10 October 2016 – Doha, Qatar : Karlijn Swinkels grabbed the Women’s Junior Individual Time Trial Title at the UCI Road World Championships Doha 2016. The 17-year-old Dutchwoman crushed the field finishing in 18:21.77 with an average speed of 44.764 km/h. Italy’s Lisa Morzenti finished second in 18:29.12 and French Juliette Labous secured the bronze in 18:43.12.

Swinkels, who was sixth in the Individual Time Trial at the European Championships, became the first Dutch lady to take the women’s junior title in this event.

Elena Pirrone was the first rider to leave the start ramp at the Pearl in Doha. She finished in 19:05.44 and stayed in the hot seat only until the eleventh starter Franziska Brausse became the first rider to beat the 19-minute barrier on the 13.7 kilometre loop when she finished in 18:56.03.

Pirrone was quite satisfied with the conditions : “It was not as windy as I expected to be. I improved my position, so I’m generally very happy with how I did today. It was hot, but that was really OK.”

Both Brausse and Pirrone had to make place in the hot seats, when Skylar Schneider clocked 18:51.80. The American was only outpaced by Swinkels and Morzenti, who had started fourth and second last. With only Labous yet to finish, Schneider seemed to have sealed the bronze, only to be knocked off the podium in extremis by Labous, who set 18:43.12, to follow up last year’s fifth place with a bronze medal in Doha.

The South American riders were not able to get anywhere near the podium with Pan-American champion Tatiana Dueñas ending up as best South American in 19th place. The Colombian was satisfied however : “I’m quite happy because this is only my second year of competition and first World Championships. I hope my country gives even more support to women’s cycling in the future,” she said

10 October 2016 – Doha, Qatar : Highlights of the press conference with gold medal winner Karlijn Swinkels (Netherlands), silver medal winner Lisa Morzenti (Italy) and bronze medal winner Juliette Labous (France).

Karlijn Swinkels (Netherlands) - gold

On being the first Dutch woman to win the ITT in this category :
“I’m very proud. I did not expect it at all. It’s a dream come true. I can’t describe how I feel.”

On her race tactics :
“We came here on Thursday. On Friday we did a very low pressure training because we had to acclimatise. But the second day we trained on the track and I did every turn at least ten times, so I knew it perfect. The race’s first kilometres were very hot, because you do the warm-up in a very cold room, but after two kilometres I just did not think about it, just ride.”

Lisa Morzenti (Italy) - silver

On coming into the race as European Champion :
“I’m very satisfied. I did not know what to expect from the race. Finishing first is always difficult but I’m happy with the silver.”

On the Italian secret of time trialing having three Italians in the top-ten :
“We have been training together for weeks, both for the European Championships and the World Championships. We’ve gotten close together and the good relationship we have really helped us perform well in this race.”

Juliette Labous (France) - bronze

On having improved on last year’s fifth place :
“My aim was to win, but coming third is also good. It’s a medal and I’m happy with a medal. Last year I was disappointed, but here I’m happy.”

On race tactics after setting the sixth intermediate time in the first section :
“I went full gas from the beginning, but I knew that at the end it would be very hard with the heat, so that was mentally hard. I gave everything in the end, because I knew that this was the place to make the difference.”

On what’s next :
“We have the road race. We have a strong team so we want to win this race. My season is already good, because I signed a contract with Team Liv-Plantur, so I will be a professional rider and that was my aim of the season.”

. . . . . Women Juniors Individual Time Trial - 2016 UCI - durée vidéo : 1h48’33 . . . . .

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