new appreciation. At the moment, no sign that anyone

will manage to get away and form a little lead group, at the moment...

People are not tired enough I think. Those attacks have lasted for about

half an hour and it will have taken the edge off some people and some

people will pay a price that but then you have a long and people can

refuel and recharge and recalibrate. You need to keep pushing so hard so

everyone goes over their threshold and basically not be able to fuel

properly and put them under stress but it is easier said than done

because you need a strong team. You need eight riders basically going

one after the other constantly. That requires eight riders on form,

willing to gamble a little bit because only a couple of them will

actually... No other team has committed to joining them. Exactly,

it is just the Dutch so far, if another team is contributing, we

would have a race on our hands. They would say, Great Britain decided,

instead of playing a defensive game, let's call it, against the

aggressive game of the Netherlands, if they start racing aggressively as

well, then you see Great Britain ripped to pieces. Coryn Rivera, down

the back of the peloton, having a conversation with a couple of the

Belgian riders. These Belgian riders will be motivated because they have

a rider in the peloton who is very capable of winning this World

Championships and the closer they get to the finish, the more

confident float should door... Will be. Amy Pieters has been a rider

appointed to making this race hard because we have seen are... Be

wrong, this could be Annemiek van Vleuten, the rider leading the

Olympic Games and had that horrific crash. Annemiek van Vleuten is

really putting the pressure down. She races in the Australian outfit

which is why her helmet is the same as the Australian rider behind her.

Van Vleuten on the front for the Netherlands. 50 K to go. She had big

plans to retire after the Rio Olympics but given she had that

accident and demonstrated herself she has the ability to win an

Olympic games, she has decided to kick on and sign another contract

and it will be interesting to see how many more years she goes. She

did prove she has the ability to still get herself into peak form and

at the Games, she was definitely the strongest rider. Why would you want

to retire when you are riding as strongly as she is? The Dutch again

are going for it once more. This time, it is Amy Pieters but the

Dutch have not stopped with the attacking. They are the only nation

that wants to make it hard and it is interesting because they have the

fastest sprinter in this race in Kirsten Wild. They have strength in

numbers. Very hard for them to break this up but it looks like they will

keep attacking. It was never a counter-attacked. The Netherlands

are counterattacking themselves. Italy and Australia both more

prominent in themselves. They now understand what is happening. Dani

King glued to the wheel. Marianne Vos from the Villumsen going for it.

-- from the Netherlands. Little gaps opening up. People are getting tired

and they can't quite be as quick. The thing is and this is where the

race comes in, when attack goes at this point, Marianne Vos has gap and

that is good tactics from her. She has done the work and caused the

split and they will contribute to it. It is a case of the Netherlands

continuing to do this and occasionally bringing out Marianne

Vos to weaken it up and then send your strong rider out. The gap is

being closed and it is Australia doing it but just starting to

splinter behind. Towards the final third of the peloton, final quarter

of the peloton. Le Clos strung out they are. You can't hesitate when

this happens. If you let the gap opened up, a massive amount of work

to do. They do not hesitate in one instant. The South African riding

about fourth place as well. Marianne Vos not easing off the pedals, she

has done a big turn on the front. Another Dutch rider, it could be

Ellen van Dijk, just went back for some bottles in that moment of

aggression from the Netherlands in the front. The riders getting tired

and it only takes a couple of riders in the middle of the peloton...

Australian... Looks like it could be Tiffany Cromwell. This is not good

for them because she was an important part of the team

especially towards the end of the race. This will be a really

affecting the Australians if Tiffany Cromwell cod get back into the

peloton. Back at the front but bad timing for Cromwell as she waits for

mechanical assistance. I think it was Hannah Barnes responding about

six or seven in line. Just starting to splinter and split, this race,

the pressure is starting to tell. We are inside the final 15 kilometres

now. The Dutch tactic is continuing to make life difficult for everybody

else. Starting to pay dividends for them because we can see the split

starting on the back of the race breaking the pieces. Those gaps are

a little more easy now and more difficult to close down. This is

where we know the race is getting the breaking point. Slight easing in

relative terms at the front. The Dutch will be wanting another team

to do the same as them. This is Tiffany Cromwell. I think maybe her

chain slipped or something. She had a little crash so it will be

interesting to see she can back in but she is an important domestic for

one of the fastest sprinters in this peloton Chloe Hosking. The Dutch

have not stopped, really putting the hammer down, the winner of the

Olympic games, Anna van der Breggen. A little bit of looking around for a

second before there was a response. At the back, I can see Laura Massey

from Great Britain. Riders being dropped left, right and centre at

the back of the main field. If we can get to the point in the race

when everyone starts to weaken, constant attacking from the

Netherlands and it is a case of losing almost half the peloton in a

short period of time. This is a strong rider that can

close those gaps but not in a great position now and perhaps that time

trial early in the week is taking it out of her. Anna van der Breggen on

the front, Olympic gold medallist. Some hesitation behind. They are

getting into little groups now. A nasty moment for the rider from

Eritrea. What does Anna van der Breggen do? Wait for help or keep

driving on by herself? She has to keep driving on and force them to

come up, that is when the counterattack will work, forcing

everyone to work hard to bring it back. You can see how hard everyone

is having to work to close this move of Anna van der Breggen and it is

really splitting up. Lizzie Deignan still there. Everyone is weakening

all of a sudden. She seems to be pretty much in control still but

there are gaps opening up everywhere. We saw a few of the

sprinters, Kirsten Wild, sitting comfortably in the mass part and not

responding to these moves out in front. Emma Johansson still there at

different and Eileen Roe from Team GB a great job. Perfect tactics. Van

Vleuten is having a go again, going near where the barrier is, there she

is. I'm sure that is Van Vleuten. Hannah Barnes reacting quickly.

Three laps to go as they crossed the line. Some riders are blowing up. At

the sharp bend they are starting to blow up and as they are coming by

you can see gaps opening up. Lizzie Deignan you can see up towards the

fund, one of the first to go over the line. Dani King has gone through

as well. Hannah Barnes is right up there. In third place behind Van

Vleuten. She has been super impressive. She was second in the

time trial with her professional team. 14th in the individual time

trial does not sound so special but for a sprinter it was a very special

ride and proves she is on top, top form. You can see that she is

covering these moves and that she looks quite comfortable. And we

mention that she was six in that World Cup race in Sweden. Dani King

of GB in there as well, also doing a very good job. Lizzie Deignan will

come to the finish quite confident that her team has done a great job.

