Marlen Reusser wants gold in ITT World Championships but "it will be anything but easy"

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser is one of the favorites in the World Championships. Throughout her career, she has consistently demonstrated that she is a deserving gold medal candidate. The European champion will try her best in Wollongong on Sunday.

"Although it will be anything but easy. It is a technical course, and that makes the group of contenders bigger," said Reusser. She continues, “It's not the perfect course for me. It's much more technical than any other time trial I've already ridden at a World Championship.”

While she defeated Ellen van Dijk at the European Championships, the rider is quite wary of her and is not willing to take any risks with her. In addition, she says Annemiek Van Vleuten and Grace Brown are capable of surprising everyone by winning. "Obviously, Ellen again, but don't make it a Van Dijk-Reusser duel now. Annemiek Van Vleuten will also come on very strong, as will Grace Brown,” said Reusser.

Reusser took silver in the 2020 World Championship and once again in 2021. Now she hopes to upgrade it to gold. But the rider won’t be disappointed if she gets another silver, the thing that matters the most is she tried her best. "Everyone expects me to say: when I win. Of course, that is my goal, but I will also be satisfied when I notice that I have made strides in the more technical aspect of a time trial. Of course, I hope for the world title. After two silver medals, that would be a crowning of all the work everyone already invested in my time trial," concluded Reusser.