Team Sunweb riders Lucinda Brand, Leah Kirchmann, Floortje Mackaij, Coryn Rivera, Sabrina Stultiens and Ellen van Dijk were still on cloud nine as they entered the press conference in Bergen after winning the women's team time trial world title following a close battle with rivals Boels Dolmans.
In the hour since they crossed the finish line, the six riders had watched from the hot seat as other teams failed to beat their time of 55:41 and then celebrated as race favourites Boels Dolmans finished 12 seconds slower.
Team Sunweb and Boels Dolmans were locked in a close battle throughout the rolling 42.5km team time trial.
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Sunweb were four seconds faster after 10 kilometres but then slipped to 15 seconds slower than Boels Dolmans at the top of the 1.5-kilometre climb after 30 kilometres on the course. However, they fought back on the flat road towards the finish and were 0.22 seconds ahead of Boels Dolmans after 38 kilometres, with 4.5 kilometres to go.
"We saw it was just 0.22 of a second but we knew we were ahead and that there was still enough time for them to make it up or fall apart," the USA's Coryn Rivera explained.
"We watched the clock as they made last corner and we counted down the seconds, so we knew we would be world champions."
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