There's Lizzie. She is very well positioned as well. Be orange of her

helmet at the front. Dani King is omnipresent at the front. She's good

at being assertive in the front, Lizzie Deignan, as you would expect

from someone of her experience, but she is very assertive. And that also

shows how good she is feeling because it's not easy to be

consistent at the front, it takes a big effort to be there but she times

it perfectly every time. We are entering the final hour of the race,

and this is where a lot of the big hitters trying to get the medal will

thing, we are in the final hour, it is getting serious. Another crash in

the feed zone. Like you said, Dave, I think the magic one hour to go is

a key moment in the race where sprinters that have hung on and put

themselves in position, they think, I have got this far into the race,

just one hour to go and they get a whole new level of fitness and level

of freshness. In a race like this, it's been quite aggressive in the

last hour so the sprinters have two fight really hard and gamble that it

keeps coming back together. When there is one hour to go in the race

they consciously decide, now I have to take things into my own hands and

be active. Only one hour to go, I can do this. Is a break goes, it can

go to the finish. Beyond that you know over an hour that it gives

enough time to bring something back. Another crash at the front,

roundabout. That is fatigue setting in as well. She has had to stop for

the second time in the race but as you can see, she is up and running

once more. One rider we haven't mentioned much of today, the Danish

outside chance in a sprint. She had a fantastic sprint in the recent

Tour. And for Denmark she is an outside chance. She's a two-time

world race junior champion. Shows every sign of being one of the big

stars of the next few years in women's cycling. Absolutely. She was

concentrating on the track in Rio. Her display in the last events of

the omnium were spectacular. She has been riding in a domestic role this

year but pulled off a nice win a couple of weeks ago. She is a fast

sprinter and will have track speed from being on track most of this

season. She will be one to watch in the finish. Action on the front from

something other than an orange jersey, the USA sending a ride up

the road. Amber Neben had a goal early on, she has been restoring her

energy reserves at the back of the peloton and has come back against

the blue this is what I mean about an hour to go. A time trial

specialist with that far to go, you would think it is possible they can

do that if they are feeling good and fresh. You would not want somebody

who has just won the World Championships to get a gap and start

going. This is what I meant about the Dutch being caught out and

counterattacking. They can soft and everybody up, do the hard work, and

wait for her to go. The Netherlands and Team GB are just watching each

other. Quite a clever move for Amber Neben. She lets them soft and up,

waits for the lull, and goes on. Interesting that the peloton did not

respond to that move. Whether they couldn't or didn't, that's the

question. But Amber Neben, having won the time trial, has proven she

is in fantastic form, not a rider you want to slip off the front. If

she gets into with it will take an effect for the nation is to combine

together to bring her back. Because she's not going to stop and she's in

the form of her life. Yes, going to be a big ask for anybody. Nobody can

do it individually so at some point they will have to do go. No team

will want to. The Netherlands are sitting there, they have been caught

out, they find themselves riding at the front, chasing down somebody

profiting from their work. As a two-time world champion in the time

trial specialist, she has also finished fourth in the World Road

Championships before as well. Here she is on the front once again and

Amber Neben will be happy with this scenario. Throwback to Tuesday

afternoon. When she won the world title for the second time at the age

of 41. Psychologically, now she has the gap, she knows she is fastest in

the world on that circuit, she did it a few days ago and

psychologically it is a massive boost. She slips into a different

mindset and you can see teams panicking slightly. Belgium putting

a ride on the front. They are aware this is not one rider you want up

their, up the road on their own. Interesting to see them at the

front. Belgium. They are not one of the strongest teams. Interesting to

see they have taken up the responsibility and not just passed

it over to the stronger teams like the Netherlands and Team GB. It's a

bit of a silly tactic in my opinion. You've seen how much the Netherlands

won this race, don't help them, let them do what they clearly want to

do, control this race and own it essentially. It is playing into the

hands now of the Dutch and Team GB. You sort of call their bluff

slightly. I think it is Marianne Vos sitting in second place. That is one

of the beauties of women's cycling, it is not so predictable. It's not

going to make any difference, it's not as if there are enough Belgians

to do it. As David was saying, the Dutch made it obvious they are

absolutely desperate to win the race, so why not sit up and let them

get on with it? You call their bluff, you go up to them and say,

you want it, you chase it down. I should think that will be what

Lizzie Deignan will be saying to her team-mates. Exactly. Their

responsibility, let them do it. And this is what I said before about

another team profiting from them calling each other's bluff. The

amount of time it takes them to decide what to do, you can get that

gap, which is what Amber Neben is doing. Back in the main field. Well,

she was distant stuff the back, so she has done well to get back in.

The race is in the hands of the Americans at the moment. They had a

disappointing Olympic Games but they are in a strong position now with

Amber Neben, current world champion. The Dutch are on the front. Team GB

are playing it very cool now. As we spoke about at the start of the

race, Lizzie Deignan is a cool customer when it comes to tactics,

not the sort of rider caught out in a situation like this. She will be

saying to relax, I know what the Dutch will do, let them do as much

work as possible, we will contribute if we have to do at the very last

moment. Lizzie is on the very edge of the road up towards the front,

just keeping an eye on what is going on. There is the leader and not

surprisingly considering it is the world time trial champion, she has

already gained an advantage of 40 seconds on the main field. The main

field who are hot, sweaty and in some cases a little confused as to

quite how they want to react at this moment in time. Because on a circuit

like this it is very hard to get away on your own, and Marianne Vos

understands what is happening now. They do not have a team-mate that

can match Amber Neben so there is no point using up their troops. She has

to ride aggressively and cause a split, and Lizzie Deignan

understands that as well. She is in third place, letting the Belgian

rider close the gap. Writing a clever race. Staying as close to the

front as she can whilst doing as little work as possible in the

process of doing so. I don't think we've seen Lizzie Deignan once in

the wind. We've seen Marianne Vos and all the other riders attacking,

and not once have we seen Lizzie Deignan go off the front. She's very

relaxed and that is one of her strengths, reading a race, staying

cool and calm. As we said before, the Belgian riders for example may

be a little less experienced, in a bit of a panic, with a rider broken

away, they are desperately trying to close down time. Not very

productively, given that they are not the stronger team. But that's

the difference between having a team captain Mike Lizzie Deignan 14 GB,

just keeping everybody cool. She has had so many problems on the course

today. I'm wondering if she's getting told off. I wonder if she

got dragged on. Maybe she is getting told off for having a tow back to

the peloton. Yes, could be the case that she got a tow and is being

asked to leave the race. The president wants to talk to the

Russian team car, so they might be getting pulled out of the race.

