WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) Ellen van Dijk defended her title and claimed a third women's time trial gold medal at the opening event of the world road cycling championships on Sunday. Taking advantage of a technical course the Dutch star maintained a perfectly paced cadence to beat Australia's Grace Brown by 12.79 seconds to defend the time trial gold she won last year.
Ellen van Dijk defended her women’s individual time trial crown as the Dutch national team won the sixth edition of the women’s time trial over the past decade
Ellen van Dijk held her nerve to reclaim the women's individual time
trial title while Tobias Foss stunned the men's event by sealing his
maiden gold medal at the International Cycling Union Road World
Championships in Wollongong.