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Lizzie Armitstead wins 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup with a stage to go after finishing ahead of rival Emma Johnson at the Open de Suede Vargarda in Sweden on Sunday (24th August).

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Three weeks after taking gold at the Commonwealth Games, Lizzie Armitstead of England secured the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup thanks to a strong finish in the penultimate event - the Open de Suede Vargarda.Armitstead allowed herself to miss the Sparkassen Giro in Germany to compete at Glasgow 2014 and even with that luxury her overall lead was barely threatened.With Swede Emma Johnson only managing tenth place in her home event on Sunday, Armistead's title was secured much to her relief:SOUNDBITE (English) Lizzie Armitstead, World Cup winner:(On her World Cup win)"Relieved and happy. It wasn't expected to come away from this world cup with the overall complete so I'm pretty happy." Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands finished in first on the day.