⁍ Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands claimed the road race gold medal in emphatic style at the world championships.

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⁍ The 30-year-old Olympic champion, who had geared up for the race by winning the Giro Rosa earlier this month, gave the Netherlands their fourth title in a row in the women’s road race.

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⁍ Van der Breggen is also the second woman, after France’s Jeannie Longo in 1995, to achieve the road race-time trial double since the solo effort against the clock was added to the world championships in 1994.

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– Anna Van der Breggen of the Netherlands won gold in the women’s road race at the world championships on Saturday, adding to her time-trial title for a rare double. Van der Breggen, who had already won gold two years ago in Innsbruck, Austria, jumped away from a reduced pack on the climb to the Cima Gallisterna in the penultimate lap, 41.5 miles from the finish, Reuters reports. “It was a really hard race right from the beginning. The climbs are really tough, but in the third lap I felt strong. We made the race harder and I just went for it. Everybody was tired,” said Van der Breggen, who is also the second woman, after France’s Jeannie Longo in 1995, to achieve the road race-time trial double since the solo effort against the clock was added to the world championships in 1994. Another Dutchwoman, defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten, took silver and Italian Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the bronze medal after the duo broke clear in the final lap. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took fourth place.