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The first of the four major races at the 2016 UCI Cycling World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, is the Elite Womens Individual Time Trial.
The technical course of over 28.9 kilometres will offer the world best female time triallists a shot at taking home the first elite rainbow jersey for themselves, and their country of the World Championships to date, so it will be hotly contested.
The wind will be a factor once again, as it was for the Team Time Trials on Sunday, and the Junior Men’s and Women’s Individual time trials yesterday. This compounded with the fact that the course is set on an island off the mainland, and the course constantly changing direction will make understanding where the wind direction extremely difficult.
Managing this will be key to getting the best result possible.
Last years winner Linda Villumsen (New Zealand) has not made the journey, but Van Der Breggen, Lisa Brennauer, Katrin Garfoot have, with the final three names finishing second to fourth respectively last year. Out of those three, only Van der Breggen was able to medal at the recent Rio Olympics, with her taking Bronze.
In mentioning Van der Breggen, we must also mention both her Dutch teammates, Ellen van Dijk and Ammenik van Vlueten.
2013 World Champion Van Dijk has had a good preparation for worlds, finishing fourth in Rio, while recently taking out the European Championships, before winning the Teams Time Trial on Sunday with her Boels Dolman teammates.
We should all remember the name of Ammenik van Vlueten, after her horrendous accident in the road race in Rio. She has bounced back strongly though, winning the prologue and the general classification at Thuringen Rundfhart, while earlier in the year beating her fellow countrywomen to the nationaltime trialtitle.
A medal will be a bare minimum you would think for the strong Dutch team.
Russian Olga Zabelinskaya has had a great season, finishing in second place in Rio in the ITT, while recently finishing third behind Van Dijk and Van der Breggen at the European Championships. She should be in the hunt for a medal.
The Germans come to World’s with a two pronged attack, with both Brennauer and current national champion Trixi Worrack. Worrack was disappointing in Rio, finishing in 16th, however having beaten Brennauer by over 50 seconds at the national championships, the flatter course seems to favour her much more.
Kristin Armstrong, who won the individual time trial in Rio is not racing here.
Other names to watch out for include Katrin Garfoot (Australia), Ashleigh Moolman (South Africa), Carmen Small and Amber Neben (United States), Alena Amialiusik (Belarus) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy).
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