TENNIS | Page 3 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 5 Djokovic Bravo fi rm stunned by aft er Samuels To Advertise here Agut, Murray departs in Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 cruises fi rst Test Sunday, October 16, 2016 FOOTBALL Muharram 15, 1438 AH Man City and GULF TIMES Spurs stumble as Arsenal advance SPORT Page 7 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DOHA 2016 Dane Dideriksen stuns Wild to clinch world title ‘I dreamed of a top ten... my teammates were amazing today, I had a small crash and they brought me back’ Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen (second right) sprints to win the women's elite road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: Jayaram By Sports Reporter 2017) for instance, we can go there in a pion Marianne Vos attacked one after Doha group of women who can really pull to- each other with mainly the Americans gether and that’s an exciting prospect.” neutralising their attempts. Before the riders even left Qatar When the Dutch tornado faded, Am- malie Dideriksen edged out Foundation, the Italians had to cope ber Neben took advantage. The fresh pre-race favourite Kirsten with a serious setback, because two- Individual Time Trial World Cham- Wild with a well-timed sprint time world champion and ace sprinter pion escaped from the bunch and to win the women’s road race Giorgia Bronzini couldn’t start due to quickly built a 50-second gap. Great Aworld title at the Pearl yesterday. illness. Once the fl ag was dropped for Britain, with defending champion Liz- In a tense and tactical 134.5km race, the offi cial start after a few kilometres zie Deignan and Australia, in service of where all the big players traded moves, of neutral zone, Japanese Eri Yonamine sprinting ace Chloe Hosking, led most the 20-year-old double junior world attacked. She quickly built a 25-sec- of the chase with Dutch and German champion from Denmark took on the ond gap with the peloton watching help. Neben got caught with only one dominant Dutch team and grabbed the her go. At the back of the bunch Noura lap to go. She eventually fi nished 98th. rainbow stripes in a thrilling fi nish. Alameeri crashed at about the same The Dutch gathered to organise the “I dreamed of a top ten... my team- time Yonamine attacked and the Ku- sprint for Kirsten Wild. Great Britain mates were amazing today, I had a small waiti seemed to have broken her col- and Canada tried to set up their own crash and they brought me back. I’m larbone. Her sister and only team mate trains, but the Dutch would not have it just really happy,” says Dideriksen af- Nada waited for her to get back on the any other way. ter the race, who admitted her win ‘is a bike, but both riders quit the race just With Annemiek van Vleuten, Olym- surprise for everybody’. after it had started. pic Champion Anna van der Breggen Dideriksen overcame the disparity in Amber Neben suff ered a mechanical and three-fold world champion Mari- number of teammates compared to her problem on the way from Qatar Foun- anne Vos, Wild had the best lead-out rivals to beat Wild on her birthday, who dation to the Pearl, but she quickly one could ever dream of, but the Dutch looked bemused to see Dideriksen mo- returned to the peloton. Yonamine en- train had a stowaway wagon with Di- tor past her at the fi nish line. The race tered the seven laps and 15.2 kilometre deriksen behind them, and she ran seemed entirely in Wild’s grasp, but she of Pearl Qatar fi rst and had a 35-second away with the title in the end. struggled to pull away and was caught lead with seven laps to go at the fi rst The men’s race takes place on Sun- cold by Dideriksen’s blistering fi nish. passage of the fi nish line. With the Brit- day, with Mark Cavendish bidding for The 2013 and 2014 junior world ish and the Belgians up front, the pelo- a second world title following his 2011 champion Dideriksen sat in the From Left: The Netherlands’ silver medallist Kirsten Wild, champion Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark and Finland’s bronze ton got nearer to Yonamine and when triumph in Copenhagen. 33-year-old’s wheel and passed her medallist Lotta Lepisto celebrate on the podium. the gap was diminished to a mere twen- in the fi nal 50m to take the title. Di- ty seconds, Swiss Nicole Hanselmann RESULTS WOMEN’S ROAD deriksen only had two teammates – the front to force a change of pace in the “It would’ve been good if there were front. My teammates, although they’re decided to jump after the Japanese. She RACE (134.5KM) Julie Leth and Cecile Uttrup Ludwig peloton. more breakaways. But I’m not really not the strongest riders around, stuck caught up and the two of them stayed 1. