World Championships: Heat plays havoc with women's team time trial

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Riders recover from the heat after the Worlds TTT

Riders recover from the heat after the W🍌orlds TTT (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
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Boels Dolmans ride through the desert during the Worlds TTT in Doha

Boe🦋ls Dolmans ride through the desert d൩uring the Worlds TTT in Doha (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
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Rabo Liv riders compete under the sun at the Worlds TTT in Doha

Rabo Liv riders compete under the sun at the Worlds TTT in Dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚoha (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
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Medical personnel attend to Alena Amialiusik (Canyon SRAM Racing) after the Worlds TTT

Medical personnel attend to Alena Amialiusik (Canyon SꦫRAM Racing) after the♛ Worlds TTT (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
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Anouska Koster (Rabobank Liv) finishes the Worlds TTT after crashing

Anousk⛎a Koster (Rabobank Liv) finis💜hes the Worlds TTT after crashing (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

The desert heat has been a big concern for many in the build up to the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships in Qatar, but it had a brutal impact on the riders during the women’s team time trial. Olympic road race champion Anna van der Breggen described it as 'not normal' af🐼ter one of her teammates crashed, seemingly due to the effect of the heat.

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