Marlen Reusser holds off Zoe Backstedt to retain world time-trial cycling title
Summary
Marlen Reusser won the world time-trial cycling championship in Montreal, keeping her title from last year. She finished ahead of young rider Zoe Backstedt, who led early but was beaten in the second half of the race.Key Facts
- The race was 39.2 km (24.4 miles) long in Montreal, Canada.
- Marlen Reusser from Switzerland won her second world time-trial title.
- Zoe Backstedt from Britain led at first but finished second, 40 seconds behind Reusser.
- Franziska Koch from Germany took third place in the race.
- Demi Vollering, expected to challenge for the title, finished eighth.
- Reusser was competing on her 35th birthday and is a four-time European time-trial champion.
- The men’s time trial event will happen later the same day in Montreal.
- Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel won a different race stage by breaking away early and riding alone all day.
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