Debuting at the European Championships and immediately winning silver means you will achieve great success. That is exactly what Lani Wittevrongel did at the European Track Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn.
In the scratch she managed to move along nicely with the favorites without wasting too much energy.
When the French Coponni accelerated in the final laps, Wittevrongel was the only one who could follow.
Never before has a Belgian won silver in the scratch at a European Championship. If you can do that at nineteen…