Mechanical problem, I think maybe she got a tow back on after that

incident. Because she got back on very quickly. I think the will

properly disqualify her. Looks like some trouble for Olga, no stranger

to controversy, let it be said, having not that long ago come back

from a doping ban herself. Here is Amber Neben who leads at the moment,

31 seconds is the gap and it has not changed despite the big turn on the

front from Marianne Vos for a little while. And there is Lizzie Deignan,

defending world champion in second place, here. Wouldn't be surprised

if she pulls off and takes herself at the back so she cannot get caught

out. Sitting probably a bit too far at the front. Lizzie Deignan

certainly demonstrating she is one of the stronger striders in this

race, as has Marianne Vos. We've seen the big names we normally see

at the front on hilly circuit is dominating this flat World

Championship. Nobody helping the Belgian at the front, are they,

here? This is a long ride at the front. Lauren roundly coming up

towards the front of the peloton in the White with the green helmet from

Australia. Good strong team rider for the Aussies. You know the

Aussies have understood the threat as well. Playing slightly into the

hands of the Dutch again. These other teams are panicking.

So fantastic to see Amber Neben, she already has the gold medal in the

bag from early in the week, and well-suited to a more hilly circuit,

just giving her nation the chance to win this. Imagine if she got a

double in Qatar at 41 years of age. Great year at the World

Championships for the United States. She just missed a bottle, there.

That will not be good. Not for her mental state. It's very difficult

out there to keep motivated and believing in yourself. Would she

only have one chance in that feed zone, or would there be more than

one opportunity? There could have been two people but it looked as

though she left it to the last person mind out there. She did not

take a bottle in time through the feed zone.

Lizzie Deignan has really put herself in a position to win this

race up until this point, she is getting closer and closer to the

finish with a few team-mates left in there. While she has played down her

chances are we, she is looking very comfortable in a very good position

to take this on. Looks like it could come down to a bank Street and she

does not really recognise herself as a big bunch sprint, but she has the

fitness level to come to the front. Certainly turning into a resolute

and stout defence of the rainbow jersey from Lizzie Deignan, and she

is still in with a chance of retaining that world crown. 35.5

kilometres to go on the pole in Qatar.

The gap is going up from Marianne Vos the peloton. The Australian

rider has helped a bit, but the Belgian rider, it is tete-a-tete

against the two of them, there is no way she can bring time back on Amber

Neben, we know her quality. You need to or three strong riders. She did

look as though she was banging her head against a brick. Blue she might

have said, I cannot contribute I will just get my conservation to the

race done. It is a mostly false economy because nobody else could

help and she is not strong enough to bring the gap back. Amber Neben

looks as comfortable as anybody could reasonably expect given the

weather conditions and the state of the race. Radio area, she will be

getting some information from her director in the race car, some

motivation. She has team-mates back in the peloton that could

potentially win if she gets caught. Megan Garnier had a phenomenal

season. Olympics aside, which was a bit disappointing. At she was third

at the world tamping chips last year. What is she like in a sprint,

generally? She is quite fast but I would not back against the likes of

Lizzie Armistead or Chloe Hosking. But she is one of the faster riders.

She won BG rod, so you cannot say she is a pure sprinter but she does

Dani King has been keen to get back into the British team on the road as

Rochelle said, and has contributed well in this road race today. She

would have been very nervous lining up to date, back in the GB kit in

those colours, representing the nation and she has just wanted so

badly to make that big step from the track to the road and representing

GB is something that is the most important thing to her and she has

achieved that here said she would have felt the pressure. She has been

executing a role for the GB team and Lizzie Deignan very well out there

today. The leader has eked out a couple more seconds over the chasing

pack. Next time over the line, only two laps of The Pearl to go. You can

see where people are every so often on this course. That is good for

Amber Neben because she can see only one Belgian rider at the front and

that will give her more confidence so she is still in control at the

moment. You can see the orange colours of the Netherlands slowly

moving to the front. They will make a calculated assault on bringing

this back. If they leave the Belgian rider on the front for too long,

they will be going backwards before they start to make the counter. They

don't want to go over a minute. That is rapidly approaching. Bastianelli,

number 24. Towards the back of the peloton for Italy. If it comes down

to a sprint, she might be their bouts at the front of the race. Bath

thereabouts. She will need to get further forward. 52 seconds, the

advantage is going up all the time, from Amber Neben of the United

States. Shadows growing a little longer in the late afternoon, we are

a couple of hours ahead of the UK. Don't imagine it is particularly

much cooler. It is still in the mid-30s, the temperatures, for the

cyclists. She has got that radio in her ear so she has the motivation of

the team director, giving her the time checks but also the motivation

and confidence to keep pushing on. She definitely has the legs and

ability and form to attack when this comes back together.

In theory, Team GB appeared to be the strongest team at the moment in

my opinion because they have responded to everything but not

actually forced any action. Team GB moving slightly up again. Lizzie

Deignan not far behind. I think everyone still has a full team. Yes,

can see Eileen Roe there as well. She is doing a great job. Some

impressive displays so far. I've certainly been very impressed

by the form of Hannah Barnes at the World Championships and throughout

the season, coming back from injury but she is obviously having a very

good team captain from Lizzie Deignan. Very calm and relaxed. The

big question is, if this comes down to a sprint, will GB ride for Lizzie

Deignan or Hannah Barnes or possibly even Alice Barnes? They have three

really fast riders in there. Options as they go into the closing stages

of this race. We are inside the final two laps. A lot of riders

still in contention for the rainbow jersey. Including the defending

champion, Lizzie Deignan. Lauren Stephens of the United States coming

back. She is a stage winner in Argentina in the last couple of

years. Tenth overall in the Tour of California. I was listening to an

interview of Lizzie Deignan earlier today and she said while she is

playing down her chances of will Championship back-to-back here in

Qatar, she was disappointed with his salute last year when she won the

World Championships in Richmond and she would love to have a second

chance, both arms up in the air crossing the line. So it has to be

in the back of her mind that she is capable of winning this. Good sprint

to the line last year from Lizzie, it was quite uphill inside the last

kilometre and then slightly uphill sprint towards the line where she

beat Anna van der Breggen to the line and Megan Guarnier who got the

bronze medal for the United States. Amber Neben holding steady. Great

Britain prominent alongside Australia but both nations happy to

let the Dutch go to the front. Emmy Hanson for Sweden with one of her

team-mates. We saw the Aussies and GB team having a chat about when

they will put the hammer down and try to bring this back and they

can't leave it out there that too much longer. 25.9 kilometres to go.

Amber Neben is a strong rider, current world champion in the ITT

but a little dropping off her head there is not a good indication. This

is the rider that has done the majority of the work for the

Australians. Loren Rowney has I think blown head gasket. I think her

job is done for the day. She is actually a sprinter in her own right

so to be chasing back moves would have been a difficult task for Loren

Rowney but she has done her job unfinished for the day. No doubt

Chloe Hosking, Australian sprinter, is there feeling very confident. 35

seconds, 34 seconds, isn't that much when you consider it has been a full

chase behind. If it was launched again, the attack, it would come

back incredibly quickly. When the Dutch put a ride on the front and it

closes down, they realise they have got this in control. They are a

little more relaxed so they are leaving Amber Neben out there for a

little bit longer. We can expect an aggressive last part of this race

from the Dutch. They will feel she is within range. And because of the

make of this circuit, glances of her and none of the big riders in the

peloton... They have had a decent rest this lap. They have all been

sitting back and refuelling in the wheels. Olga Zabelinskaya.

