Euskaraz irakurri: Marlen Reusser eta Joshua Tarling, 2023ko Europako txapeldunak, erlojupekoan

The cyclist Swiss Marlen Reusser and the runner British Joshua Tarling they have cattlethis Wednesday, the 2023 European Cycling Time Trial Championshipsin Drenthe (Netherlands). Reusser has achieved his third consecutive European titleafter those obtained in 2021 and 2022, while Tarling has taken for the first time the gold medal.

In this way, the Swiss team SD Worx Marlen Reusser has won for the third consecutive time, with his victory this Wednesday, the gold medal in the European Time Trial Championships. In the 29.8 kilometer route that the participants had to complete, Reusser clocked a time of 35:53, 43 seconds better than that of the British Anna Henderson, who won the silver medal. Christina Schweinberger, from the Austrian team, was third, 44 seconds more than Reusser, and won the bronze medal.

Reusser, thus, now has four European Championships in a row in which he has won a medal; In 2020, in Plouay, she was third, and in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in Trento, Munich and Drenthe, she was proclaimed champion.

In the men’s time trial, the British INEOS-Grenadiers Joshua Tarling, only 19 years old, has won the gold medal, after having an excellent career. Tarling needed 31 minutes and 30 seconds to finish the 29.5 kilometer route, that is, 42 seconds less than the Swiss Stefan Bissegger, champion in 2022, and 43 seconds less than Wout van Aert; The Belgian takes home the bronze medal, while Bissegger and Tarling have taken silver and gold. The Swiss Stefan Küng, one of the main favorites for victory, was fighting for a place on the podium, but suffered a fall in the final stretch that took him to eleventh place.

Joshua Tarling, in full effort. Photo: EFE.

The young Tarling, with his victory, has proven to be a cyclist with great promise for time trials. Already in August, in the Renewi Tour, which was held in Belgium, he won a 13.6 kilometer time trial, ahead of runners such as Tim Wellens or Yves Lampaert. His future at INEOS is assured until at least 2025.

Xabier Mikel Azparren, who was 2:24 behind the champion, obtained the twenty-second position. The Basque native from Euskaltel-Euskadi has performed well in this European Championship.

Under-23 and junior races

In sub-23 category, the British Jane Zoe Backstedt has won the gold medal; The silver went to Antonia Niedermaier, from Germany, and the Finnish Anniina Ahtosalo won the bronze medal. The Pamplona Idoia Eraso finished in 30th place, three minutes and 44 seconds behind Backstedt, while the Gorliztarra Eneritz Vadillo She has qualified in 33rd position, 4:13 behind the champion.

In the men’s event, the Belgian Alec Segaert has revalidated the title he won in 2022, with a new victory. Segaert surpassed the Danish Carl-Frederik Bévort by 37 seconds, who won the silver medal, and was 52 seconds ahead of the also Danish Gustav Wang, who set the third fastest time and, consequently, took the bronze. .

Finally, in category junior, the Italian Federica Venturelli, the Swedish Stina Kagevi and the German Hannah Kunz have managed, in that order, to get on the podium, as have, in the men’s time trial, the Danish Withen Albert Philipsen, the Norwegian Jorgen Nordhagen and the Belgian Sente Sentjens . The notable seventh place he has signed stands out Markel Beloki.

2023 EUROPEAN TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

elite category

1 – REUSSER Marlen (Switzerland) 35:53

2 – HENDERSON Anna (United Kingdom) +0:43

3 – SCHWEINBERGER Christina (Austria) +0:44

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1 – TARLING Joshua (UK) 31:30

2 – BISSEGGER Stefan (Switzerland) +0:42

3 – VAN AERT Wout (Belgium) +0:43

Under-23 category

1 – BACKSTEDT Jane Zoe (UK) 24:25

2 – NIEDERMAIER Antonia (Germany) +0:57

3 – AHTOLSALO Aniina (Finland) +1:33

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1 – SEGAERT Alec (Belgium) 22:02

2 – BÉVORT Carl-Frederik (Denmark) +0:37

3 – WANG Gustav (Denmark) +0:52

Source: Eitb

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