What Sweden lack in numbers they make up for in strength with a team built solely around Emma Johansson at the World Championships. Johansson is a perennial top ten finisher in the Worlds and has been on the podium for the last two years running and although Sweden have just four riders in Saturday's race, they appear dedicated to Johansson's cause.
Emilia Fahlin and Sara Mustonen-Lichan make up the rest of the team and with Johansson in form Sweden stand an excellent chance of taking a medal.
"I'm feeling good, my legs are feeling good and I think that I had some good power out there as well. I've got the answers that I needed," Johansson told Cyclingnews after the women's time trial earlier this week.
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"Overall the team is shaping up really nicely for Saturday," she said modestly.
"The last three hills are going to be everything and it's going to come down to who has the best legs and the best timing. Every country has one or more, like Holland and Italy who have a few cards. Then there's a lot of good riders. I think the Dutch, Italians and Australians will make the race."
If the men's U23 race was any indication riders must hit the foot of the first climb on the last lap – Libby Hill – near or just off the front. Anything else could be a major risk and one rider charged with shepherding Johansson to the foot of the climb is Fahlin.
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