Interesting she is not off the course yet because they did announce

they disqualified her for an illegal bike change but still just rolling

around on the course. Presumably preparing to roll off the course as

she goes through the finish. At the first available opportunity. Come in

number 84, your number is up, your time is up. She is escorted from the

course by the UCI. She has had a bad day. A bad day at the office. Unlike

Amber Neben who still leads by over half a minute. You can see she's

digging deep note, checking the time check, 40 seconds. We get 34 seconds

on our screen. We believe the peloton have got this under control

and they will be able to bring it back when they decide it is time to

pull Amber Neben back in. You can see now it is the Australians on the

front, stringing out the peloton. An indication there sprinter is feeling

good in the peloton. A fairly reduced peloton out and that has

been the attrition from all of those attacks. Not much has gone off from

the front of the race apart from Amber Neben but lots from the back.

Dutch back on again. They will not risk it, just get it back under

control and we will see whether they will ride it on the line or launch

an attack. I can't predict it. They did all those attacks... This is

Carmen Small, a problem at the back for the United States. Hard to tell

whether those attacks were tiring everyone out or whether they

genuinely wanted to split up into smaller groups. She hasn't had a

very happy will Championship, Carmen Small. The national champion and

felt she was should have got one of the slots for the Olympic Games in

Rio and they went with Christine Armstrong. They were proved right

because she won the gold medal but Carmen Small went into arbitration

over trying to get that spot in Rio. She was here and hoping to prove her

point in the time trial but maybe trying a bit too hard. Disappointing

12th place to the other day. She has chasing to do as well after

mechanical issue. I was thinking last night how difficult emotionally

the season has been for Carmen Small because you transferred from one

team to another in the middle of the season and things weren't working

out with her team and she changed to another team at the same time she

was putting in her appeal process for the selection for the Olympic

Games. She had won the national time trial Championship and beating

Christine Armstrong who won the Olympic Games so that would be very

difficult emotionally to deal with. The USA made the right decision

because they selected a rider that won the Olympic Games but then

Carmen Small beat that rider at the Championships so it has been a

difficult season for her and with the mechanical here, not a good

situation for the USA because Amber Neben is right in front and they

need her back in the peloton, should she be caught very soon. Still half

a minute and not much coming from the Dutch at the moment. Are they

regrouping? I think so, I think the next time it goes it will be all-out

warfare. They can take it on the line so it will be... They would

have to strategise it quite well by discussing who is feeling good and

then the other riders working for that rider or those two riders so

presumably Marianne Vos and Kirsten Wild. The rest of the team will

presumably launch a flurry of attacks. So much spoken about, the

strength of this Netherlands team, strongest we have seen in the

history of women's cycling and any one of those riders would be capable

of winning but they have the favourite sprinter Kirsten Wild in

the peloton. Will they back here for a sprint or try to break this up in

the final kilometres? This is one of the fastest sprinters in the

peloton. Bastianelli for the Italians. A few outside champions.

Lepisto from Finland. Amber Neben taking on a last bottle with 21

kilometres to go. Impressive to see her win the individual time trial

earlier this week because she has won it in the past but hasn't been

so present in the women's peloton in the last few years. She has been

around but not in the top of those races, like she was in the past.

Like her career was winding down? We would have said she was now the

chance for a medal here but she surprised everyone at the age of 41

to come back and win the title in the individual time trial this week.

She is proving she is in the form of her life,. Carmen Small trying to

get back on the rear end of the main field. Following that mechanical

issue. Will the Americans have a train leading out Rivera for the

sprint? One of the nations that have a fast rider, maybe not a favourite

for the sprint, which is why the World Championships is so

unpredictable. Winnard the Netherlands is the strongest team

and Kirsten Wild is very fast but so many riders could potentially be on

the podium or sneak this victory. Australians working hard, putting

faith into their sprinter Chloe Hosking. 20 seconds nicer within

sight. It would be sensible now for the Australians to wind it back

about which I think is what they are doing which is why the bunch is

spreading across the road. They are slowing down because they know Amber

Neben is in sight. Now it is a question of whether it will be an

aggressive race or the teams will resign themselves to the fact it

will be a sprint and look after their sprinters? There are some

teams here who don't have a sprinter who could win. Three Germans up

towards the front. Lisa Brennauer among them. Niewiadoma from Poland.

They are all starting to congregate across the road. 20 seconds no Amber

Neben less than 19 kilometres away from the finish.

There has not been very committed chase from anybody in the peloton

but they will feel confident that Amber Neben will be reeled in. As

the readout trains and domestiques try to get their leaders in

position, the gap is coming down. She will keep the pressure on the

pedals for as long as possible to put her team-mates in a good

position, and will be see counterattacks from the Americans?

Do you get the impression the Dutch will throw the eggs in Kirsten

Wild's basket? It appears that way. It appears most of the teams are

settling for bunch sprints. If that is not the case then they are going

to have to launch attacks now otherwise there will be a bunch

sprint. The only way it can break up is if it starts attacking in the

next couple of kilometres. Roxane Kneteman, there, from the

Netherlands, on the front, having a little look round. Canada with Leah

Kirkman as a possibility for them. Couple of her team-mates in the

burden of Canada. Dani King still up towards the front, towards the right

of your picture. At the business end of the bike race it will be

interesting to see what Team GB does, if they will do a lead out for

Lizzie Deignan or if they will back one of their younger more

inexperienced riders like Hannah Barnes or Alice Barnes for the

sprint. Amber Neben sees how close the peloton is coming, taking a

drink. She knows what's coming and it is not going to be another gold

medal, not today, anyway. Team GB will have to discuss that on the

road. They will be discussing who is feeling good, who is going for this.

I don't think there will be a natural prerace order of authority.

They will say you have to discuss between yourself and be honest with

each other. If Lizzie says I feel good, everyone has got to go for it.

And if Hannah is feeling good as well, if they both feel good, Lizzie

will have to go for it, she is reigning world champion. Sara Roy

from Australia is taking on a lot of the work here at the front of the

peloton. Van Dijk from the Netherlands on second wheel, she is

a rider we may have predicted would take a late attack. But are they

riding for Kirsten Wild or will they try to light it up with a flurry of

attacks? Been a little crash coming out of that roundabout, there. A

ride on the other side of the road from Chinese Taipei. She will be

devastated about that if she does not get back to the peloton because

she is quite a handy sprinter as well. One you would put on an

outside chance of a medal here. Couple of victories in the World

Tour race. Asian road race champion as well last year. She is not

looking very sprightly, though. No. And it was on the other side of the

road. The outside. A crash just missed by one of the British riders

as well, there. A real stalemate in the peloton right now. They are all

watching each other to see who will do it. Everybody is all being a bit

battle worn by the Dutch. Probably quite surprised that now they are

sitting there not doing anything which would indicate that they are

putting all their eggs in Kirsten Wild's basket. Just trying to see if

we can spot Kirsten Wild, one of the taller riders in the peloton, you

can normally see her helmet popping up across the top of the peloton.

