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Lizzie Armitstead wins 2015 GP Plouay (UCI YouTube still)Lizzie Armitstead wins World Cup for second year running (+ video highlights)
Lizzie Armitstead said on Twitter she is “proud as punch” after retaining the UCI Women Road World Cup at the weekend.
The 26-year-old Boels-Dolmans rider won Saturday’s GP Plouay in France, her third victory in the competition this season after triumphs at the Trofeo Binda in Italy in March and the Philadelphia Cycling Classic in the United States in June.
She joins the only previous British winner of the season-long competition, Nicole Cooke, in lifting the trophy twice.
After her win on Saturday, Armitstead, from Otley, West Yorkshire, said: “I was always on the front, but I have to thank the team, they did a tremendous job.”
The British champion will head to the World Championships in Richmond, Virginia next month as one of the favourites for the rainbow jersey, last won by a Briton in 2008 when Cooke became the first rider, male or female, to win the event and the Olympic road race title in the same year.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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love how cool she is zipping up her jersey just before the line
love how cool she is zipping up her jersey just before the line
Brilliant win Lizzie.
Apparently world champs is a Lizzie friendly course so fingers crossed.
The girl done good.... again! Well done Lizzie. Now for the World Champs.
What a fantastic result from the Yorkshire girl
I wish we could watch this live in the UK
It was on the UCI channel live online, though possibly not too well publicised. Certain twitter accounts, notably Rochelle Gilmore's who often commentates are good for keeping track of such broadcasts.
Awesome stuff!! #GoLizzie
And cheers for the good coverage and video link Road.cc #MoreOfThisSortOfThingPlease
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