Greig Leach

For a wide number of reasons, it has taken me quite some time to finish painting the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. In fact, I've had to limit myself to just the women's and men's road races. My wife had shoulder replacement surgery the day before the races started and recovery has been tough. I had the pleasure of serving has her nursemaid, so painting wasn't really an option. And then there has been lots of administrative issues on top of that. Nevertheless, here we are. The weather was horrible for the elite women's race, but despite the slick roads and biting cold, it was an aggressive and exciting race. With 71 kilometers to race the aggressions were started by Riejane Markus (Netherlands) use one of the seven trips around Zurich to launch an attack. First to respond to the Dutch woman was Niamh Fisher-Black (New Zealand). They were marked in turn by Mie Bjorndal Offestad (Norway) and Chloe Dygert (USA). Behind these four, the leading peloton struggle to get on terms with Markus' move.