Here’s the pancake-flat profile for the time trial, with the flat course best suiting the purer ITT specialists: Dygert, Van Dijk and Brown. Wet roads, potholes and slippery conditions in the Bois de Vincennes park will play a much bigger factor than any uphill sections.
Grace Brown has established herself as one of the top ITT riders in the world having taken second place at the last two World Championships. Can she match her form with an Olympic medal today or even go on better with gold?
Some great last-minute information from CN’s head of news Stephen Farrand, who is on the ground in Paris for the Olympic time trial. Rain is set to be a big factor in both races today:
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Here’s a look at the 32.4km route heading out-and-back from central to eastern Paris, starting at Les Invalides and making the turn to finish on the Pont Alexandre III. It’ll be the same route taken on by both the women and men in today’s time trial.
Make sure to catch up on all the start times for the day to ensure you don’t miss your favourite:
The cycling is getting started at the Paris Olympics with the first women’s rider Urska Pintar (Slovenia) scheduled to set off at 14:30 CEST, which is in just over an hour and a half.
Hello and welcome to Cycling News’ live coverage of the women’s individual time trial at the Paris Olympic Games!
Paris Olympics time trial race day notes – Rain a factor, huge chainrings and high speeds expected
