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Switzerland had a very good day on German roads on Wednesday when two of its star cyclists, Stefan Bissegger and Marlen Reusser, won the men\u2019s and women\u2019s European Time Trial Championships. In addition, another Swiss, Stefan K\u00fcng, finished second in the men\u2019s race, beaten by less than a whisker by his compatriot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For the 23-year-old Bisseger, who rides for the EF Education\u2013EasyPost team, the win represented the biggest victory of his short career and suggests that a bright future lies ahead for the speed cyclist. An excellent sprinter, he has already won several points classification competitions, including the Tour de Suisse in 2021.<\/p>\n

However, his victory over the short 24-km course in the town of F\u00fcrstenfeldbruck near Munich was anything but easy. His final margin over K\u00fcng was a mere 0.3 sec. The Italian time-trial world champion, Filippo Ganna, was third, 9 seconds adrift. Though the race came just two days before the start of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a,<\/a> it managed to attract three of the best ITT riders in the world, with the three favourites putting on quite a show.<\/p>\n

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Ellen van Dijk (L), Marlen Reusser (C), and Riejanne Markus (R) during the medal ceremony. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K\u00fcng, who was going for his third successive victory in the race, lost valuable time on the only real challenge of the course, a 750-m climb shortly after the start that included gradients of 16%. Ganna seemed headed for a victory until he began losing momentum in the final third of the course.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s race, the 30-year-old Reusser won her second successive European ITT championship, beating Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk by 6 sec. Another Dutch cyclist, Riejanne Markus, finished third, 28 secs behind the winner. The women\u2019s race was held before the men\u2019s race but over the same course.<\/p>\n

No one was more surprised than Reusser by her victory as she had no communication with her team and thought she was doing badly during the race. “My radio didn’t work, and it didn’t feel like it was my day,” Reusser told Eurosport after the race. “I also rode without my Garmin [computer], and I had the feeling I didn’t have the legs to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until she passed German Lisa Brennauer, who had started 1 min 30 sec ahead of her, that she realized that she might have a chance. \u201cMentally, it was good to see Lisa riding in front of me,\u201d Reusser said. \u201cI didn’t hear any split times but I did know that Lisa is a good time trialist. So that did help me, and I have to thank Lisa for that.\u201d She also thanked her team for all the preparatory work it had put in. \u201cWe worked a lot on aerodynamics,\u201d she said. \u201cI got a new bike, a new cockpit. It was real teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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