In the Juniors wins by Kasper Andersen and Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini
The 2020 Road European Championships finished today in Plouay (France) with a win by Germany in the Mixed Relay.
The team including Lisa Brennauer, Mieke Kroger, Lisa Klein, Miguel Heidemann, Justin Wolf and Michel Hessmann rode the 54.6 kilometres of the circuit (27.3 km for the men’s trio and 27.3 for the women’s) in 1h14’14” at an average speed of 44.120 km/h.
Second place at 26” for the Swiss (Kathrin Stirnemann, Marlen Reusser, Elise Chabbey, Claudio Imhof, Stefan Bissegger and Robin Froidevaux), third for Italy (Vittoria Bussi, Elena Cecchini, Vittoria Guazzini, Liam Bertazzo, Edoardo Affini and Davide Plebani).
In the morning, the Dane Kasper Andersen won the title of Junior European Champion after a very close sprint in which he won in the photo-finish beating the Czech Pavel Bittner and the Belgian Arnaud De Lie. The race did not include any long breakaways due to the very fast pace and the fact that the teams of sprinters completely controlled every move. A group sprint was therefore unavoidable and was won by the 18-year-old young Dane.
In the Women’s, the race developed around the tactical control between Italy and the Netherlands. The two national teams were the most active throughout the entire race, swiftly reacting to each breakway and controlling the main peloton, reduced to around thirty riders.
In the closely fought sprint, Eleonora Gasparrini gave an incredible performance, winning the race ahead of the Belgians Marith Vanhove and Katrijn De Clercq.
In the 2020 Road European Championships final medals table, the Netherlands came in first place with three gold medals and two silver, in front of Italy (3 gold medals, 1 silver and 3 bronze) and Germany (2, 1 and 1).
The next edition of the Road European Championships will be held in Trentino (Italy) from 8 to 12 September 2021.
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