02/27/2020
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02/27/2020
It is the new locomotive of Swiss cycling. A powerful roller, Stefan Bissegger (21) dreams of an Olympic medal on the track and victorious sprints on the road.
At the Track World Championships in Berlin, the Thurgovian should have taken the Swiss “four” to heights. He is rightly regarded as the engine of the team, capable of assuming leadership at the moment when lactic acid begins to burn the legs.
More modestly, the Swiss quartet of the pursuit contented itself with a 6th rank – excellent – but in a relatively disappointing time for it of 3’51 ”. “For it to work in team pursuit, everything has to be 100% in tactics, technique and engine. There, obviously, this was not the case,” noted the athletic wheeler of Frauenfeld.
But the essential was assured for the quartet of Daniel Gisiger with the qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. “I want to go to Japan to win a medal,” says Bissegger bluntly. “We have to be ambitious.” But in Berlin, the Swiss stayed away from the times of the three best nations, all of which came under the ante-Berlin world record mark. In the Swiss camp, our eyes were riveted on the equipment of advanced nations like Denmark or Italy. Not easy to follow the arms race a few months before the Olympic deadline. The qualification will allow toutefoia to benefit from greater financial support from Swiss Olympic.
On the roads of Flanders
By Tokyo, Bissegger is not going to remain inactive. He will quickly find the road where he has big goals on Ghent – Wevelgem and on the Tour of Flanders M23 with Théry Schir. “I also have good hopes of being selected for the Tour de Romandie or the Tour de Suisse in the Swiss Cycling team,” he says. Besides, all the members of the “four” deserve it. ” The Thurgovian does not intend to take care of himself, for him competition is the best of Olympic preparations.
After the Games, the silver medalist in the Yorkshire World Championships U23 road race will join the ranks of the American team Education First EF at the end of August. This great roller aspires to strike in time trials and in sprints, a rare commodity in Swiss cycling. He will undoubtedly stand on the road of his cantonal rival, Stefan Küng, who has already taken a good lead with a gold medal in individual pursuit and a bronze on road at the Yorkshire World Championships.
Will Switzerland hold a successor to Urs Freuler, the greatest sprinter in the history of modern Swiss cycling? The Thurgovian smiles at the mention of the mustache Glaronnais.
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