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Claire Rose (Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling) took victory in the women's time trial at the British Road National Championships as defending champion Hayley Simmonds (Team WNT) missed out on a third successive title.
Rose, who finished second in 2016, was the penultimate rider down the start ramp, and powered around the 22km course in a time of 32-11, enough to put her top of the leaderboard by 19 seconds ahead of Canyon-SRAM.
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