World Championship Women's Individual Time Trial Live - Can Dygert defend her title?

Elena Hartmann (SUI) sets off on her ride in her home country. Huge cheer by the crowd. 

Brodie Chapman (AUS) goes fastest at the second split by 4" over Ottestad (NOR). 

New fastest time

Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (NOR) sets a time of 42'03" by a gap of 35" over Emily Ehrlich (USA).

New fastest time

Emily Ehrlich (USA) with a 42'38" taking the lead by 7" over Campbell (TTO). Very impressive ride by the 30-year-old. 

New fastest time

Teniel Campbell (TTO) with a 42'45" with Mireia Benito (ESP) going second by +15". 

Champman (AUS) goes fastest at the first split by 4" over Biriukova (UKR) and 7" over Ottestad (NOR). The Norwegian rider leads at the second split. 

Ellen van Dijk (NED) starts her ride in the quest to become the joint record holder in this competition. She could equal Jeannie Longo's four victories today. 

Cédrine Kerbaol (FRA) sets off on her ride. Definitely a rider who could take a top 10 today. Winner of a stage in this year's Tour de France Femmes, she has had a terrific year. 

Laura Lizette Sander (EST) has just gone second at the finish but now leads the U23 classification. 

Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (NOR) goes fastest at the first time check by 8" over Campbell (TTO). 

Campbell (TTO) comes through the second time check and is 25" up on Bujak (SLO) with 10km to go. 

New fastest time

Eugenia Bujak (SLO) is setting the fastest time of 43'07" by a gap of 1'45" over Blasi (ESP). That is a big gap. She has taken another 44" in that final 10km from Blasi (ESP). 

Australian rider, Brodie Chapman, sets off on her ride. 

New fastest time

Paula Blasi (ESP) comes to the line and sets a time of 44'51" by just 2" over Yapura (ARG). 

A new leader at the first time check is Teniel Campbell (TTO) with a time of 17'39", leading Eugenia Bujak (SLO) by +12". 

Anabel Yapura (ARG) has set the fastest time of 44'53" with Yulduz Hashimi (AFG) going second almost a minute down on the Argentinian. 

First finisher

Eyeru Gebru (REF) comes to the line and sets a time of 47'21" with an average speed of just under 38kph.

Gebru (REF) should be finishing soon. The first rider to finish. 

Great to see the Afghanistan duo of Fariba (pictured) and Yulduz Hashimi riding today... 

Talented Finnish rider, Anniina Ahtosalo has set off on her ride. Could be a good bet for the U23 title today. 

At the second split, Yapura (ARG) leads by +52" over Y. Hashimi (AFG) and +1'45" over Gebru (REF) in third. 

Fariba Hashimi (AFG) down at the first split in 5th +54" down on Eugenia Bujak (SLO) who leads. 

Gebru (REF) goes through the second check in 34'13". Let's see where she is when the bulk of the early starters go through. 

Yulduz Hashimi (AFG) coming to the first time check and goes second at +19" down on Argentinian rider Anabel Yapura. 

Gebru (REF) has gone through the first time check with a time of 19'58" which is a minute and a half faster than Minkova (BUL) who she passed on the climb. 

The younger sister of Yulduz, Fariba Hashimi of Afghanistan, sets off on her ride. They are both extremely talented riders and both have a very bright future. 

Gebru (REF) passes Minkova (BUL) and is now the first rider on the road. Solid start on the climb for the rider representing the Refugee team. 

Afghanistan's Yulduz Hashimi sets off. Her sister, Fariba, is setting off later today but Yulduz sets off now. 

Now the Maltese rider, Jessica Pratt. The 26-year-old rolls off the start ramp and gets going on her ride. She dominated the Tour of Malta this year and is in good form. Back to the ramp and it is Viktoriya Sidorenko of Azerbaijan who is in the U23 category. 

Eyeru Gebru riding for the Refugee team but from Ethiopia starts her ride. It is a very peasant day in Gossau today as the riders head to Zurich. Temperature at 17 degrees centigrade with hazy sunshine. 

First rider off the ramp

The first rider, Petya Minkova of Bulgaria, sets off on her ride and we are racing!

Despite trying to shift the focus onto other favourites, Lotte Kopecky comes into this as one of the stand out favourites to take rainbows. 

Her time trialing improved dramatically last year at the Tour de France Femmes where she took second place on GC thanks to her performance in Pau. Since then, she has the national TT title and the European TT title as well as sixth in the Olympic TT on a very difficult and wet course. 

The Dutch dominance is not really expected to continue today. However, it is not out of the question with Ellen van Dijk and GC superstar Demi Vollering on the startlist. 

Also, home favourite Marlen Reusser is not able to race as she is still suffering from post Covid symptoms. Hopefully she will get better soon and is back race next season. 

Since 2016 the women's individual time trial has been won by two nations. The USA and the Netherlands. Every rider except two in that list had won it twice in that time frame. 

Chloe Dygert, Ellen van Dijk and Annemiek van Vleuten with Anna van der Breggen and Amber Neben taking one. 

Neben, of course, won her first title back in 2008. 

Grace Brown finished the last two World Championship time trials in silver. However, with her gold medal at the Olympics and the end of her career in sight, she will be really prepared and maybe even confident coming into this race...

If Ellen van Dijk wins today she will go level on wins with the great Jeannie Longo with four victories. It would be quite the astonishing change of form but never out of the question when Van Dijk is involved. 

And finally, a general overview of what's to come this week...

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The new European ITT champion has tipped the defending champion to take victory today...

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Starting the day off with the news room and all the latest Worlds chat...

>>> UCI Road World Championships 2024 - Elite women's individual time trial contenders 

It is time trial day in Switzerland and the riders are ready to battle against the clock. Starting the day with the women's elite and U23 race followed by the elite men with the U23 men coming tomorrow. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the elite women's time trial at the 2024 Road World Championships in Zürich.