{"id":203075,"date":"2025-10-02T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=203075"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:47:16","slug":"evenepoel-and-reusser-repeat-worlds-wins-in-european-itt-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2025\/10\/02\/evenepoel-and-reusser-repeat-worlds-wins-in-european-itt-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Evenepoel and Reusser Repeat Worlds Wins in European ITT Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 EUC Road European Championships opened on Wednesday, with the Elite Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Time Trials, only three days after the conclusion of the UCI Road World Championships. Which was surely the reason that most of the riders who finished in the top 10 of the Elite Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s ITT races in Kigali were not at the start in the French town of Loriol-sur-Dr\u00f4me. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reusser beat the wind and her rivals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But the newly crowned ITT world champions, Merlen Reusser and Remco Evenepoel, didn\u2019t care. Both doubled down and again dominated their respective races on Wednesday. Reusser easily lived up to her top favourite\u2019s role by decimating the field, beating the second-place finisher, Norway\u2019s Mie Ottestad, by 49 seconds. Mischa Bredewold of the Netherlands finished third, at 51 seconds, and a mere 0.2 seconds in front of another Norwegian, Katrine Aalerud. It was Reusser\u2019s fourth European time trial championship, but she said it wasn\u2019t easy because of the 30 kph head- and crosswinds that buffeted the riders and caused many to lose their lines as they tried to stay in the saddle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody\u2019s biggest opponent today was the wind,\u201d Reusser said. \u201cI didn\u2019t really know how to find myself today. It was quite a crazy week in Rwanda, and then a big travel, and I\u2019m really tired.\u201d\u00a0 She went on to say that she didn\u2019t feel super-confident despite her world championship win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s not something you should take for granted,\u201d she said. \u201cI was also not sure to win because sometimes it\u2019s tight, sometimes somebody has a super-good day, and somebody [else] does not. I can also be the one with not a good day. I was not confident that I was going to win this.\u201d<\/p>\n

That merely increased her satisfaction. \u201cI\u2019m super happy that I can keep up the level,\u201d she said. \u201cLast year, I was sick, and [in the past] I could win this a few times.\u201d Reusser also won the European Championship in 2021, 2022 and 2023. \u201cI\u2019m really happy. It\u2019s hard to race time trials, so I\u2019m happy it\u2019s rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n

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