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Laura Weislo

Days after hospital stay, Lizzie Deignan tears up Paris Olympics road race for Pfeiffer Georgi

PARIS FRANCE AUGUST 04 Elizabeth Deignan of Team Great Britain competes in the breakaway during the Womens Road Race on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 04 2024 in Paris France Photo by Alex BroadwayGetty Images.

Great Britain missed the medals in the women's road race at the Paris Olympic Games but the team put on a phenomenal show with all three riders – Pfeiffer Georgi, Lizzie Deignan and Anna Henderson – making the winning split after a crash shattered the field with 48km to go.

For a moment it looked like the clock had turned back to 2012 when, with 21km remaining, Deignan launched a sparkling attack that drew out her London Olympics rival Marianne Vos (Netherlands) but it wasn't to be for Great Britain this time.

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