Friday, October 8th, 2021
Good prospects for the World Track Cycling Championships
Brennauer fights for the second title
Lisa Brennauer will certainly not forget the year 2021: Olympic gold, a title at the world championship on the road and now two gold medals at the European championship on the track. And it could go on like this: The Track Cycling World Championships will begin in a few days.
Lisa Brennauer from Durach continues on an unprecedented wave of success. After the Olympic triumph in the team pursuit and the World Cup victory in the mixed relay at the road championships in Belgium, the 33-year-old celebrated the double at the European Track Cycling Championships in Grenchen. After winning the team pursuit two days ago, the woman from Allgäu also won the individual pursuit and is highly motivated and well prepared for the World Track Championships from October 20th in Roubaix.
“There is not often a European Championship so close to my home. I am happy that I have decided to start. Two European championship titles – the yield could not have been better,” said Brennauer, from parts of her relatives was supported in the stands. “In the race I just tried to do my own thing. I only knew late that I was ahead. It was a big goal and a great preparation for the World Cup. The competition is even bigger,” said Brennauer.
In the finale at the Tissot Velodrome, after a balanced initial phase, Brennauer fought French Marion Borras (3: 23.297) in 3: 19.548 minutes and extended her extraordinary streak of success. Only one further improvement of her own German record (3: 18.538) just missed the World Cup runner-up in the single pursuit of 2020. The German dominance of the pursuers was completed by Mieke Kröger from Bielefeld, who overtook the Italian Martina Alzini in the small final and won bronze.
Pauline Grabosch from Erfurt took a strong second place in the 500 meter time trial. In the final, the Magdeburg-born woman climbed to 33.336 seconds and was thus in the range of her personal best from the 2020 World Cup in Berlin. The two-time world champion Daria Schmelewa from Russia took the win in 33.086 seconds. Third place went to Russian Jana Tyschtschenko (33,534). Grabosch had already won silver in the team sprint in Grenchen.