Cycling: Chloe Dygert won the gold medal in the women's World Championship time trial with an unbelievable performance. The American didn't give the competition a chance on the rain-soaked track. In the U23 class, Denmark's Mikkel Bjerg won World Championship gold for the third time in a row in irregular conditions.
U23 time trial: Mikkel Bjerg swims to hat trick
Early on Tuesday afternoon, the U23 boys covered 30,3 kilometers from Ripon to Harrogate. Irregular conditions meant driving through deep puddles on the route. Especially in the middle of the race, the rain increased so that the starters had no chance at this point. There were also numerous falls. Once again, he wasn't impressed Mikkel Bjerg. The Dane lived up to his role as favorite and is celebrating his third World Cup gold in a row. The Americans Ian Garrison and Brandon McNulty were behind by 27 and 28 seconds respectively. The Germans and Swiss were relatively disappointed after the individual time trial. Miguel Heideman and Yuri Hollman had to settle for ranks 25 and 33. Marc Hirschi and Stephen Bisseger placed 13th and 23rd. The Austrian was significantly happier Markus Wildauer with ninth place.
Mikkel Bjerg:
"It was really crazy today and I'm really happy to have won today."
Women's World Cup time trial: Chloe Dygert is in a different league
Despite the still wet surface in Harrogate, the ladies must have been happy that it was their turn until late afternoon. Nevertheless, the women also had to struggle with the rain on the 30,3-kilometer course. But that didn't stop them from presenting absolute top performances to the fans. Above all, the 22-year-old cared Chloe Dygert for amazement. The American overtook the German after only a few kilometers Lisa Brennauer. Even after that, she gradually collected women who had started before her. The hope that she would start the race too quickly and eventually collapse was not fulfilled. Secured behind the new surprise World Champion Anna van der breggen from the Netherlands in front of her compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten rank two. In the end, gold and silver separated a whopping 92 seconds.
Unfortunately, the German-speaking women could not fight for a place on the podium. Lisa Klein from Germany only just missed the jump with fifth place. countrywoman Lisa Brennauer became tenth. The Swiss woman Marlene Reusser can look forward to a great sixth place.