Czech cyclist Pavel Bittner in the archive picture
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Thanks to young riders, the Czech team has a complete medal collection in France. Another junior Mathias Vacek won the title in the time trial, Vojtěch Řepa finished third in the road race in the under-23 category on Thursday.
Bittner finished seventh in the time trial during Vacek’s triumph on Monday. This time, at the end of the rainy race, he made his way to the podium in a mass spurt. The first three riders crossed the line practically at the same time and the order was decided by the finish photo. Vacek finished the race at the end of the group leader in 32nd place.
Cyclist Vacek won the junior time trial at the European Championships, Bárta finished ninth
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“Pavel succeeded despite the fact that four laps before the finish, when it started uphill, he had a defect and it took him half a lap to get back. He had a difficult time, but he managed it and the boys watched the end,” said the national team coach. Tomáš Konečný. “There were always ten or twelve people left in the ascent in front, and we were always there in two. In the end, Mathias drove the spurt for Paul, led him to the 200, and then it was up to him. The title escaped him by perhaps two millimeters. But both confirmed that they are the absolute world leader, “praised juniors Konečný.
By placing in the top ten, Burlová improved the result from the ride against the chronometer, in which she finished fourteenth. The finish of the almost seventy-kilometer race was completed at the same time as the winning Italian Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini.
| European Road Cycling Championships in Plouay (France): |
| Juniors (109.2 km): |
| 1. Andersen (Dan.) 2:38:28 |
| 2. Bittner (CZE) |
| 3. De Lie (Belg.) Both at the same time |
| … 32. Vacek (CZE) -3 |
| Juniors (68.25 km): |
| 1. Gasparriniová (It.) 1:54:22 |
| 2. Vanihoveová |
| 3. De Clercq (both Belgian) |
| … 8. Burlová (Czech Republic) all the same time. |
| mixed teams – relay (54.6 km) |
| 1. Germany (Brennauer, Klein, Kröger, Heidemann, Hessmann, Wolf) 1:14:14 |
| 2. Switzerland -24 |
| 3. Italy -2: 33 |
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