Despite the morning start, temperatures in Doha were already north of 35 degrees Celsius for the junior women’s time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, but Karlijn Swinkels (Netherlands) made light of the conditions to land the rainbow jersey ahead of Lisa Morzenti (Italy) and Juliette Labous (France).
Swinkels clocked the quickest time at the intermediate check and covered the 13.7-kilometre at an average speed of 44.764kph to beat Morzenti, the European champion in the discipline, by 8 seconds.
“I did a warm-up in a cold room but it was very hot at the start. But after two kilometres, I didn’t think about it anymore and I just rode,” Swinkels said afterwards.
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Swinkels placed 6th behind Morzenti in those European Championships in Plumelec barely a month ago, but she showed marked improvement in Qatar to claim the world title. The flat, fast course in Doha suits powerful riders, but there was a degree of nuance, too, to the sinuous circuit on the artificial island of the Pearl.
“I came here on Thursday, we did a recovery ride on Friday and then on the second day, I rode on the course and I did every curve ten times to make sure it was perfect,” Swinkels said.
Morzenti was one of three Italians to place in the top ten on Monday, but there was to be no repeat of her Plumelec triumph. The Bergamo native was three seconds down on Swinkels after 7.4 kilometres, and conceded further ground in the closing kilometres.
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