Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) is renowned for being one of the most versatile winners among the professional women's peloton. She can climb, time trial and sprint, and she's pretty much won it all: an Olympic gold medal, the Giro Rosa (twice) and the Ardennes Classics triple crown. But for a woman who has an almost-never-ending list of victories, there is still one accomplishment, surprisingly, missing – a world title.
"Of course a world title is missing on my list," Van der Breggen told Cyclingnews. "I was very close to it a couple of times, and because of that I would like to try to be world champion once in my career."
Last fall, the UCI revealed a mountainous parcours for the 2018 Road World Championships, held from September 23 to 30 in Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria.
The elite women's road race will start in Kufstein and head west to finish in Innsbruck-Rennweg. They will race a total of 156.7km, as listed on the official event website; the route includes a 90km loop followed by three shorter circuits of 23.9km each. The course has 2,413 metres of elevation gain.
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On the big loop, riders will climb over Gnadenwald, 2.6km and an average grade of 10 per cent with sections as steep as 14 per cent. On the each of the three finish circuits there is the Igls climb, 7.9km but a shallower average grade at 5.7 per cent with sections as steep as 10 per cent.
The time trial is routed along a 28.5km course from Hall-Wattens to Innsbruck with 262 metres of elevation gain. The first half of the course is relatively flat while there are two long hills during the second segment, followed by a downhill and flatter section on route to the finish line.
Van der Breggen, who won the gold medal in the road race and the bronze in the time trial at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, likes both courses, and she knows she will be one of the top contenders to win the world title in both events.
'It's a big goal, I will go for it'
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