Vos leads Dutch one-two in Champs Elysées
Armitstead vows to be fit for road race in Glasgow
Lizzie Armitstead was battered and bloodied after a last-kilometre crash at the inaugural La Course by Le Tour won by her perennial rival Marianne Vos but the Yorkshirewoman will be fit for the Commonwealth Games road race next Sunday.
As Armitstead picked herself up in the Rue de Rivoli and assessed the damage, a spectacular sprint finish was unfolding, with Vos and her Dutch compatriot Kirsten Wild going on either side of the German national champion Lisa Brennauer Vos to the left, Wild to the right as the leaders emerged from the Place de La Concorde before sprinting elbow to elbow in the final metres until Vos pulled ahead.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago.
Armitstead vows to be fit for road race in Glasgow
Lizzie Armitstead was battered and bloodied after a last-kilometre crash at the inaugural La Course by Le Tour won by her perennial rival Marianne Vos but the Yorkshirewoman will be fit for the Commonwealth Games road race next Sunday.
As Armitstead picked herself up in the Rue de Rivoli and assessed the damage, a spectacular sprint finish was unfolding, with Vos and her Dutch compatriot Kirsten Wild going on either side of the German national champion Lisa Brennauer Vos to the left, Wild to the right as the leaders emerged from the Place de La Concorde before sprinting elbow to elbow in the final metres until Vos pulled ahead.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago.
