Annika Langvad (Denmark) rides with the skyline of Haifa in the background.
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Daniela Veronesi (San Marino) runs her bike.
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Maria Osl (Austria)
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Poland's Anna Szafraniec runs a section
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Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa races for Norway
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Sabine Spitz (Germany) on her way to fourth.
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Anna Szafraniec (Poland) leads Eszter Erdelyi (Hungary)
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Oxana Rybakova (Russia) shows how to ride through the trees.
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Eva Lechner (Italy) rides up a climb.
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) rides to a silver medal.
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Inbar Ronen (Israel) was cheered on by the spectators.
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) on her way to second place
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Eszter Erdelyi (Hungary)
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Inbar Ronen (Israel) races on home soil.
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Katrin Leumann (Switzerland) on her way to another gold medal for Switzerland.
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Maria Osl (Austria)
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The elite women's race was by far the race of the week with the battle coming right down to the line with Switzerland's Katrin Leumann taking the victory.
It was fast from the start, with three riders coming over the line together after the first lap. The experienced Esther Suss came (Swizterland) passed the line for the first time in the lead along with teammate Leumann and Italian Eva Lechner.
Throughout the race, riders swapped places, but the one to watch was Sabine Spitz (Germany), who seemed to be gunning for the podium after a slow start. Unfortunately, she left her final surge a bit late, but she did catch and pass Suss en route to a fourth place.
Lechner held on for a well deserved third place while the battle royale was taking place up ahead.
Poland's Maja Wloszczowska showed her strength after a slow start and worked her way to the front of the race while Leumann slipped to second, but was riding consistently throughout. The Swiss racer had apparently left her best for last because she not only closed the final five-second gap but still had enough left in the tank for a sprint finish in the end.
Leumann gave a bike throw that would make any sprinter pround and climbed to the top step of the podium with Wloszczowska in second and Lechner in third.
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