Franziska Koch (DSM-firmenich-PostNL) is the brand new German street champion after she beat Liane Lippert (Movistar) and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) in a three-up dash in in Bad Dürrheim.
Lippert was chasing her third successive title and her fourth in complete, however she needed to accept the silver medal after Koch sprang a shock by opening her dash with some 300m nonetheless to race.
The profitable transfer took form on the hardest climb to Öfingen with 15km to go, when Koch and Niedermaier had been the one riders who may observe Lippert’s searing acceleration. They had been all a part of a collection of a dozen or so riders that had shaped on the entrance of the race with 70km or so remaining.
Once Lippert, Koch and Niedermaier cast clear, it was instantly obvious that they’d battle it out for the medals, with the chasing group fragmenting on the run-in.
After the ultimate ascent of Aasen did not separate the main trio, the race got here right down to a dash. Lippert was the apparent favorite, however Koch performed her hand completely, making her transfer from distance to land her first skilled win.
Linda Riedmann (Visma-Lease a Bike) clipped away from the chasers to take fourth, a minute down, whereas Romy Kasper (Human Powered Health) beat Hannah Ludwig (Cofidis) to fifth place.
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