Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk may have been worried that it was the end of her Paris Olympic Games aspirations when she fractured her ankle at a training camp in Spain last month, but the master of the quick comeback will be lining up among the favourites at Saturday's time trial.
The three time world champion in the discipline will be chasing her first Olympic medal in 2024, after having come eighth in her first appearance in 2012 and fourth in Rio in 2016, though she had looked to be heading toward a medal before losing precious time when she made a mistake in the first half.
