Favourites Boels Dolmans and Sunweb lose out in Worlds TTT

Team Sunweb and Boels Dolmans went into the 2018 UCI Road World Championships as the outright favourites to win the title in the team time trial on Sunday, but as Canyon-SRAM stormed to a surprise victory, the two powerhouse Dutch teams were left to ponder what went wrong.

Kirsten Frattini
Deputy Editor

Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.

Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.