Results 2025 European Championships Women's Elite TT | Marlen Reusser does it again! Swiss superstar adds European win to Worlds title from Kigali

Marlen Reusser has taken her first win in the Rainbow Jersey, after powering to the time trial success at the 2025 European Championships, further proving herself as the women's premier rider against the clock.

Great Britain’s Anna Henderson was one of the first marquee names down the start ramp, and she duly established herself as the early rider to beat. Stopping the clock in 34:12, Henderson averaged 42.2km/h on the rolling parcours and opened a significant margin at the first intermediate checkpoint, where she was 13 seconds faster than Slovakia’s Viktoria Jencusova.

French hopes initially rested on Juliette Labous, who went through the opening split in 8:58 – seven seconds faster than Mie Bjorndal Ottestad and eight ahead of Henderson. However, Labous could not maintain the same momentum through the second sector, where Norway’s Ottestad took over at the top of the standings.

Ottestad produced one of the most consistent rides of the afternoon. After narrowly edging Nooijen at the second checkpoint (16:16), she powered to the finish with a time of 33:56 – the first rider under 34 minutes. That effort proved enough to unseat Henderson by 15 seconds and push Germany’s Lisa Klein down to third at +0:49.

Attention then turned to Marlen Reusser, one of the sport’s most decorated time trialists, perennial favourite in continental competition an of course, the recently crowned world champion. At the first checkpoint, the Swiss star was just five tenths of a second slower than Katrine Aalerud, underlining how fine the margins were shaping up to be at the sharp end of the race.

Meanwhile, Cedrine Kerbaol of France also looked strong, placing herself just two seconds down at the first time split. The reigning French champion’s presence near the top of the timings kept the home crowd engaged as the decisive kilometres unfolded.

The balance of power shifted firmly in Reusser’s favour at the second intermediate. She stormed through the checkpoint with a time of 15:52, a full 14 seconds faster than Aalerud and nine seconds quicker than Ottestad’s benchmark. Nooijen was second fastest at that point, with Labous third, but both had conceded significant time in the middle sector. As a result, Ottestad remained in the hot seat at the finish, but with Reusser’s ride gathering momentum, the Swiss favourite looked increasingly well-placed to challenge for the gold medal. 

By the time Reusser crossed the line, she'd done so in 33:06, a massive 49 seconds clear of Ottestad and a clear victory in the process for the Swiss superstar.