Cycling Road World Championships 2024: Kopecky wins women’s elite race again – as it happened

Despite looking beaten with 17km to go, the Belgian recovered to secure back-to-back rainbow jerseys in hideously bad conditions in Switzerland138km to go: Our lead trio of Caroline Baur (Switzerland), Sara Martin (Spain) and Nina Berton (Luxembourg) extend the gap to 1min 12sec. It’s still pouring rain but a lot of the riders have removed their rain jackets having been out on the road for long enough to warm up.142km to go: Defending champion Lotte Kopecky is fourth from the front of the