Belgian Lotte Kopecky repeated as world champion within the highway race in a six-cyclist dash end in wet Zurich on Saturday.
Kopecky, 28, prevailed after greater than 4 hours of using over a 95-mile course. She grew to become the primary girl to repeat as world champion since Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in 2012 and 2013.
Kopecky started her winner’s interview by providing condolences to the household of Swiss bike owner Muriel Furrer, who died on Friday, someday after sustaining a head damage in a crash within the junior highway race at worlds.
“A minute of silence firstly, seeing the Swiss riders crying is one thing you simply do not wish to see,” Kopecky stated.
American Chloé Dygert grabbed silver in the identical time as Kopecky — 4:05:26 — a motorbike’s size behind the Belgian after yo-yoing from the again of the lead group within the remaining miles.
Dygert, who captured time trial bronze final Sunday, grew to become the primary American man or girl to win a world medal in each the highway race and the time trial. She additionally received time trial gold in 2019 and 2023.
Italian Elisa Longo Borghini took her fifth profession highway race bronze medal between the Olympics and world championships.
Kopecky earned bronze within the Olympic highway race received by American Kristen Faulkner on Aug. 4 in Paris. Faulkner completed thirty fifth on Saturday.
Worlds end Sunday with the boys’s highway race in Zurich, that includes Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and three-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia searching for his first world title.
2024 UCI World Highway Biking Championships Ladies’s Highway Race Outcomes
Gold: Lotte Kopecky (BEL) — 4:05:26
Silver: Chloe Dygert (USA) — +0
Bronze: Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) — +0
4. Liane Lippert (GER) — +0
5. Demi Vollering (NED) — +0
6. Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS) — +0
7. Justine Ghekiere (BEL) — +1:06
8. Marianne Vos (NED) — +1:06
9. Riejanne Markus (NED) — +1:06
10. Blanka Vas (HUN) — +3:00
35. Kristen Faulkner (USA) — +10:10
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