Van der Breggen motivated for road race revenge
After narrowly missing the gold medal in the individual time trial by just 2.54 seconds, Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) turned her focus to Saturday's Worlds women's road race where she will try to get the elusive rainbow jersey.
It was only the second time Van der Breggen has raced the time trial in the World Championships - in 2012 she was 11th - but her recent results in the Worlds road race (5th in 2012, 4th in 2013) - and her impressive year that included an overall victory in the Giro Donne and the win in La Flèche Wallonne - bode well for her chances for Saturday.
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Van der Breggen was a bit of an unknown in the time trial, but showed her strength against the clock by winning the Giro Donne largely through her dominant ride in the time trial there, but said the courses were very different between Italy and Richmond.
"You cannot compare the time trial in the Giro, there were a lot of hills in it, so I didn't know what to expect. I knew it would be close in the top spots. Of course it's really nice to be on the podium in the world championships."
"The road race will be exciting. I have a bronze medal [in the TTT] and a silver medal, but the rainbow jersey is the most beautiful there is, so I hope to do good in the road race with the Dutch team. I think we're really ready for it. It will also be an exciting race, because there are a lot of girls who can take the jersey, same as the time trial."
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