The Dutch dominated the podium, with Annemiek van Vleuten defending her title, Anna van der Breggen coming in second and Ellen van Dijk finishing third.
Some bike-racing fans might consider the 2018 UCI Road World Championship, to be held between September 22 and 30 in Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria, an anticlimax of the road race season, since it follows the three Grand Tours. But that would be a mistake.
When it comes to women’s cycling, the lack of coverage is getting harder and harder to justify. As was aptly demonstrated by the amazing finish at La Course, the argument that women’s racing isn’t exciting just doesn’t cut it.
