Tokyo 2020 Olympics road race women's start list

Confirmed start list of riders set to race on the 137km course in Japan

Anna van der Breggen winning gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016
(Image credit: Getty Images)

As expected, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games have attracted the biggest names of the sport to battle it out for the chance to take home the gold medal and wear the golden bands on their sleeves for the next four, or three, in this case, years.

There is a lot to fight for as we only see the Games every four years. This is even more apt as it has been five years since the last one due to the Covid-19 pandemic pushing these games back by a year.

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