Team Sunweb (Norway) - Team sunweb put in a storming collective effort to take the win in the ladies Tour of Norway team time trial. Already the world champions in the discipline, Team Sunweb finished 38 seconds ahead of their nearest rivals to show their intent ahead of the stage race to come in Norway over the coming days.
The team, consisting of Lucinda Brand, Leah Kirchmann, Liane Lippert, Floortje Mackaij, Coryn Rivera and Ruth Winder worked perfectly together around the 24.3km course from Aremark to Fredriksten Fortress to post a time of 29’53”, easily enough to secure the win in the 19th Women’s WorldTour race of the season.
Having finished second at the recent Vargarda Team Time Trial, it was a just revenge for the World Champions and a timely show of strength ahead of next month’s title defence against the clock.
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Team Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans said after the race: “It was an incredible team performance today. The six riders here made the difference but we have 10 very strong riders who can come in and compete. We could bring in anybody at this moment as everybody works like a machine. After doing the recon twice we saw that it was a difficult TTT which probably made the difference for us. I’m incredibly proud of how we executed it, using the strengths in the downhills and the uphills – that was the key to our success today.”
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