European mountain bikers championship – Ferrand-Prévot wins gold – Frei best Swiss woman – sport

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s career continues: after last week’s world championship, the Frenchwoman also won the gold medal in cross-country at the European mountain bike championship in Ticino. The podium was completed by Anne Terpstra (NED) and Yana Belomoina (UKR).

Already after the second of 5 laps, Ferrand-Prévot was ahead of the competition at the Monte Tamaro circuit. The 28-year-old confidently carried the lead to the end. Terpstra, second classified, already lost 40 seconds to the French.

Long free time with podium chances

Meanwhile, the Swiss missed a medal at the European home championships. Sina Frei was fifth, 1:39 minutes ago, Frei could dream of a podium for a long time, as she was involved in the battle for third place.

In the end, however, there was no strength for a feat. I fought well. I tried everything to keep up with the other drivers, but today they were stronger, “said Frei after the race.

As expected, Jolanda Neff did not play a role in the battle for the medal table. Ten months after the ruptured spleen and lung collapse in a training crash in the USA and 2 weeks after the health problems at the World Cup in Nove Mesto, Neff was left behind in the first round and then he gave up.

Front man with parting performance

Kathrin Stirnemann completed her last career internationally. The Swiss ran 14th in front of a local crowd and was extremely pleased with him. “I couldn’t have dreamed it better,” said the 30-year-old.