There can be few figures in cycling as enduring as Jeannie Longo. The French three-time Tour de France winner secured a record 11th amateur world road title at the weekend, competing in the 65-69 age group World Championship Gran Fondo time trial.
Longo completed the 22.8km course – a flat and fast out-and-back affair that the numerous British participants will have felt very much at home on – in 34 minutes 1 second. It was a 40kph (25mph) ride average that rolled away the years in the manner that Longo fans are accustomed to seeing, and placed her 1.18 ahead of British runner-up Linda Dewhurst. US rider Diane Schleicher was third, at 3.59.
