This article first appeared on Cyclingnews
After gaining six silvers and a bronze across all disciplines at world championships (including silver at women's elite time-trial a few days earlier), Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) finally took gold at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships road race. She will wear the rainbow jersey next season.
Van der Breggen followed Marc Kirschi (Switzerland) in Austria, who won the under-23 men's race, by winning the world championship title racing on a disc brake-equipped bike.
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Van der Breggen became the Olympic champion in 2016, with her custom-painted Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc commemorating the victory with a gold design overlaid onto a black-metallic base-coat.
The Specialized is paired with finishing kit and components from SRAM, Zipp and Quarq.
A gearing combination of 53/39 and 11-30 was used by van der Breggen on the hilly world's course in Austria.
Click or swipe through the gallery above for a closer look at Anna van der Breggen's custom-painted Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc.
Full specification
- Frameset: Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc, size 52 - custom-painted for the Olympic road race champion
- Front brake: SRAM Red HRD
- Rear brake: SRAM Red HRD
- Brake/shift levers: SRAM Red eTap HRD
- Front derailleur: SRAM Red eTap
- Rear derailleur: SRAM Red eTap
- Cassette: SRAM Red, 11-30
- Crankset: SRAM Red, 53/39, Quarq power meter
- Wheelset: Zipp 303 Disc
- Tyres: S-Works Turbo, 26mm tubular
- Handlebars: Zipp
- Stem: Zipp SL Speed
- Pedals: Look Keo Blade Carbon
- Seat post: Specialized Tarmac SL6
- Bottle cages: Tacx Ciro
- Other accessories: SRAM out-front computer mount