Lizzie Armitstead 'gutted' with women's road race result

Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead reflects on a key decision and bemoans a tactically negative race, won by Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France)

Lizzie Armitstead in the women's road race at the 2014 World Road Championships

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Lizzie Armitstead was going over what might have been in the women's road race, and a decision in the final few hundred metres of the race that ultimately cost her a rainbow jersey at the 2014 world championships.

Over the crest of the final climb in Ponferrada, Armitstead found herself in a four rider group with defending champion Marianne Vos (Netherlands), Emma Johansson (Sweden) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy).

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Richard Abraham is an award-winning writer, based in New Zealand. He has reported from major sporting events including the Tour de France and Olympic Games, and is also a part-time travel guide who has delivered luxury cycle tours and events across Europe. In 2019 he was awarded Writer of the Year at the PPA Awards.