Double for Movistar Marlen Reusser: also European time trial gold

She is the best time trialist in the world but, in case there was any doubt, it is also from Europe. The switzerland of Movistar Marlen Reusser has been proclaimed continental champion this Wednesday in the elite women’s event held at the European Championships in Slovenia.

In a time trial starting and finishing in Sencur along twenty-two kilometers, Reusser has given a recital and, with 31:30.84has not given the Dutch option Demi Vollering, second at 23.33 secondsnot even French Juliette Berthet, third at 1:10.13. The Italian Elisa Longo She was left off the podium after being fourth at 1:16.

In a test without Spanish presence Due to the fall of Paula Blasi in the World Cup a few days ago and the illness of Mireia Benito, it has been Reusser who has monopolized all the spotlights, since she has set the pace from the beginning and has kept her distance from her pursuers. With a profile with an uphill ramp between kilometers six and eight to Tupalice, Reusser has already surpassed Vollering by eleven seconds at that point.

The second section, with a good part of descent, has increased its superiority. In it, Reusser has practically doubled his gap over Vollering, up to twenty-one secondsan income that she has maintained without problems in the last part of the race to become European champion.

At thirty-five years old, he combines this gold with the bronze in the online event, after that world gold in the time trial, fourth place in the universal online race and third place in the mixed team time trial. Winner of the Tour of Switzerland, a stage of the Tour and Across Flanders, among others, this season, Reusser has crowned a sensational last part of 2026 with continental gold.