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Victory for Karin Thürig


Sieg für Karin Thürig 7th September, 2008 –Karin Thürig (SUI), the bronze medalist of the Olympic time trail in Beijing showed today again a great performance. The 36-year-old athlete claimed victory in the 23,6km long time trial „Memorial Davide Fardelli“ in Rogno (ITA) with an advantage of over one minute to the Australian Vicki Whitelaw and the Swedish rider Susanne Ljungskog.

Already next weekend another traditional time trial race the “Chrono Champenois” will take place including starters from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team.

More information: http://www.memorialfardelli.it/home_1024.html

Result (23,6km time trial):
1 Karin Thürig (SUI) Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 31:59,31min
2 Vicki Whitelaw (AUS) Australian National Team 33:13,59
3 Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) Team Flexpoint 33:14,12

Photo: Fabiano Ghilardi

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