Disappointment For GB's Georgi But Medal Hopes Remain High

Cycling fans will be well aware that the men's and women's European Road Cycling Championships are now well underway out in Col Du Vam in Drenthe in the Netherlands, and having won the British women's road race title for the second time back in June, sadly it was a dose of disappointment at the weekend as 22 year old Pfeiffer Georgi narrowly missed out on a medal as she ended up finishing fourth.

Netherlands Mischa Bredewold held on for a four second win after going on the attack with 10 kilometres remaining in the race, leaving Dutch rider Lorena Wievbes in second spot, after she held off the challenge for Belgian world Champion Lotte Kopecky as they went into a sprint finish. For those who like a small flutter on their racing, we can certainly expect some further close finishes in the clashes to come and if you use this bet365 voucher code when registering there are benefits on offer.

Georgi was well in the mix until the closing stages of the face, and Great Britain's Anna Henderson finished in eighth place, on the same tie as Georgi, as the British pair led home what was an attacking set of tactics throughout the very competitive 131.3 km course.

Claire Steels finished in 18th spot, Becky Storrie in 39th place, and ten time European track title winner, Elinor Barker, came home in 54th spot.

The British team have won two gold medals so far, with two silver medals also added in the current Championship, and the men's side will be back in action this coming Sunday.

Whilst it was not the perfect outcome in this race, hopes remain high for GB's over all finishing tally, as in last weekend's men's race, 19 year old Josh Tarling put in one of the best rides of his career to medal with a gold in his individual time trial battle.

The youngster was on average, 42.92 seconds quicker that closest challenger, Switzerland's Stefan Bissegger, and Belgium's Wout van Aert came in third. 24 year old Anna Henderson also, won silver in her own race, finishing 43.36 seconds behind Switzerland's Marlen Reusser.

Britain's Zoe Backstedt also helped herself to a gold in the Under 23 women's race. As for Tarling, it continues a memorable year for the Welsh born rider following on from his British Championships win, and then a bronze medal in the time trial at August's World Championships in Glasgow.

Tarling will be out to prove himself further in the future, given that none of Belgium's Remco Evenepoel, or Italy's Filippo Ganna (who finished ahead of him in Glasgow) were competing at this event, so there will be a touch of revenge that remains in his mind.

All in all though, it is not a bad first season as a professional with Ineos Grendadiers, and he was the last rider out on the 29.5 km course, but he was already ahead at the first and second split, before finally finishing on 31 minutes and 30 seconds.

"It was hard. I felt weaker today than I did at the Worlds. The wind was really hard, I had to hold the high power all day."

GB fans will simply have to wait and see what next weekend, and the scheduled races, have in store in a week's time.