2021 World Championships Women RR Results & Recap
2021 World Championships Women RR is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Balsamo wins world title
Elisa Balsamo (ITA) won the elite road race in Antwerp, Belgium in a two-up sprint against Marianne Vos (NED). Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) finished third after 157km of grueling terrain and almost four hours of racing.
“I’m totally speechless,” Balsamo said at the finish. "It’s unbelievable. It was a dream for me after this long season. My team was so, so good. Without them, this jersey wasn’t possible. They were so, so good. Sorry I have no words. My team gave me a perfect lead-out and I really believed in them. In the last corner, I switched off my brain and told myself that I needed to go full gas and not watch what was happening behind.”
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