Incredibly impressively, Ferguson was still dangling around 10 seconds as she headed into the final 5km. By 3km, the Brit's lead had been cut to 6 seconds though, and with 2.5km to go, she was caught. From there, the sprint was inevitable and in that fight for the line, it was the big pre-race favourite Lorena Wiebes who soared to the win ahead of
Chiara Consonni and
Elisa Balsamo.