Team Sunweb win women's team time trial

The six-women Dutch team beat 2016 winner Boels Dolmans by 12 seconds after clocking a time of 55:41 at the end of 42.5km.

The defending champion started last, but were always outside the pace set by Sunweb on the opening day of this year's event in Norway.

Cervelo-Bigla team finished 28 seconds slower.

"None of us really expected this - we were going for the podium,” said Ellen van Dijk of Sunweb.

“It was so important not to overpace it on the climbs, because then you blow up the whole team. That was our strength today, and we used each other’s strengths in a really good way. It was incredible to win like that.”