Winning weekend for Guarischi
Velocio-SRAM’s Barbara Guarischi stunned the cycling world over the weekend with back-to-back wins at the RideLondon Grand Prix held on Saturday in the UK and the Sparkassen Giro World Cup on Sunday in Germany.
Guarischi had intended to compete in the seventh round of the women’s World Cup, but her participation in RideLondon was somewhat of a last-minute decision. Given the rushed travelling required to get between the two races, in two different countries, it made her wins all the more remarkable.
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In Germany, Guarischi marked her first-ever World Cup victory but it wasn’t a surprise. The Italian has had a successful season so far, with a stage 1 win at the Giro Rosa in July where she also beat Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv) in a sprint, and so a win of such prestige on the World Cup circuit seemed bound to happen.
"It's unbelievable, really it's too much for me!” Guarischi said after the World Cup win. “After we traveled from RideLondon race last night and this morning, I didn't feel good in the first lap. I went to our road captain Trixi and told her but she just told me to be patient and wait until the middle of the race see what happens.
“It was a similar way to how I beat Brand in the Giro Rosa stage. Except this time it was really close at the end. Just before the line I wasn't sure if it would be first or second, but then I threw my bike and I said to myself, 'it's the win!' And it was!"
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