SD Worx teammates Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) and Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) will line up for his or her respective nations, aiming for repeat victories within the elite girls’s particular person time trial on September 20 and the highway race on September 23 on the UEC Street European Championships within the Netherlands.
The five-day occasion kicks off with the person time trials on Tuesday, the place Reusser traces up as a two-time defending champion. The elite girls will full one lap of a 29.5km circuit that begins at Wildlands Journey Zoo and thru Emmen.
“After all, it might be good if I could make it a hat-trick by taking that European title for the third 12 months in a row. That may imply the world to me. However in the beginning, I wish to discover the enjoyment again within the time trial,” Reusser stated.
“It isn’t the prettiest course, as a result of a part of it takes place on the motorway. However it’s the place you’ll be able to develop your capacity as a pure time trialist. I will likely be comfortable if I can discover peace with the self-discipline and get an excellent outcome. As a result of my type remains to be tremendous, although.”
Reusser’s hopes of successful the world title within the elite girls’s particular person time trial on the Glasgow Worlds in August ended mid-race after she eased up, stopped her trip, and sat down within the grass in conjunction with the highway.
A time trial specialist, Reusser has earned the silver medal twice on the World Championships in 2020 and 2021 however said after the time trial in Glasgow that she was merely exhausted and wanted a break from the busy racing season. “I am not a machine,” she stated.
Reusser has had a profitable season the place she has received Gent-Wevelgem, and total titles at Itzulia Girls and Tour de Suisse. She additionally received the closing time trial on the Tour de France Femmes, the place she performed a vital function in her teammate Demi Vollering’s total victory. She additionally helped Switzerland win the Combined Staff Time Trial Relay world title in Glasgow.
“I wanted a break,” she stated. “It was bizarre what occurred [at Glasgow Worlds]. I did not see it coming, however I discovered lots from it.
After taking a couple of weeks away from racing, Reusser returned on the GP de Plouay and Tour de Romandie, the place she completed third total behind title winner Vollering and runner-up Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).
Reusser will likely be up in opposition to Dutch champion Riejanne Markus (Netherlands), Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) and Worlds bronze medallist Christina Schweinberger (Austria).
Wiebes will likely be up in opposition to a robust discipline within the elite girls’s highway race that will likely be held alongside a 131.1km course from Meppel to Col du VAM. The route features a 62km circuit and 5 laps (13.7km every) of a Col du VAM circuit.
Additionally ending off a profitable season, Wiebes has received 12 races, together with phases at UAE Tour, Vuelta a Burgos, Giro Donne, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Scandinavia and Simac Women Tour. She additionally received Ronde van Drenthe.
“It was an amazing 12 months on this lovely jersey. I’m trying ahead to defending it. It’s additional particular that the European Championship takes place in my very own nation and that my household and pals can come and encourage me. This jersey gave me a variety of motivation on coaching,” Wiebes stated.
“I’ve been trying ahead to the European Championship within the Netherlands. I discover a course there that ought to go well with me. It’s considerably just like the Ronde van Drenthe. The brand new Dak van Drenthe hopefully provides one thing additional to the race. The end ought to go well with me usually, so I hope I can prolong my title as European champion.”
Wiebes will line up with the highly effective Dutch workforce that additionally consists of Vollering, whereas different sturdy contenders are Kopecky (Belgium), Emma Norsgaard (Denmark), Liane Lippert (Germany), Anna Henderson (Nice Britain) and Elisa Balsamo (Italy).
