World Championships - Womens Road Race
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The women start their nine-lap race around the Worlds circuit...
The peloton is still together after the first lap...
Emma Pooley makes a trial move on the small hill after three laps...
Lap four sees the peloton once again together again...
A Russian rider starts to warm things up halfway through the race...
Spain is next to try an attack, but this too fails...
Great Britain is controlling the peloton now...
Amber Neben is on the attack with four laps to go...
Lucinda Brand stifles another attack, in defence of Marianne Vos...
Another attack fails, with The Netherlands and Germany smothering the move...
Neben is on the attack again, and again - but she cannot get away...
Clara Hughes has suddenly gone off alone with over two laps still to go..!
Linda Villumsen launches a counter-attack with Hiughes now over 30-seconds ahead...
Hughes is growing her lead, but looking back to see if anyone is catching her...
Villumsen has got to within 20-seconds but then she gets caught...
Vicki Whitelaw is the one chasing Villumsen and Hughes for Team Australia...
Hughes has about 20-kilometres to go, and her lead has grown to 40-seconds..!
Maaike Pospoel tries to stir the peloton into chasing Hughes on the last lap...
Nicole Cooke might be in with a chance of a medal today - if they can catch Hughes...
The Italians are starting a concerted chase with 12-kilometres to go...
Hughes is still going strongly - but can she hang on to win..?!
The long uphill sprint is now for the Gold medal - Hughes was caught inside the last few-kilometres..!
Giorgia Bronzini wins the Womens World Championship ahead of Marianne Vos and Ina Teutenberg...
Bronzini, Vos and Teutenberg share the winner's podium