Anna van der Breggen and Stefan Kung are the new Individual Time-Trial European Champions. The Dutch and the Swiss riders won the continental titles in Plouay (France) on the first day of the European event which will finish on Friday 28 August.
Stefan Kung, Road world bronze medallist in 2019 won the race in 30’18” (25.6 kilometres) at an average speed of 50.690 km/h, beating by 18” the French rider Rémi Cavagna and the double European Champion and hour record holder, the Belgian Victor Campenaerts, third at 22”.
Anna van der Breggen, Olympic gold medallist in the Road race at Rio de Janiero 2016, took the title after an impressive performance riding 25.6 kilometres of the difficult circuit in 34’03” with an average speed of 45 kilometres, ahead by 31” of the current European Champion, her compatriot Ellen van Dijk. Third place went to the Swiss Marlen Reusser in 35’02”.
This was Anna van der Breggen’s second European title after the one won on the Road in Plumelec, Britanny in 2016.
The day began with the Women Juniors race, with a win by Elise Uijen (Netherlands) who rode the 25.6 km in 37’24”, beating the French rider Maeva Squiban, second at 1’ and 1”, and the Italian Carlotta Cipressi who finished third in a time of 38’52”, 1’28” behind the champion.
In the Men Juniors, the gold medal was won by the Czech Republic representative, Mathias Vacek in 32’39”, ahead by 4” of the German Marco Brenner and the Italian Lorenzo Milesi, third at 18”.
Two Germans were on the podium for the Women’s Under 23 races with Hanna Ludwig taking the number one position (35’53”) and Franziska Koch second at 25”. Third place went to the Pole Marta Jaskulska with a time of 37’11”.
The Men’s Under 23 title was won by the Norwegian Andreas Leknessund in 30’58” beating Stefan Bisseger (Switzerland), second at 23”, and the Belgian Ilan van Wilder who finished 28” behind the winner.
The European Championships will resume on Wednesday 26 August with the Women’s Under 23 Road races (81.9 km, start at 9:00) and Men’s Elite (177.4 km, start at 12:00).
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