The German Lisa Brennauer became, at 33, world champion in the individual pursuit, Saturday evening, at the Roubaix velodrome. In a 100% German final, Brennauer was clearly more than four seconds behind her younger brother Franziska Brausse (22), in the time of 3 min 18 sec 258 over the 3 km standing start.
The German chasers, Olympic champions this summer in Tokyo, occupied the three places on the podium, in line with their team gold medal obtained Thursday in Roubaix. In the match for third place, Mieke Kröger joined Italy’s Martina Alzini and secured the bronze medal.
Brennauer, who had four world medals on the track, had never won an individual title. She lost twice in the final, against the Australian Ashlee Ankudinoff in 2019 then against the American Chloé Dygert in 2020. World time trial champion in 2014, the German won the mixed time by teams at the last World Road Championships in Belgium last month. Germany, with a great tradition in pursuit, had not won the individual world title since … 1997 (Judith Arndt).
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