Annemiek van Vleuten solos 100km to claim women's road race title at Yorkshire 2019 World Championships

Anna van der Breggen took silver as Lizzie Deignan missed out on the medals

Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Yorkshire World Championships women's road race (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

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Annemiek van Vleuten is the new women's road race champion after an outstanding 100km solo ride to claim a magnificent victory at the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

It was a Dutch top two as Anna van der Breggen outlasted the rest of the riders in the chase group, finishing two minutes down to take silver. She dropped Australia's Amanda Spratt in the closing kilometres, who then took bronze, chasing Van der Breggen right up to the line.

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