Blanka Vas takes rainbow jersey in U23 category: "I'm super happy and I still can't believe it because I had bad legs"

Blanka Vas has won the world title for U23 women. The Hungarian had to compete against Shirin van Anrooij and Anna Schakley in the sprint and did so successfully. In addition to the world title, it also resulted in a nice eleventh place among the elites, and that with bad legs.

Afterwards, Vas tells Cycling Pro Net that she did not feel well at all in the opening phase of the race. "I was even dropped from the breakaway group and thought: now I will also have to drop from the peloton. I'm super happy and I still can't believe it because of my bad legs."

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Those bad legs, she felt them especially in the first part of the race. "Before we arrived at the circuit I already felt that it was not going well. The first laps on the local circuit were therefore really not nice. At one point we rode up a steep slope and I suddenly felt that it was going pretty well. Then I sort of got through it. Luckily I didn't have to focus on the first group either. In my head, only the world title for U23 counted."

"Of course I tried to look mainly at Shirin and Anna, but I knew I was faster than them both. In addition, they both had also attacked unsuccessfully, which gave me confidence. I had to close the gap on Van Anrooij, but in the sprint I only had to follow a good wheel. I'm in the same team as Anna and I'm actually always faster than her. After a long race you never know for sure, but I still had good legs. I am very happy because I worked hard for this."

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