TakeWorlds3 weeks ago
Marlen Reusser finished fourth at the Worlds road race, four seconds off bronze and eight off gold. She's blaming a feeding mistake for the gap — but the real complaint is that she was the only rider actually chasing for the win.
Reusser calls the missed feed "incredibly stupid," but her sharper point is tactical: «I had the feeling I was the only one that really went for the first place.» Vollering's attack on Camillien-Houde was caught with 16 km left, yet nobody but Reusser committed to closing the gap that mattered — the one to gold. Four seconds separated her from bronze. Switzerland is still waiting on a women's road race medal since Nicole Brändli's silver in 2002.
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