Marlen Reusser wins the time trial and is the new leader of the Tour of Switzerland
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The European champion Marlen Reusser has prevailed in the time trial of the 2nd stage of the Tour of Switzerlandbeating her SD Worx teammate Demi Vollering by eight seconds and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) by 16.
The first runner to set a reference time was rookie Anna Kiesenhofer (Israel-Premier Tech-Roland). Brodie Chapman (Trek-Segafredo) was the first to beat the Austrian’s time, and she stayed that way until longo borghini has reached the goal.
The Italian time trial champion had set the best times at the two intermediate points, but in the end she was passed first by Vollering and then by Reusser.
With the stage win, the 21st consecutive victory for SD Worx, Reusser also takes away the yellow jersey as leader to her teammate Blanka Vas.
stage classification
1-. REUSSER Marlen (SD Word) 0:36:42
2-. VOLLERING Demi (SD Worx) + 0:08
3-. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek) + 0:16
4-. CHAPMAN Brodie (Trek) + 1:13
5-. KRAAK Amber (Jumbo) + 1:27
6-. KIESENHOFER Anna (Israel) + 1:30
7-. STEELS Claire (Israel) + 1:57
8-. LABOUS Juliette (DSM) + 2:01
9-. SPRATT Amanda (Trek) + 2:04
10-. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna (Canyon) + 2:05
General ranking
1-. REUSSER Marlen (SD Word) 2:00:49
2-. VOLLERING Demi (SD Word) + 0:09
3-. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek) + 0:18
4-. CHAPMAN Brodie (Trek) + 1:25
5-. KRAAK Amber (Jumbo) + 1:39
6-. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna (Canyon) + 2:07
7-. ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby (Jayco) + 2:08
8-. CHABBEY Elise (Canyon) + 2:12
9-. LABOUS Juliette (DSM) + 2:13
10-. STEELS Claire (Israel) + 2:15
Source: Eitb
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