Amber Neben knows her job, and that is to keep going until she is

caught. She knows she will be, so it's quite an art, to put yourself

through that pain. She has won the world time trial championship two

times, she knows how to hurt. And whilst her face looks relaxed, she

will be in a world of pain. Yeah, this is a great ride from Amber

Neben, but just 24 seconds separate her from this peloton, here. But

that looks very much like a peloton preparing itself for a big gallop so

blue it does. Only 16.8 kilometres to go, not

It is highly controllable. Everybody can dig deep when it gets closer.

They've had a calm last 15 or 20 kilometres. All hoping, I guess,

that it would stay this way. Now it's going to be a case of getting

your team to work, to look after you to the line. You can see one of the

sprint favourites up there in fourth position, an indication of feeling

good but also being a little bit nervous because you do not see the

more experienced sprinters like Lizzie Deignan or Kirsten Wild

moving to the front this early with 16 kilometres to go. Chloe Hosking,

also from Australia. Now we are talking about the really fast

sprinters in this race. What a devastating thing for Bronzini not

to be on the starting line, this race would have played into her

hands. We are looking at Chloe Hosking, Kirsten Wild, for a sprint?

The clear favourite will most likely be Kirsten Wild, she is the Queen of

Qatar, this is her style of race, she has a strong team in the Dutch.

Lizzie Deignan, you would not put your money on her in a big bunch

sprint but she looks very comfortable and she has the World

Championship jersey to retain, so anything is possible. The GB team

have ridden well and that will give her more confidence. She will like

to try to finish it off, even if she is not a pure spin to, she will give

this a go and she has definitely got the chance. But the likes of Kersten

will, Jolien D'Hoore.. -- the likes of

Kirsten Wild. The beauty of the team from the Netherlands, they have so

many riders that could potentially win in any circumstances. We have

not even mentioned Marianne Vos. Or any of the German riders. They now

have Amber Neben insight. One lap remains. A very small gap from Amber

Neben back to the peloton, a gap that is about to close very quickly

indeed. The smart money now is on a sprint for the line. Lizzie Deignan

of Great Britain still in with a chance of defending her world title,

but with every passing kilometre, the sprinters get more and more

excited that it could be their day. Riders like Chloe Hosking for the

United States, Jolien D'Hoore from Belgium, Kirsten Wild of the

Netherlands. To name but a few. And Amber Neben Bulls time at the front

of the race is now up and those jerseys of the Dutch start to

congregate at the front. Is that Ashley Millman from South Africa?

Moving across to make sure she can take a bottle. Jolien D'Hoore taking

a bottle from Belgium. Very close to the finish for riders to be taking

bottles. Chaos again. Breaks were slammed on in that shot, just

wondered if there had been an incident but apparently not. Lizzie

Deignan. Now there is an attack. The Team GB have had a fine race until

this right. Strong attack by Dani King. She has been policing every

single move riding at the front. You can see she just pushed her radio

into her ear to get some indication from the riders or that team

director how this attack is going and it is strong. That all changed

very quickly, both on the front of the race and for Amber Neben. Couple

of minutes she was leading the world champion should, now she has been

spat out the back of the peloton unceremoniously. Dani King of Great

Britain is on the front and stretching the field out in the

closing climate is with less than 15 to go. Great tactic from Team GB. We

have not seen them move the whole race, not even once. They have

covered everything, protected the race in a defensive manner. This has

obviously been their plan. Splitting it immediately. Forcing the Dutch

riders across and this puts Lizzie Armistead in a perfect position, she

can sit and follow everything. She realises the danger and is coming

across herself. Dani King on the front for Great Britain, causing a

bit of panic behind. Yes, that's a really strong attack and you can see

how tired everybody is. One massive attack has caused so much damage.

Lizzie Deignan is trying to come across on her own, make it to the

Swedish rider in between. It might be a Johansson for Sweden. It

usually is. On this, the last lap of seven here in Joe Hart in Qatar.

This is obviously what Team GB needed to do. Lizzie Deignan does

not really come in against those pure sprinters but she can if they

make the race really hard, put everybody under stress and fatigue,

and that way they can force it and give Lizzie a chance in the sprint.

