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Reusser wins fifth Euro TT title, a new record
Marlen Reusser won the elite women's time trial at the 2026 UCI European Road Championships in Šenčur, Slovenia, beating Demi Vollering by 23 seconds with a time of 31:30.84 over 22.1 km. It's Reusser's fifth elite women's European time trial title, a new record. She surpassed Ellen van Dijk's record of four European time trial titles, becoming the sole record holder. Juliette Berthet took bronze, 1:10.13 behind, with Elisa Longo Borghini fourth six seconds further back.
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Reusser surpassed Ellen van Dijk's record of four European time trial titles, becoming the sole record holder for elite women's European time trial titles.
Reusser was quickest at every checkpoint on the 22.1 km course, which packed 367 meters of elevation into its first sector including the climb towards Možjanca. At the first intermediate point at kilometer 8 she was already 11 seconds up on Vollering, and by kilometer 16 that gap had grown to 20 seconds. Vollering, who started second-last ahead of Reusser, sat in second place throughout and finished 23.33 seconds back. Reusser's win comes two weeks after she defended her world time trial title in Montreal. Vollering's runner-up finish follows her win in the European road race four days earlier, on 2026-10-03. Dominika Włodarczyk was fifth, 1:30.79 behind, and Cédrine Kerbaol sixth at 1:59.95, while Franziska Koch finished outside the top ten despite being considered a main contender beforehand.
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UEC European Championships: Marlen Reusser beats Demi Vollering to win her fifth elite women's time trial titleMarlen Reusser dominates the time trial from start to finish to claim a historic fifth European titleCan anyone challenge world champion Marlen Reusser? – European Championship elite women's time trial contendersUEC European Championships: 'I just really love winning' - Demi Vollering claims solo elite women's victory for dominant Dutch team
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