Double blow for Remco Nootpoel and Marlen Reusser, Holy European Champions of Time Hit a few days after their triumph in the worlds

A few days after the epilogue of the Cycling world championships, in Kigali, Al, places for that of Europe. Wednesday 1^is October the individual time test events opened the ball of these continental championships welcomed in France-in Drôme and Ardèche. And the regulars of the discipline could dance. A week after their respective Charles during the timed event of the worlds in Rwanda, the Belgian Remco Emtepoel and the Swiss Marlen Reusser made a double: both big winners, they add a star of European champions to the rainbow of the world champion.

Double Olympic champion in Paris (in online race and on time trial period), Remco Eptepoel was the fastest to travel the 24.1 km that Loriol-sur-Drôme connected to Etoile-sur-Drôme. Winner in 28 minutes 26 s of the relatively flat event runs the Belgian for the specialist in the individual event, the Italian Filippo Ganna. Disturbed by a recalcitrant bicycle, won on Sunday during the road race of the worlds by Tadej Pogacar -who he finished on the second step of the stage -the 25 -year -old runner saw his material disturb his journey again: in the absence of a headset, he ran in sight on Wednesday. But Remco Emootpoel, who offers a second European coronation (after 2019), manages to bring together the three Olympic, global and European titles on his shoulders.

Frenchman Bruno Armirail was able to claim a medal. He finally finished in eighth place and accused a delay of one minute on the surprising bronze medal winner, the Danish Niklas Larsen, who came out of the track. Rémi Cavagna, second tricolor to compete, finished from the top 10, and said he was that “A little disappointed” of his time, he who “Hashed a lot from this moment, the first for a while before the blues”.

Marlen trusts the boss

If Marlen Reusser was forced to explain during the Olympic Games in Paris, the Swiss did not miss on Wednesday to add a new European Champion Jersey to her record. She also already won world champion, she won at the timed event of the European Championships, in 33 min 6 s, 49 seconds the Norwegian Mie Bjornndal Ottestad.

On 34, the Helvetus Runner won all the Continental Time Trial Championships in which she has only participated the aftermath of a COVVIL LONG since 2021, in 2024, interrupted her series. In the record, Marlen Reusser joined the Dutchman Ellen van Dijk, entitled four times (2016-2019). The French Juliette Labous and Cédrine Kerbaol end in the sixth and tenth places of the event. Thursday 2 October the blues will appear on the mixed relay of the time trial with great ambitions, those who won the silver medal in Kigali last week.