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CYCLING WEEKLY
|June 30, 2022
Long-distance attack pays off for bold Brit
ALL THE NEW CHAMPIONS
ROAD RACES
Elite men: Mark Cavendish (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl)
Elite women: Alice Towers (Le Col-Wahoo)
U23 men: Sam Watson (Groupama-FDJ)
U23 women: Alice Towers
CIRCUIT RACES
Elite men: Matthew Bostock (Wiv-Sungod)
Elite women: Josie Nelson (Coop-Hitec)
TIME TRIALS
Elite men: Ethan Hayter (Team Ineos)
Elite women: Jos Lowden (Uno-X)
U23 men: Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman-Axeon)
U23 women: Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM)
New women’s road race champion Alice Towers admitted thinking briefly, “Oh God, what have I done?” after embarking on her long-range British title-winning solo attack in Dumfries and Galloway on Sunday morning. “I was feeling good,” said the 19-year-old from Derbyshire, “and I thought, if this doesn’t work out then I’ve wasted my legs.”
This story is from the June 30, 2022 edition of CYCLING WEEKLY.
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