Saturday 23 October 2021
Women shine in rows
German cycling team celebrates golden day
At the track cycling world championships in Roubaix, the German women are the measure of all things. Lea Sophie Friedrich in the sprint over 500 meters and Lisa Brennauer in the pursuit cannot be beaten. The result is historically good even before the final day.
Lea Sophie Friedrich already proudly held her second rainbow jersey in her hands, when Lisa Brennauer pounded at hellish speed to her next World Cup coup: The famous German track cycling women also have a big gold show on the penultimate day of the title fights in Roubaix withdrawn and with now five titles even outbid the dream result of Berlin 2020 at an early stage.
Two days after the triumph with the four, Brennauer was in a class of his own in the single pursuit. The 33-year-old woman from Allgäu won the final against her teammate Franziska Brauße and was the first German since Judith Arndt to secure gold in the pursuit in 1997. After Olympic gold in the team pursuit and three European Championship titles at the beginning of October, Brennauer crowned the best season of her life with the second victory in Roubaix.
The Kempten woman, 2019 and 2020 vice world champion in this discipline, was after 3000 meters and 3: 18.258 minutes 4.722 seconds ahead of Brauße. With bronze, Mieke Kröger made the German coup perfect. Brennauer, Brauße and Kröger had triumphed as part of the four at the Summer Games in Tokyo.
A sixth gold is still within reach
Before that, Friedrich had successfully defended her title in the time trial over 500 meters. “Actually, I didn’t want to drive the 500 at all,” said the 21-year-old, who was sick before the World Cup. then I’ll just defend my title. “
Friedrich, who had already triumphed in the team sprint, drove 33.057 seconds in the final and prevailed over Anastassija Woinowa with 0.106 seconds, Darja Schmelewa (+0.107) / both Russian Cycling Federation) came third. For Friedrich it was the third medal in Roubaix after gold in the team sprint and silver in the sprint. Pauline Grabosch was fourth to miss a medal by 13 thousandths, 20-year-old Alessa-Catriona Pröpster came in eighth (+1.757).
With five titles, the selection of the Federation of German Cyclists (BDR) already has the best World Cup result since 1991, when the first all-German team won gold six times in Stuttgart. At the World Cup in Berlin, the German team won four titles, then as now, all of them from the women. On Sunday, Emma Hinze has the chance to win her third gold in the Keirin after triumphing in the sprint and team sprint. At the end of the day, the German men still have the chance to win their third medal. Former world champion Stefan Bötticher (Chemnitz) reached the semifinals in the sprint.