Well, this is a super strong move by Dani King and Team GB. Very, very

smart. But everybody under pressure. And amazing form that Dani King has

come into. And draw some of the steam from the likes of the other

riders as well, just maybe take a little bit of the top bend off the

other riders. You can see how tired everybody is. They have had a lap of

going steady, letting the domestics right behind Amber Neben. One big

attack from Dani King started to rip it all to pieces. So if they start

countering again I think we can expect it to split up into small

groups. Dani King is doing a great job here. Interestingly she is being

marked by riders that ride on the same professional team as her. These

are the riders that actually know the real strength of Dani King, and

knew that they had to respond to that move. A good ride here by the

Eritrean rider, hanging in with the peloton. At the business end of the

race. How Great Britain continue to animate once more. Well, that's

Hannah Barnes, so that means the rider they are working for is going

to be Lizzie Deignan because Hannah Barnes is using upper energy to tire

out the peloton. The Dutch kept attacking with GB marking them, and

now GB are attacking with the Dutch marking them, so the tactics are

clear. Team GB are trying to rip it to pieces to set it up for Lizzie

Deignan. Two completely different tactics, one once a small group, the

other wants a bunch sprint. Is this Johannson now going? Heavily marked

by Lizzie Deignan. Lizzie Deignan straight onto her wheel, and

Marianne Vos tries to go. One of the American riders up there and a bit

of a gap opening up. Emma Johansson's acceleration puts real

pressure on those in the race and Lizzie Deignan was very quick to

jump on that and stamp it out. They are free of the best bike riders in

the world. And it was Lizzie Deignan and Marianne Vos who responded to

Emma Johannson, from Sweden, being the silver medallist in Rio this

year. Lizzie Deignan looking so comfortable. Fantastic ride by the

South African as well. She will want this race to be tough all the way to

the finish, Lizzie. And look at the Dutch. Marianne Vos was in a perfect

position to launch a counter attack and didn't, she looked behind, they

are riding a defensive and blocking race, whereas Team GB are trying to

split it up and make it hard. Now regrouping again as they have fanned

out across the road. Just over ten kilometres to go. One of the Dutch

riders on the right has a little look at the front but not a major

acceleration. Wondered whether there was going to be an attack launched,

but not so as it turned out. Further back is Dani King. Now at the back

of the peloton. It was a great effort from her couple of minutes

ago. Who is on the front? Looked like Marianne Vos. Well, we are

looking for Kirsten Wild and she seems to be positioned quite far

down the back. That will not be a panic for her because she can move

to the front of the peloton quite quickly. Anna van der Breggen on the

front. Marked by one of the Finland riders. And Denmark are up there as

well. So the Netherlands have enough strong riders to control this all

the way to the finish line, which is I think what their plan is. Is that

Rivera from the USA in the middle with the dark glasses on? She will

be worth watching as well, potentially, isn't she? If it comes

down to a sprint, as it may well do. Anna van der Breggen leads them

around the latest roundabout. Ten kilometres remaining in the World

Championship road race for elite women. And a little bit further

back, and a lease from Great Britain. At GB have ridden very,

very well, here. They certainly have had a technically brilliant race.

And Lizzie Deignan has come into this race with great form, which is

quite surprising, after she's had such turmoil, and emotional season,

the peak of the Olympic Games. To hold it together, come here and win

a world title and back up a few days later to be in really, really top

form, really impressive. Hannah Barnes, despite the effort she made

a couple of minutes ago, has come up alongside Lizzie now in the main

field, up towards the front. As you can see, when the pace is high, they

are strung out. The Dutch are not in a bad position here once again.

Van der Breggen will just go as long as she can I think. She doesn't have

the right faster, she just has to set it at a pace she can maintain

flows long as possible and try to put off attacks so people get

deterred from doing it because they can see the Olympic champion sitting

there. We haven't seen anything from Chloe Hosking which might be a good

thing. She is looking quite comfortable. I was on the circuit

yesterday and I heard someone coming behind me and it was Tiffany

Cromwell with her team-mates on her wheel, just doing a lead out, flying

through a roundabout so I have done -- they have done a couple of

practice runs and the Australians look comfortable, in the middle of

the peloton, Chloe Hosking looking super relaxed. Abby-Mae Parkinson in

the front group. Two of our younger riders still at the business end of

the race. We will not have to wait too long for the finish now. The

tension mounts. Maybe Lisa Brennauer is feeling good as well. Germany are

prominent. Lisa Brennauer was there in second wheel and she looks quite

relaxed and confident as she has had some good sprints in the past. Trixi

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I think that is Van Vleuten on the front just throwing that bottle

away. Didn't see Kirsten Wild on the left-hand side. The Dutch lining

themselves up getting ready. They don't need to lead yet. No point Van

der Breggen riding on the front and wasting energy when they can use her

later on. They will sit there and they just hold that side of the road

and protect yourselves and don't let yourself get swamped. Sometimes it

is difficult to get all your team-mates together and they have

done that. They were like their chances. Look at that, good

discipline already having all lined up. Three riders the top 14 in the

time trial. They burned a lot of matches early on in the race with

the constant attacking but that was indicative of them being so strong.

Does Jolien D'Hoore have a strong enough train? She will not be able

to rely on her Belgian team-mates when it comes to the final

kilometres. She has had some support mentally. That would have been good

for Jolien D'Hoore, her mental state, to know her team-mates have

worked there today and now it is all up to her by herself. She has one of

the most powerful kicks in the peloton says she will be feeling

confident as they come into the finish. For a rider with not so many

team-mates, it is the fight you have to win before the sprint. The Dutch

have a lot of riders around the leader. The radios, this is where

they are useful because you can congregate your team-mates and tell

them what to do. Kirsten Wild can tell them what she wants from them.

It is hard to share that when you don't have the radios without giving

away your tactics. Still a big group here. Not far from the finish. I

love to see a big, bunched sprint and I am getting quite nervous

because this will be an exciting sprint. Dani King with a second

wind. She's doing some great work for Lizzie Deignan up towards the

front. Massive attacks, we saw the damage it did to the peloton and

rightly so. Shows how loyal she is and how professional. She has come

straight back up to helplessly. Psychologically a strong showing for

the others to deal with. Van dyke on the front of the Dutch train. You

know the power they have to bring back anything. Everyone knows their

tactic now. They are all in for the sprint. The Italians towards the

right of the picture, starting to move forward. White jerseys with

blue shorts. Bastianelli, Longo Borghini, riders who could feature

towards the end. The Dutch in control of this peloton at the

moment. This team on paper, they are strung

out, they really aren't the strongest team, everyone said it

would take a big mistake for them to be beaten at the will Championships.

-- they really are the strongest team. You would have to say Kirsten

Wild is the clear favourite. An impressive ride by the Netherlands.

Will anyone else tried to muscle their way in here? Anyone have the

ability? Not really, all they can do is try to hijack it. They will just

be outgunned so they may as well let them do all the work and for the

last 800 metres... Italians lining up on the left-hand side. Four of

them towards the front. Slowly inching their way to the pointy end

of the race. Dani King not giving away, still in the dark glasses in

the middle of the picture. What a stint from here. Hannah Barnes as

well towards the right at the front. Team GB not quite as disciplined

comparing them to the Netherlands and Italy coming up but Lizzie is a

cool customer. She will be profiting all of this, all the other teams'

work. She doesn't want to put herself in a position where she will

be the sprint. I think Lizzie Deignan is just near Dani King at

the moment. About 15 or 20 of the position. I think that was where she

is. The Dutch looking so strong. 4.4 kilometres to go. It looks like the

peloton is nearly just handed it to them. Just hoping they make a big

mistake. They really have things under control. They do and we know

how strong their riders are and they are riding so disciplined. They look

completely in control. We saw the French guys hitting way too early.

This is a lead out. Pure textbook at the moment. Four kilometres to go.

We are in Doha. The Dutch dominating proceedings, hoping one of their

riders can claim the rainbow jersey but Australia now starting to come

towards the front, they have got Chloe Hosking in their team and

Great Britain working hard also. Lizzie coming up on the left. What a

valuable rider in Dani King, she has been there all the way to the

finish. An impressively strong ride. Taking on the Dutch. Great stuff

from Dani King. GB swamped so they will try to match the Netherlands.

They are next to each other drag racing. 3.5 kilometres, Kirsten Wild

for the Netherlands and Lizzie Deignan for GB in their looking

good. Canadians are in there as well. Australians have dropped back

a bit but they were looking good for Chloe Hosking. Then you have got

Jolien D'Hoore, trying to get into position. The rider for USA

freewheeling in among all the others. Lizzie is now isolated so

Dani King did a fantastic job and has now dropped back. She got Lizzie

into position. A good position to be in because the train from the

Netherlands isn't going to slow down. Is that Marta Bastianelli in

there for Italy as well? Marianne Vos taking a look also for Kirsten

Wild. Four Dutch riders on the front and Marianne Vos in fourth but

Kirsten Wild dropped back. The Dutch team looking for this printer.

