During the week dedicated to National Championships 2024 Obviously, the women’s races also took place. The time trials and road trials were almost always held on the same tracks as the men’s races, although clearly with different distances, often giving rise to hard-fought challenges between some of the best interpreters of women’s cycling. There have been several confirmations, starting from Italy with Elisa Longo Borghini who, after the penalty that cost her the victory in the time trial, with the title going to Vittoria Guazziniprevailed in the online test where he achieved his fifth victory.
Continues Belgium the domain of Lotte Kopecky who for the second consecutive year (and fourth overall considering also 2020 and 2021) achieved a double by winning both the time trial and the road race. Confirmations also in Denmark with Rebecca Koerner who repeated the road title won last year and Emma Norsgaard which won the time trial for the fourth year in a row. Also Pfeiffer Georgi managed to confirm itself in the online test Great Britainwinning his third national title, while in the time trial Anna Henderson to get the better of it.
In the Netherlands to prevail in the online test is Chantal van den Broek-Blaak who returns to wear the national champion’s jersey, for the third time, after six years. While in the time trial Riejanne Markus manages to repeat itself by repeating last year’s success.
Many first times, like the one scored by Juliette Labous than in the online test France she got the better of the many FDJ – SUEZ athletes. Also new in Germany Where Franziska Koch broke Liane Lippert’s winning streak, in Swiss where the class of 2001 established itself Noemi Rüeggand in Spain with Use Ostolaza who managed to put an end to the dominance of Mavi García, fresh from four successes in a row. First victory in the road race also for Urska Zigart in Slovenia who does a double with the time trial, won for the fourth time in his career. Double also in Austria Where Anna Kiesenhofer wins his second road title, after the one he won in 2019, and his fifth time trial. Young people in the limelight in Poland and in Czech Republic where the winners in the road tests are, respectively, the 23 year old Dominika Włodarczyk and the 19 year old Barbora Němcováwhile in the time trials the class of 2000 prevailed Marta Jaskulska and 2004 Julia Kopecký.
The Norwegian returns to wear the national champion’s jersey after four years Mie Bjørndal Ottestad who wins the online race, while having to abdicate his time trial title to Katrine Aalerud which returns to impose itself in the test against time after the successes of 2020 and 2021. However, the domains of Nora Jenčušová in Slovakiawho wins his fourth time trial title and third in line, by Daniela Campos in Portugalwho wins his third title against the clock and second in line, and of You were Yonamine who won the online title for the seventh time Japan. As also in Hungary where Blanka Kata Vas won his fifth consecutive road title. However, the winning streak was interrupted Luxembourg Of Christine Majeruswho won her eighteenth time trial title, but was beaten by the 21-year-old Marie Schreiber in the online test.
