The Belgian Lotte Kopecky He was the fastest in the Zurich sprint and reaffirmed the title of world road champion he won in Glasgowin a race where he did not give up with 20 kilometers to go, he almost lost hope of fighting for his second consecutive rainbow jersey and fell.
After the Belgian, the silver medal went to the American and world time trial champion, Chloe Dygertwho reached the group within the last kilometer, and the bronze for the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini.
Kopecky (1995) completed the 154.1 kilometer route between Uster and Zurich in a time of 4:05:26 at an average of 37.672 in a race in which 196 cyclists started.
Conformity in the last kilometer of the quintet formed by Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini, Justine Ghekiere and Liane LippertDygert was allowed to come from behind, riding on the podium, and Ruby Roseman-Gannon. The Dutchwoman was unable to find ground to bow her opponents, all despite the tremendous work done by the oranges throughout the day.
The race started with cold temperatures, 11 degrees, and rain that was almost always with the cyclists. Soon a trio formed in front of which the Spanish girl slipped through. Sarah Martin with the Luxembourger By Berton now switzerland Caroline Baur. The peloton let them go and soon they were closing in on the minute difference until they were almost two minutes apart. Their adventure lasted about fifty kilometers.
The Serbian Jelena Eric He launched himself in pursuit of the trio at the front on the climb to Binz, the first day after he made his first choice. The race is on and there is hardly any time to rest.
After the regrouping, the accelerations followed each other on a route where taking risks could pay dearly and one had to tread carefully.
The first of four climbs to Zürichbergstrasse (1.1 km at 8% and maximum 15%) and Witikon (2.3 km at 5.7% and maximum 9%) began to blast the main group in what was a rosary advance that the test will be.
A group of eleven units formed ahead and led for several kilometers, but on the second climb to Witikon, with the Dutch, mainly Pauline Rooijakkers, at the head of the platoon, they managed to regroup. They were starting to prepare the ground for Demi Vollering, but she wasn’t able to finish.
Two laps from the end the peloton regrouped although it was already greatly outnumbered. Only 46 cyclists are in the leading group and among them they will play for the title, with Witikon as the decisive judge. For some of the most notable, such as the winner of the 2024 Tour, the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma, the race started to become too difficult.
With 46 left, the best act. The volleying was accelerated, Australian Neve Bradbury came out for her and Elisa Longo Borghini provided the reply from behind. Attacks, counterattacks, and new demarrages followed one another, but there was still little time left for the race that was bound to break.
The Belgian Justine Ghekiere and the Dutch Riejanne Markus stayed ahead against a group where the lack of references and headsets allowed them to open a gap. They were close for about three-quarters of a minute, but they also struggled to understand each other. Marianne Vos, triple world champion, and Australian Ruby Roseman-Gannon came from behind.
You, Markus, Roseman-Gannon Ghekiere started 58 seconds out of 21 chasers on the last lap. Had they not reacted from behind, the quartet would have had a chance to play for medals.
The big favorites did it by forming a chasing quintet that included Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Chloe Dygert, Elisa Longo Borghini and Liane Lippert.
An acceleration from the Italian, followed by Vollering, helped them to destroy the escape.
In eight, neither Kopecky, defending champion, nor Dygert, nor Vos can keep up. They fall, but a lack of understanding at the front causes them to regroup and Markus is on the verge of coming from further back. That’s the key. The Belgian recovered from his crisis and the Yankees, coming from behind, became the big beneficiaries.
There was only the climb to the Zürichbergstrasse where Vollering’s acceleration was fruitless.
Among the Spanish women, not one of them managed to stay in the group of those chosen to fight for the title.
Usa Ostolaza finished 48th, followed by Eneritz Vadillo in 49th place, and Sarah Martin This is the 53rd.
Source: La Verdad
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