Demi Volling Missed Out on the World Title in the Road Race Again on Saturday in Rwanda. The Dutch Cyclist Finished Seventh, While Magdeleine Vallieres Surprisingly won the Rainbow Jersey. Last year, the world championships also ended disappointingly for fullage after a tactical fiasco.
Riejanne Markus Crossed the Finish Line in Fifth Place After the 164.6-kilometer Race Around Kigali, Making Her the Best Dutch Rider. The Difference with the Medal Winners was half a minute. New Zealander Niamh Fisher-Black Toke Silver. The Bronze Went to Spain’s Mavi García.
Fulling won The Sprint of a Group of Favorites. She Crossed the Finish Line in Sevth Place, More Than One and A Half minutes Behind Vallieres. She was faster than other favorites Such as marlen reusser and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Defending Champion Kopecky Did Not Participate.
With Volling and van der Breggen, The Netherlands had Two Trump Cards in the Battle for Gold This Year. Van der Breggen Already won the World Title in 2018 and 2020, But Could Not Keep Up With The Pace in Rwanda. The cyclist, who made her comeback this year, had to drop out with more than 31 kilometers to go. Van der Breggen Anally finished 38th.
Annemiek van Vleuten is Still the Last Dutch World Champion. She won her second Rainbow Jersey on the road in 2022.
Last year, the world championships in Zurich ended in a fiasco. Fulling was The Big Favorite, But She Dropped Marianne Vos – A Possible Helper – In The Final. Lotte Kopecky Benefited and Sprinted to Her Second World Title in A Row. After the race, there was much criticism of the Netherlands’ tactics.
Van Anrooij Opens the Ball for the Netherlands
The Austrian Carina Schrempf was The First Cyclist to Launch An Attack in the Road Race in Rwanda. At 143 kilometers from the finish, she red away from the peloton. The Former Athlete’s Lead Quickly Increased to Three Minutes.
Schrempf Received Reinforcement from Belgian Julie van de Velde and Shirin van Anrooij at 74 kilometers from the finish. Not Long After That, Van Anrooij Continued Solo. The 23-year-old cyclist red alone for a while, but was caught by the peloton after about 10 kilometers.
After that, A Leading Group of Ten Cyclists Formed, Including Riejanne Markus. The Dutch Ace Barely managed to stay with the leading group, which had a lead of Almost one and a half minutes over the group of favorites including full-lingering, Reusser, Ferrand-Prévot, Kimberley Le Court and Elisa Longo.
Fulling unable to follow in Final
Van der Breggen had Already Dropped Out of the Group of Favorites, which Still Included Volling. Fulling Clearly Did not Have the Best Legs Either, because they had to leave a gap with 6 kilometers to go when the favorites made a final attempt to bring back the leading group.
Because the favorites then looked at each other, fulling was able to come back, but it was too late for the rainbow jersey. The Thinned-Out Leading Group was Allowed to Share the Prizes. On the Last Climb, Vallieres Dealt the Final Blow to Fisher-Black and García.
Markus had Already Dropped Out of the Leading Group at that time, Making a Fifth Place the Highest Achievable. Fulling Did Provide the Second Dutch Top at Finish with a Strong Sprint.
Volling won bronze in the time trial last week, Behind Reusser and van der Breggen. Volling’s Dream of Winning the Rainbow Jersey Will Have To Be Put On Hold for Another Year. Next year, the world championships will be hero in Canada.