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Some of those objectives come with caveats, most notably in the form of Chloe Dygert's serious laceration to her quadriceps sustained in a collision with a guardrail during the 2020 UCI Road World Championships time trial in Imola, Italy, last September. Dygert, a silver medalist in the team pursuit in Rio and a former world champion in the time trial, showed she was on form at the USA Pro Road Championships in Knoxville, where she won the individual time trial over fellow Tokyo competitor Amber Neben by 27 seconds on the 23.2km course. Miller says Dygert is a contender for the gold medal in ...
Olympic cycling road races are studies in contrast By DAVE SKRETTAJuly 23, 2021 GMT TOKYO (AP) — The men’s and women’s Olympic road races that begin the cycling program at the Tokyo Games this weekend are similar only in their start amid the forests of Musashinonomori Park and their finish line at Fuji International Speedway. After identical stretches through the outskirts of Tokyo, their courses differ with the men tackling the iconic climb of Mount Fuji twice and the women avoiding it entirely. The men also have the punchy climb of Mikuni Pass that the women avoid, and will end up rid...