Finishing sixth on the day, Deignan was well in the mix right into the final few kilometres even going on the attack at one point before
Lotte Kopecky soloed to victory. “I've definitely got further to go, that's why I'm optimistic about my performance and I know, kind of the ups and downs that have come before this," she says. "And like I say, there's no such thing as perfect preparation, but a solid winter I think will make all the difference.”
“I'm really pleased with my performance and tactically, I think I did what I could,” she added. “Today, we were hoping for rain and actually it was dry and warm and fast and the break that I was in didn't stick, I burnt a few matches there and then it just kind of felt a bit relentless.”