2020 UCI Road World Championships Elite Women's Road Race - Start List

TIVOLI ITALY SEPTEMBER 14 Podium Annemiek Van Vleuten of The Netherlands and Team Mitchelton Scott World Champion Jersey Celebration during the 31st Giro dItalia Internazionale Femminile 2020 Stage 4 a 1703km stage from Assisi to Tivoli 237m GiroRosaIccrea GiroRosa on September 14 2020 in Tivoli Italy Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
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After fracturing her wrist in a crash during the Giro Rosa, Annemiek van Vleuten will be back to defend her title in the elite women's road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola on Saturday.

The Dutch rider had surgery to fix the fracture and will compete in the hilly, technical 143km route around the Formula 1 track with bib number 1 on her back. The Dutch team have arguably the strongest in the field of 145 riders with four former world champions in their midst.

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