Lizzie pushing through the middle. She managed to punch out just in

time before she got caught up. Always alert to danger. Trixi

Worrack working hard for Germany. It is really know with 2.3 kilometres

to go. Not even many riders can hold the pace now with the Dutch on the

front. Armitstead just beyond... Just behind the four Dutch riders on

the right. Giving the Italian rider a little touch with her shoulder.

Lizzie Deignan looks very comfortable. She has been so cool

and is in a good position with two kilometres to go. Looks like Ellen

van Dijk at the front. Marianne Vos third in line and Kirsten Wild

fourth. Lotta Lepisto from Finland on her wheel. Lizzie Deignan maybe

seventh or eighth. On the right-hand side of the road. Perfect wheel

again, being brought up, Italian riders trying to get in the way of

the Dutch train. Lizzie currently in a good position but is fighting hard

to hold her position. She has to keep pushing her way around. There

was nearly crashed. One of the Italian riders did very well to stay

upright. That has a panic in the peloton but 1.4 kilometres to go on

the Dutch very much in control. They still have four riders lined out, it

has been difficult for any riders to come up and match them now the

Italians make move. We haven't seen much of the Australians with Chloe

Hosking dropping back. She was so confident coming into this. The

Australians was work to do but they are not up to the front. Lizzie

Deignan still about six on the road. Inside the final kilometre. Lizzie

Deignan defending her world crown. She won a year ago in Richmond but a

lot to do to make that happen because the Dutch in a great

position. Lizzie Deignan working hard to hold the wheel. Sixth in

line. It will be hard to beat Kirsten Wild after this display from

the Dutch. A textbook finish so far. A couple of hundred metres and they

will see the finish line. They are not far away, final few hundred

metres. The Dutch in pole position. Lisa Brennauer goes around the

outside but the lead looks good for the Dutch. Bastianelli, Lotta

Lepisto is there. Lizzie Deignan has fallen away a little bit. Marianne

Vos hits the front and here comes Kirsten Wild for the Netherlands. Up

towards the front, can she claimed a world title or will she be pipped on

the line? It is desperately close on the line. So close. As they crossed

the line, it may be Andi Dixon of Denmark, the two time world junior

champion who pushed really hard and she may well have pipped the big

favourite Kirsten Wild on the line. What a ride from the Danish

youngster. Diedrickson has got it. We said she was an outside chance

today and that was an impressive sprint. Kirsten Wild will be

devastated after that work from the Netherlands. Lizzie Deignan also

congratulating this ride, Diedrickson. She is the new world

champion, she has got it. Kirsten Wild is second and Lotta Lepisto is

third. Lizzie Deignan is fourth just outside the medals. It is all about

that rider, and the big favourite Kirsten Wild, we saw her wing the

two order Yorkshire and many other titles but in the end, she didn't

quite have the legs to get over the line in first place. She's so

disappointed. Diedrickson was in outside chance on what defines print

is not what a fine sprint. These riders have shown potential all

season. The Danish rider seemed to be able

to get onto the wheel that everybody wanted. That didn't change much at

the finish line. She does it and she fights all the way. There is Lizzie

getting up to fourth place. Not many people have the ability to come back

Kirsten Wild in a situation like that. She was the world junior

champion in 13 and 14. What a step up.

She concentrated on the Olympic Games and she was disappointed not

to be on the podium in the omnium, but she showed in the last events,

especially the points race, that she is a phenomenal athlete, just

lapping and lapping the field. Look at her face as she comes up to the

line as if to say, I've got this. She looked completely in control,

when everybody else was grimacing, she looked relaxed. It is not just

being the fastest sprinter, but being so young and being on the

favourite's wheel. Lizzie offering congratulations. They ride on the

same professional team. I'm sure Lizzie Deignan is not surprised with

the performance of digits and to take this title. -- of Dideriksen.

She is ecstatic. And diving fourth-place come on a course like

this, for Lizzie Deignan, that was a really, really impressive defence of

the world title. She has just proven again and again, Lizzie Deignan,

that she is just a class, class bike rider. She rises to the occasion.

When she puts the number on her back, she just races. She's had a

very emotional and difficult season. But just to be still at the end of

the season in that kind of fitness level, really a phenomenal

performance by the whole GB team, especially Dani King and Hannah

Barnes, very impressive today. There we are, that's the new world

champion, just 20 years of age, Mali deed Eriksson from Denmark. And

there is confirmation of the result. -- Dideriksen of Denmark. Kirsten

Wild will be very unhappy with silver, but Lotto the piston will be

very happy with bronze. Many congregations, how does it feel

to wear that rainbow jersey? It's amazing. I was hoping for top ten.

Just to stand here with the jersey is wonderful. My team-mates did such

an amazing job. Whole team, only three riders, and they gave me

bottles and when I crashed they brought me back. I'd like to say a

big thank you to them and I'm just really happy. What were you thinking

going into the last few hundred metres? I just wanted to keep

Kirsten Wild's wheel, fighting with the other girls, and I thought this

could be really good or I would crash. Luckily it went well and I

could over Sprint Kirsten Wild in the end. It's crazy. Can you give us

an idea of how you feel at this moment? Well at most my feeling is

disappointment. I hope to so much for this title, we had such a strong

team. And I really hoped to make the finish. Such a strong performance

from your team as well, just how were you feeling in those last few

hundred metres? We were a bit early, but we had a really good train. A

little bit early. Then I felt Dideriksen coming from the left.

