Marlen Reusser holds off Zoe Backstedt to retain world time-trial cycling title

Swiss rider denies British challenger in Montreal Franziska Koch finishes third, Demi Vollering eighth Marlen Reusser retained her world time-trial title in Montreal on Sunday as her expected main challenger, Demi Vollering, finished a disappointing eighth. Time-trial queen Reusser secured an ultimately comfortable victory, winning her second world championship after triumphing last year in Kigali – but not before young British rider Zoe Backstedt gave her a scare. Continue reading...

Agence France-Presse · Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 10:16 AM
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Marlen Reusser holds off Zoe Backstedt to retain world time-trial cycling title

Swiss rider denies British challenger in Montreal
Franziska Koch finishes third, Demi Vollering eighth

Marlen Reusser retained her world time-trial title in Montreal on Sunday as her expected main challenger, Demi Vollering, finished a disappointing eighth.

Time-trial queen Reusser secured an ultimately comfortable victory, winning her second world championship after triumphing last year in Kigali – but not before young British rider Zoe Backstedt gave her a scare.

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