Illness denies Armitstead chance to add world title to Olympic silver
Yorkshire’s Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead has withdrawn from the Great Britain team for the UCI Road World Championships road race on Saturday due to illness,
The 23-year-old from Otley won Britain’s first medal of the London 2012 Olympics and was poised to lead the team in the 129-kilometre road race in Limburg, Holland.
A statement from British Cycling read: “Lizzie Armitstead has withdrawn from the UCI Road World Championships on Saturday due to illness. The team have decided not to call in a reserve rider at this stage.”