The women's podium: Nikki Harris (AVB Cycling Team), Daphny Van Den Brand (Destil-Zzpr) and Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus)
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The Dutch champion with clear track as she works to match her race number with her result
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A clear win for Daphny Van den Brand
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Daphny Van den Brand claims victory
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A broken rider is like a broken wheel: useless, so in a sport obsessed with marginal gains, staying injury-free might be the biggest advantage of all. Drawing on medical research by UAE Team Emirates-XRG, James Witts analyses the stark cost of crashes, illness and lost training days