'It was hell, I could not get out the saddle so I had to do everything seated and my legs were exploding on the climb. We had only Marianne as leader, I was just a domestique today with a broken elbow...now I'm world champion!' cycling Wollongong2022
"There were people running with me. One thing in the corner of my eye there was this little girl in a pink onesie and she just kept running alongside me the whole time screaming my name and I am so grateful for that because it just pushed me on so much.
Onto the finish circuit and each lap was punctuated by the brutal ramp up Mount Pleasant, dubbed Mount Unpleasant by Wout van Aert this week, the kilometre-long nine per cent slopes causing Andersson to drop from the breakaway on the second of six ascents. With the first raindrops starting to fall and team leader Grace Brown dropped, the Australians went on the attack at their home race — Amanda Spratt, Brodie Chapman and Sarah Roy trying their luck before the penultimate climb.
Vos and a heavily-strapped Van Vleuten were also missing from the front group as Liane Lippert pushed on with Elisa Longho Borghini, Niewiadoma, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio onto the final lap.Pushed on by time trial world champion Ellen van Dijk and Van Vleuten, seemingly working for Vos, what was left of the peloton was brought back from 30 seconds behind to the group of five before the foot of the final ascent.
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