KIESENHOFER’S TOKYO GOLD HEIST

Going into the Tokyo Olympic Games, women’s cycling had been defined by Dutch dominance. Between Annemiek van Vleuten, Anna van der Breggen, Marianne Vos, Demi Vollering, and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, the Netherlands had claimed most of the one-day Women’s WorldTour races that season. The Dutch had also held the world title four years running – plus had in their midst the reigning Olympic champion, van der Breggen.

That’s not to say that races had become predictable and