Marlen Reusser aims for record title at European Championship time trial

Marlen Reusser will start the European Championship time trial as the favorite. Just two weeks after securing her second world title in Montreal, she now has the opportunity to set a new record of five European titles.

Since elite races were first included in the European Championships in 2016, only four riders have held the women's time trial title across 10 editions: Ellen van Dijk, Marlen Reusser, Anna van der Breggen, and Lotte Kopecky. The upcoming competition raises the question of whether a new name will emerge in 2026, or if Reusser will establish a new milestone.

This year’s race will start and finish in the central Slovenian town of Šenčur. Whoever claims the title this year must conquer a challenging 22.1km course that features nearly 400 meters of vertical ascent, almost all of which is concentrated in the first half of the route.