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark), 3:10:27” – in the small Danish team. Finland’s “I knew the Dutch girls were going disappointed,” she explained and added together. The national spirit was there ahead for more than a full lap. 2. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) Lotta Lepisto came third and defend- to lead out Kirsten Wild, and I wanted that despite losing the gold medal, her for all to see,” said the Finn. Wild suff ered a crash at a roundabout, 3. Lotto Lepisto (Finland) ing champion Britain’s Lizzie Deignan to be in that wheel so badly. It was a birthday party will defi nitely occur: Deignan sounded satisfi ed with her but she was brought back to the bunch 4. Lizzie Deignan (Great Britain) ended a tough year with a fourth- hard fi ght for that wheel with the other “It’s my birthday today and I’m going show and gave credit to the team. “I re- by teammate Roxane Knetemann. With 5. Marta Bastianelli (Italy) placed fi nish. girls,” the newly world champion said. to have a party tonight.” ally loved it, what a great team, they put the Dutch ladies extremely active in the 6. Roxanne Fournier (France) The strong Dutch team attempted to Wild, record winner in the Ladies The surprise bronze medal for Lepis- it all on the line,” said Deignan. front of the bunch, the two leaders were 7. Chloe Hosking (Australia) set the race alight with around 70km to Tour of Qatar, went full pace when Vos to was the fi rst ever senior podium “We worked well and going forward caught with about fi ve laps to go. Amy 8. Sheyla Gutierrez (Spain) go as the likes of Marianne Vos, Ellen gave way, but her sprint was just not place at the championships for Fin- that’s something I feel very positive Pieters, Ellen van Dijk, Annemiek van 9. Joelle Numainville (Canada) van Dijk and Chantal Blaak attacked off enough this time. land. “I knew I had to always stay in the about. Looking forward to Norway (in Vleuten and three-time world cham- 10. Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium), all same time Gulf Times 2 Sunday, October 16, 2016 SPORT SPOTLIGHT UCI World Championships set for exciting fi nale Cavendish will be aiming for a second world title, but should face a stern challenge from reigning champion Sagan By Sports Reporter The No. 1 contender, because of his exper- Doha tise at riding in Qatar, is Tom Boonen. The Belgian has won the Tour of Qatar four times and has been stating his desire to win a second he UCI Road World Championships rainbow jersey in Doha for years. Doha 2016 will reach its climax today But it won’t come easy for ‘Tommeke’. afternoon with the 257.3 km men’s Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish, arguably the elite road race, that will kick-start best sprinter in the world who dominated the Tfrom Aspire Zone and fi nish at The Pearl- bunch fi nishes in the last Tour de France, is Qatar. The world’s best cyclists will face each also a serious challenger. other in a fl at course where crosswinds prom- So is Andre Greipel, a cyclist who has been ise to be a key factor. After the start at Aspire, up there, winning in every major race, and the riders will head north to the towns of Lu- who will probably share his captaincy in the sail and Al Khor before completing seven laps German team with two other fast men: Marcel of the Pearl-Qatar’where the race fi nishes. Kittel and John Degenkolb. The riding profi le of the favourites depends Two countries are capable of presenting on which city is the host and what type of double threats if it comes down to a sprint. course it off ers. Sometimes it’s about climb- France has Arnaud Demare and Nacer Bou- ing. In other cases, punchy riders capable of hanni, whose rivalry has been one of the most sharp uphill eff orts are the main contenders. interesting topics in pro cycling over the last Two years ago in Ponferrada, Spain every- years. Italy will line up both Track Olympic thing was decided in a breath-taking descent. Champion Elia Viviani and national champion In Doha, the fl at terrain means that it will all Giacomo Nizzolo. Two young guns are the probably come down to a thrilling mass sprint main outsiders: Australia’s Caleb Ewan, also and presumably to echelons, which is one of known as “The Pocket Rocket”, and Colom- the most diffi cult and beautiful strategies in bia’s Fernando Gaviria.