The Australian Grace Brown He signed the Olympic Games-World Cup double and confirmed predictions in Zurich to become world champion for the first time and wear the rainbow jersey, which he did not plan to wear after his announcement to leave professional cycling this season.
Brown completed the 29.8 kilometer route with a time of 39:16:04 riding at 45.687 km/h, more than the 44 km/h initially planned.
The Australian maintained his strength to sign an impressive final third of the race where he overtook the Dutch Demi Vollering where it was clear from the beginning that he would be his main opponent to win the title.
Vollering pedaled furiously and had one of his best performances against the clock, but he couldn’t recover from his narrow defeat in the last Tour de France, losing him by just 4 seconds.
The bronze went to the American Chloe Dygert who is defending the title and who, after a season marked by injuries, rediscovered himself.
The intermediate points made it clear that the battle for gold was between Brown and Vollering. The Dutchwoman was fastest at the penultimate timed point but was only eight seconds ahead of the Australian who destroyed them by pushing herself to the limit.
One that is not at the level expected is the Belgian Lotte Kopecky and from the beginning it was clear that he would not be able to fight for any of the places on the podium to finish in fifth position.
The 2.4 kilometer climb to Uetikon, in the first third of the route, was the one that showed the strength of the candidates and the one that left more than one of their legs affected enough to not be able to climb the most difficult sections. fast.
The veteran Dutch specialist Ellen van Dijkdouble world champion in 2021 and 2022, just three seconds away from breaking the 41-minute barrier, but he was the reference, although at the first timing point he was overtaken by Brown, Vollering, Niedermaier and Dygert.
The German boy Antonia Niedermaier He dismissed van Dijk and less than 40 minutes. He reached the podium, but Dygert relegated him to the ‘chocolate’ medal.
From the Spanish representation, Mireia Benito He completed the course with a time of 42:59:81, a far off best to finish in 28th place, 3:43:77 behind the winner, while Paula Blasi It was forty one.
Source: La Verdad
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