Reusser Writes Herself Into the Record Books in Šenčur
By ZealZag Team
Marlen Reusser arrived in Slovenia already wearing the rainbow jersey, having defended her world time trial title in Montreal just two weeks earlier. On Wednesday, she added a European crown to it, and with it, a piece of history no rider in the women's event had claimed before her.
The Swiss rider took control of the race from the very first checkpoint, posting the fastest split atop the Možjanca climb and never allowing anyone back into contention. By the second time check, sixteen kilometers in, her lead had grown from eleven seconds to twenty-one. She crossed the finish in 31:30.84, extending the gap further over the closing kilometers of a course that offered little room to claw time back.
Demi Vollering finished second, 23 seconds behind, four days after winning the road race on these same Šenčur roads. It was Vollering's best chance to add a second European title in a single week, and for much of the opening kilometers it looked possible. Reusser simply never let the margin close. Juliette Berthet took bronze a further 47 seconds back, holding off a tight battle with Elisa Longo Borghini and Poland's Dominika Włodarczyk for the final spot on the podium.
The win was Reusser's fifth European time trial title, a record in the event's history, moving her ahead of Ellen van Dijk as its most successful rider. She had already won the title in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. Wednesday made it five from the last six editions, a run of dominance against the clock that now stretches across half a decade.
\| 1 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | 31:30.84 |
\| 2 | Demi Vollering | Netherlands | +0:23.33 |
\| 3 | Juliette Berthet | France | +1:10.13 |
\| 4 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | +1:16.67 |
\| 5 | Dominika Włodarczyk | Poland | +1:30.79 |
\| 6 | Cédrine Kerbaol | France | +1:59.95 |
\| 7 | Sandrine Tas | Belgium | +2:01.87 |
\| 8 | Lauren Dickson | Great Britain | +2:22.69 |
\| 9 | Lotte Claes | Belgium | +2:37.26 |
\| 10 | Lieke Nooijen | Netherlands | +2:40.00 |
\| 11 | Franziska Koch | Germany | +2:57.28 |
\| 12 | Yuliia Biriukova | Ukraine | +3:19.26 |
\| 13 | Nina Berton | Luxembourg | +3:36.59 |
\| 14 | Alessia Vigilia | Italy | +3:53.79 |
\| 15 | Steffi Häberlin | Switzerland | +3:56.78 |
\| 16 | Marie Schreiber | Luxembourg | +4:14.73 |
\| 17 | Nika Bobnar | Slovenia | +4:34.63 |
\| 18 | Eleftheria Giachou | Greece | +4:50.83 |
\| 19 | Alina Abramenka | Belarus | +6:34.80 |
\| 20 | Gergana Stoyanova | Bulgaria | +7:05.83 |
\| 21 | Varvara Fasoi | Greece | +7:09.47 |
\| 22 | Bríet Kristý Gunnarsdóttir | Iceland | +7:21.31 |
\| 23 | Beatriz Roxo | Portugal | +7:59.03 |
\| 24 | Anja Perović | Montenegro | +16:33.12 |
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