Lizzie Armitstead in the 2016 Strade Bianche (Watson)
Defending champion Lizzie Deignan will start Saturday's Strade Bianche with the number one on her back as she heads up a strong Boels Dolmans line-up.
Deignan won the 2016 edition of the race after accelerating clear of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Emma Johansson on the final climb to the finish in Siena to go one better than her placing in 2015.
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