Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the finish line, raising her arms into the air in celebration. The Dutch cyclist, who had undergone heartbreak at the last Olympic games when she hit en route to gold, had attacked a few kilometers earlier to leave the rest of the peloton behind. Having assumed she won gold when she crossed the line after a successful attack on the race?s final climb, Van Vleuten eventually realized her mistake.
That?s not to say she isn?t a talented rider. In fact, a four-time national champion was 15 seconds before Van Vluton, Anna Keisnofer of Austria completed the race and won the gold medal. The Netherlands cyclist was so disappointed that she started crying after finishing the race. ?No one knew if everyone was back,? van Vleuten said in the after of the event. ?This shows that such an important race without comms, all World Tour races are with comms. We are all wondering here who won. I really felt stupid and then I saw the others being unsure. It sucks. I thought I won.?
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?I tried to count who they had caught and thought they had everyone,? van Vleuten?s teammate, Anna van der Breggen, said. ?The tactics weren?t wrong, we just had not the right info. With our info, we did everything right.? She further added.
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