The women’s four of the Federation of German Cyclists (BDR) continues on the road to success.
After the Olympic victory in world record time and the world and European championship titles last year, the quartet of national coach André Korff prevailed at the start of the track cycling season at the Nations Cup in the Velodrome in Glasgow.
In the final of the 4000-meter team pursuit, the Olympic champions Franziska Brauße, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kröger and world champion Laura üßmilch prevailed in 4:13.421 minutes, as in the Olympic final against Great Britain (4:18.908). Lisa Brennauer (Durach), who was part of the successful gold four in Tokyo, was absent in Scotland due to a corona disease that she had just overcome. Third place went to Italy.
The newly formed men’s foursome with Benjamin Boos, Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Nicolas Heinrich and Theo Reinhardt took fifth place in 3:53.491 minutes. The new national coach Tim Zühlke had to replace Felix Groß from Leipzig at short notice. The professional from the World Tour team UAE Emirates had a successful shoulder operation in Leipzig after his fall at Paris-Roubaix on Wednesday.