Very close. And yeah, she was faster. She put in a very strong

sprint finish. You had nothing left at the end? Know, otherwise I would

have pushed. Do you think the amount of work you had to do as a team took

some of your power at the end? Of course, but I think she was just

faster. We tried and we had a really good option. I think we had a really

good work altogether. But in the end, yeah, it's all about those past

few hundred metres. I put myself in permission Giroud position to go for

the win. But there was no extra gear to click into and go for it. I'm

just incredibly proud of the team, the way they road. When I needed

somebody there, young, inexperienced team, but they really rode well. How

do you feel to see your year in rainbow come to an end and just

missing out on the podium? A medal would have been nice but I'm used to

fourth place is in my career. It's part of the sport and it just gives

me hunger back for next year. Norway is a perfect course for me and I'm

already so excited about it, ridiculously now, with a team like

this, that camp due something. Very strong great British team

performance, you must be proud of the way the performed to date? Yes,

I think everybody did well today. A shame in the end but we have to be

proud of the way we rode today. Amazing to see all of us eight girls

riding as a team and it bodes well for the future. It will be great to

have more of a focus on the women's road team, for sure. And I think we

could be really successful. You couldn't have delivered more for

Lizzie, strong effort. We really wanted to be up there and

aggressive. We knew a lot of teams were happy with a sprint. But we

also wanted to be aggressive and try to split the race. We were present

in every move that went up the road. We are happy with how we performed,

we just don't have anyone that is strong enough to be there at the

finish, to sprint that hard. And to see your team-mates take the rainbow

jersey, I could see what it meant to her, and nice to see you

congratulate in her. She is a super talent and I've seen the work she

puts in an she is a very deserving champion. And lovely to see you

celebrate with your team-mate, Lizzie Deignan, after the event. Of

course she hands you the rainbow jersey. Yeah, it's crazy. I've been

team-mates with Lizzie the whole season, and watched her in the

jersey. It's so big and I cannot believe it is my now. Well, what a

thrill in finish to the elite women's world race here in the

sunshine in Qatar in the blistering heat. A fabulous new young world

champion. Well yeah, she was definitely an outside chance for a

medal and everybody has heard of her, she's had recent results, she

is super fast. And especially Lizzie Deignan knows her strength. She was

so calm coming into the finish. The Dutch had a textbook finish until

the last 50 metres when Dideriksen came off the wheel of Kirsten Wild.

She's been junior world champion Baxi race that with such experience

to get on the wheel and force her way into the final sprint. That's

the thing, some people think you just have to spring fast, but you

have to be able to position yourself. We saw how hard Lizzie

Deignan was fighting to get into position. Just goes to show her

pedigree. Talking to Kirsten Wild, silver medal after such a dominant

display from the Dutch, bitterly disappointing for her. Yes, and it

will get even more difficult during the evening. Because her team just

did an absolutely amazing ride. They were the strongest on paper. And

it's hard because she didn't do anything wrong, she was just beaten

by a better rider. The Netherlands and custom Wild did everything right

but Dideriksen was too strong. You sometimes win a silver medal but she

will look back and say she lost the gold? I think so. She was well

beaten. The Netherlands wrote a perfect rate, and yet she got pipped

on the line by a better rider. And she looked so control in the

footage, incredible. What about the British team, full eight riders

riding to Lizzie. Very solid performance and they will not be

disappointed. Absolutely not, and hats off to the selectors because GB

rode a really good race. They control everything and we saw

amazing performances from Dani King and Hannah Barnes. The future for

British cycling on the road apart from Lizzie Deignan is super. A lot

to look forward to from that team? Yes, I think they are a very good

team. Such a spectrum of ages as well. And tactically very astute,

they road as structured Dunne such a strong unit. Great for today and it

bodes well for the future. Next year the world champions roll into

Bergen, Ben Innsbruck and in 2019 the circus moves to Yorkshire.

In three years' time, 2019, road World Championships of the UCI will

be in Yorkshire, Great Britain. Yorkshire has got a great heritage

of cycling. Yorkshire is developing and leading cycling in many ways in

the UK. It makes absolute sense for us to come to Yorkshire with our

flagship event, the UCI World Road Championships. Fantastic for Great

Britain and as a Yorkshire and I could not be proud. It will be the

biggest sporting event in the UK in 2019. It rounds off a great decade

of sport for the country. For Yorkshire, it cements us as one of

the site in capitals of the world. Seemed a legacy from the Grand

Depart, be toured the Yorkshire rowing in strength. We know people

will turn out in their thousands, maybe even millions, to see the

events. It's going to be big crowds, I know that. Yorkshire always

provides incredible spectators, people how watching the race,

roadside, supporting, massive. I read that the race is in Yorkshire.

And as always the crowds in Great Britain are amazing, they come out

and support. I think it will be such a fantastic World Championships, and

one that I'll definitely have my eye on. It is always just immense, and

the fans are unbelievable. My years were ringing afterwards. It's hard

to even talk to the guy next to you. Having the World Championships there

will be incredible. I think it's a great reflection on the UK, that the

rest of the world wants to bring its big sporting events here, and

greatly Yorkshire because the county has really taken cycling to it's

hard. Cycling has just grown and grown and more people want to get

involved and watch. It will be a whole mother level. There is the

investment in facilities as well, so British cycling will have a

nationwide programme of facility development over the next four or

five years in and around the world Road Champion ships which makes this

even more exciting. I'm a Yorkshire man and you never thought that was

going to happen. You never thought the Tour de France would come to the

road I grew up on, let alone the World Championships. The temptation

of riding World Championships in Yorkshire will be huge. I hope they

make a good, hard course I'm a tough Yorkshire woman's course. I'd love

it to have some clients, because they are amazing around there. --

some climbs. Great Britain is a great cycling nation, this will be

the greatest cycling World Championships that there has been

stubbly like think it will be sort of something that you remember in

your career for a long, long time. It will be amazing to be part of it.

Great Britain such a dominant force in world cycling over the last few

years, rewarded with the World Championships in 2019, what kind of

World Championships can we expect? Ooh, I think it's going to be

brilliant. We've seen in the last few years that the UK has become one

of the best countries for spectators. In Yorkshire each year,

the number of people, equal to the Tour de France if not more.

Yorkshire is very much the heartland of where British cycling is from.

Always had great professionals and riders from there. It's a bit like

it's going home, really, so it's nice. You know the area well, what

do you think it will be like? The Tour of Yorkshire this year was

overwhelming, I could not believe the amount of spectators and

passion. The roads of the course will be absolutely spectacular,

fantastic. And the support from everyone in Yorkshire is just

amazing. I expect crazy fans everywhere and a really great event.

Not going to be one for the sprinters? I doubt it, but it

depends what Sir Gary verity decides. I hope it is a good racing

course. For me it is equal to the Classics we see in Flanders, maybe

even Ansel Gold race, the sort of terrain available. It could make one

of the best worlds we've seen in a long time. Plenty of hills in

Yorkshire. Yes, and Lizzie Deignan will be super excited about

Yorkshire, having the World Championships. I think that will

nearly guarantee us that she will continue to cycle, just that

motivation of having the World Championships in Yorkshire must be

really amazing for Lizzie. You could see what it meant to the riders when

we spoke to them this week. We have got loads more cycling coming up.

Back tomorrow when it is the turn of the men. Watch the road race live in

full on the red button from a 20 5am. Turnover to BBC Two at 2:30pm

for highlights and all the reaction and analysis. Can Mark Cavendish and

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can get into cycling. The sun is just beginning to set here in oha,

but you can guarantee it is going to be another hot one. -- here in Doha.

Lizzie Deignan, defending her world crown. Here comes Kirsten Wild, can

she claimed the world title or will she be picked on the line? It's

desperately, desperately close. It is Dideriksen of Denmark. What a

ride from the Danish youngster. That was extraordinary.

I mean, for week three, this is amazing. Brilliant!

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