The Timaru Herald

Dutch rider at the double

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Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen made it two wins out of two at the road cycling world championsh­ips in Italy, adding the women’s road race title yesterday to her time trial gold medal. Van der Breggen became the first rider to win both races at the same championsh­ips since Jeannie Longo in 1995. ‘‘It’s incredible,’’ she said. New Zealand young guns Niamh FisherBlac­k (20) and Mikayla Harvey (22) finished 15th and 22nd resepectiv­ely, with team-mate Georgia Williams 46th in a brutal race which saw only 105 of the 142 riders finish.

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