VAN DIJK BEATS OLYMPIANS TO WIN TIME TRIAL TITLE

KNOKKE HEIST, BELGIUM Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands won the women’s time trial at the road cycling world championships in Bruges on Monday, beating Tokyo Olympic medalists Marlen Reusser of Switzerland and compatriot Annemiek Van Vleuten to claim the title. Van Dijk, a world time trial champion in 2013, set a time of 36:05.28 on the 30.3-kilometre flat course from Knokke-Heist on the North Sea coast to the centre of Bruges to claim her second rainbow jersey. Reusser, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, came in second more than 10 seconds behind while twice world champion and Tokyo gold medalist Van Vleuten was third – 24 seconds off the pace. American twice world champion Amber Neben came in fourth and Germany’s Lisa Brennauer was fifth. REUTERS