{"id":170870,"date":"2018-10-01T12:09:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=170870"},"modified":"2018-10-01T12:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:09:03","slug":"valverde-wins-the-world-championship-road-race-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/10\/01\/valverde-wins-the-world-championship-road-race-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Valverde Wins the World Championship Road Race and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alejandro has his first world title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 38-year-old won a thrilling finale of the elite men\u2019s road race in Innsbruck after besting his rivals in a four-up sprint at the line. Valverde managed to conquer the 28% gradients of Hottinger Holl and withstand the attacks from Romain Bardet, Michael Woods and Tom Dumoulin. He then led out the final sprint and none of the aforementioned riders was able to match his power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">GRACIAS a todos por las felicitaciones y por los mensajes de \u00e1nimo en este Mundial \ud83d\udc4f. Una carrera perfecta de todo el equipo \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 para conseguir por fin un sue\u00f1o \ud83c\udf08. Content\u00edsimo de vestir este maillot \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R4W0PK4nGq\">pic.twitter.com\/R4W0PK4nGq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; alejandro valverde (@alejanvalverde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alejanvalverde\/status\/1046438310246273030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 6:46:41<br \/>\n2. Romain Bardet (FRA)<br \/>\n3. Michael Woods (CAN)<br \/>\n4. Tom Dumoulin (NED)<br \/>\n5. Gianni Moscon (ITAL) + 13 seconds<br \/>\n6. Roman Kreuziger (CZE) + 43 seconds<br \/>\n7. Michael Valgren (DEN)<br \/>\n8. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)<br \/>\n9. Thibaut Pinot (FRA)<br \/>\n10. Rui Costa (POR)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Van der Breggen soloes to victory<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Olympic champion broke away from the leading group with 39 km to go and rode hard to the finish line in Innsbruck all by herself. Amanda Spratt was the last one to be dropped by the Dutch pro and took a solo ride of her own to claim the silver medal. The bronze was won by Tatiana Guderzo. The 2009 world champ was in the original leading group and beat all her rivals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday a dream became reality.. World Champion\ud83c\udf08<br \/>There are so many people who helped me with this.. Of course a big thank you goes to my orange teammates and all the people behind the scenes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/knwu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#knwu<\/a> staff and my @boelsdolmansct. Thank you all!!\u2764<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/innsbrucktirol2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#innsbrucktirol2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/knwu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#knwu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teamnl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#teamnl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUFHxjfUYj\">pic.twitter.com\/HUFHxjfUYj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna van der Breggen (@AnnavdBreggen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnavdBreggen\/status\/1046385847325650944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) 4:11:04<br \/>\n2. Amanda Spratt (AUS) + 3:42<br \/>\n3. Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) + 5:26<br \/>\n4. Emilia Fahliin (SWE) + 6:13<br \/>\n5. Ma\u0142gorzata Jasinska (POL)<br \/>\n6. Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) + 6:17<br \/>\n7. Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) + 7:05<br \/>\n8. Amy Pieters (NED)<br \/>\n9. Lucinda Brand (NED) + 7:17<br \/>\n10. Ruth Winder (USA)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Classic Tanfield?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS ABSOLUTE CLASSIC TANFIELD \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 Going to have to go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FullGas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FullGas<\/a> AND get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealAeroLike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RealAeroLike<\/a> \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InnsbruckTirol2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InnsbruckTirol2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieTanfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CharlieTanfield<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FuFtYAbhL\">pic.twitter.com\/7FuFtYAbhL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bigham (@DanBiggles22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanBiggles22\/status\/1044226449228615683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>The FAQ<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get asked the same 3 questions multiple times every day with my arm in cast, this should save me some time &#8230;.. \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYA75YS8hq\">pic.twitter.com\/kYA75YS8hq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luke Rowe (@LukeRowe1990) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeRowe1990\/status\/1044495843569651712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>What a guy!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The other day I was texting something about cookies or potatoes with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tomashuuns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tomashuuns<\/a>. There was a 2-hr break where he didn\u2019t respond and then we were chatting again. I realized eventually that he\u2019d raced world TTT championships and not mentioned it. What a great, humble dude. \ud83e\udd54<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philgaimon\/status\/1045040564708630528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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