Better Line Up, Better Speed. UCI21-17
The trio of Elise Chabbey, Nicole Koller, and Marlen Reusser found it necessary to reset their riding order as the kilometers ticked by. Reusser was hitting a brutal pace on the front and Chabbey just couldn’t pull through when her teammate needed to drop off of the front. As she struggled, Koller moved up to the front to take over the pace making for the team. It wasn’t long after the Chabbey had to surrender to the pace of Reissner (who plans to attempt the hour record next week) and left it to her two country women to finish the leg of the Mixed Team Time Trial. They just barely lost out on the bronze medal by a fraction of a second to Italy. Was this the moment it happened?