Annemiek van Vleuten wins elite women's time trial as Dutch dominate

Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen claim gold and silver in the elite women's individual time trial at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway

Annemiek van Vleuten on her way to winning the 2017 elite women's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Dutch duo Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen occupied the top two podium spots in the elite women's individual time trial at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway, on Tuesday.

Van der Breggen was just the second rider to leave the start house of the 54 taking part in the world title race, and set a very strong time early on, clocking 29-02.51 on the relatively flat 21.1-kilometre course. The 27-year-old benefitted from starting on dry roads.

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