Boels-Dolmans beat the heat to claim their first team time trial world title, capping off what has been a hugely dominant 2016 season. The Dutch squad has been streets ahead of the other women’s teams, winning 10 of the 17 WorldTour races, including the Crescent Vårgårda team time trial in August.
Their victory in Qatar was equally as impressive, beating their nearest rival, defending champions, Canyon-SRAM by 48 seconds.
“We worked really hard this season, and I think that we’ve shown to be the most dominant team in world cycling,” Lizzie Deignan (nee Armitstead) said of the team’s performance. “It was really important to us that we finished this season off with this medal. It’s been a long season, but we all came together and worked really hard. I’m very proud of the team.”
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It has been a rocky few months for Deignan after the revelations that she had come close to receiving a ban after missing three anti-doping tests. The first of those tests was later declared void by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and she was allowed to race at the Olympics in Rio. She had been the clear favourite ahead of the competition but the media storm that followed the news had clearly affected her. Two months on, she says that this was not the case in Qatar.
“I think, like I said before, I’m part of the strongest team in the world not just because we’re great at riding our bikes but we’re great at supporting each other,” Deignan explained. “I’ve been very well looked after by the team and, mentally, this week it was no problem. I was here as part of a strong team, and I felt very much a part of the team.”
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