Rolling report of the 261km race from Leeds to HarrogateCourse shortened by 23.5km because of severe weather conditionsVan Vleuten goes solo to seal stunning women’s road race world titleEmail gregg.bakowski@theguardian.com | Tweet @GreggBakowski 2.46pm BST 49km: There’s some movement in the peloton as the cross wind plays havoc and a small group peels off the front. Twenty seconds up the road, Küng and Craddock are still motoring but I expect they will last another 15 minutes at best. “How about Why Does It Always Rain On Me by Travis?” suggests Jon Preston. “I can imagine a few of the riders are churning that one round in their heads.” 2.43pm BST 51km: “I live in Belgium and their entire coverage for the last hour has been moaning about Gilbert stopping,” writes Philip Malcolm. “And an interview with Thor Hushovd in his wellies. Trentin is a good dark horse for today, by the way.” I imagine shoe shops in Harrogate have made a killing on wellies in the past week, Philip. Continue reading…
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