2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil Aug 05-21,2016 - Netherlands Anna van der Breggen Wins Women's Road Cycling Gold Sunday Aug 07,2016

Netherlands Anna van der Breggen won women's road cycling Olympic gold on Sunday Aug 07,2016 after compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten suffered a horrific crash when leading.

Van der Breggen, Sweden's Emma Johansson, who took silver, and bronze medallist Elisa Longo Borghini caught American escapee Mara Abbott with just 150m left of the 137km race around Rio
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Mara Abbott had looked set to win after breakaway partner Van Vleuten crashed badly on the final descent in a carbon copy of the men's race on Saturday when Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Henao crashed on the same hill when leading.