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Lindemann outsprints Merle and Beaugrand in tight junior women race

By David Peddie | 20 Jun, 2014

by Hans Cleemput

“I decided to make it a very long sprint,” Laura Lindemann told us right after her big win at the junior women European Championships. The German girl beat the two French stars Audrey Merle and Cassandre Beaugrand in a tight race.

Lindemann had a perfect race, taking the lead after the swim together with Maya Kingma (NED), Sophie Coldwell (GBR) and Tereza Zimovjanova (CZE), Angelica Olmo (ITA), Therese Feuersinger (AUT), Audrey Merle (FRA), Ditte Kristensen (DEN) and Carmen Gomez (ESP). Cassandre Beaugrand was the last girl to close the gap.

The lead pack of 10 was reduced to 8 when Kingma and Zimovjanova dropped off during the 3rd bike lap. Portugal and Italy were working hard in the chase pack but they did not manage to decrease the gap. In T2 the pack was trailing by 1’35.

In the first run lap Merle and Beauregard were running side by side with Lindemann but in the last km Laura started to speed up and raced her way to gold. Merle took the silver for France, while Beaugrand completed the podium for „Les Bleus”.

Of course Laura Lindemann was satisfied with her European title. “I am so happy to win here”, she said. “It was pretty hard out there, but generally the whole race went according to plan. I had a great swim and we worked hard in front of the lead pack. The French girls were pretty strong on the run and therefore I decided to make it a very long sprint.”

Ditte Kristensen took 4th place and Carmen Gomez managed to stay ahead of Sophie Coldwell for 5th. Therese Feuersinger was the 1st home athlete in 8th place.

It was also great to see the Romanian junior girls racing for the first time at the European Championships. Romania is the youngest ETU member. Antonela Manac and Andrea Balan had a though day. “It was hard for us today, but this was our very first time at the Europeans and we were happy to be here”, said Antonela. 

Full results here

Related Event: 2014 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships
20 - Jun, 2014 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Alistair Brownlee GBR 01:54:08
2. Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 01:54:35
3. Vicente Hernandez ESP 01:54:39
4. Fernando Alarza ESP 01:54:54
5. Alexander Bryukhankov RUS 01:55:07
6. David McNamee GBR 01:55:17
7. Alessandro Fabian ITA 01:55:25
8. Ivan Tutukin KAZ 01:55:36
9. Justus Nieschlag GER 01:55:45
10. Matthew Sharp GBR 01:55:48
Results: Elite Women
1. Nicola Spirig SUI 02:10:24
2. Sophia Saller GER 02:10:40
3. Annamaria Mazzetti ITA 02:10:58
4. Hanna Philippin GER 02:11:16
5. Lois Rosindale GBR 02:11:35
6. Rachel Klamer NED 02:11:47
7. Charlotte Bonin ITA 02:11:53
8. Elena Danilova RUS 02:11:54
9. Sara Vilic AUT 02:11:57
10. Mateja Šimic SLO 02:12:00
Results: Junior Men
1. Raphael Montoya FRA 00:57:43
2. Antonio Serrat Seoane ESP 00:57:47
3. Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger FRA 00:57:53
4. Lasse Lührs GER 00:58:16
5. Bence Bicsák HUN 00:58:22
6. Jorik Van Egdom NED 00:58:24
7. Léo Bergere FRA 00:58:28
8. Lucas Jacolin FRA 00:58:30
9. Jonathan Wayaffe BEL 00:58:33
10. Ron Lewinsohn ISR 00:58:35
Results: Junior Women
1. Laura Lindemann GER 01:03:14
2. Audrey Merle FRA 01:03:19
3. Cassandre Beaugrand FRA 01:03:29
4. Ditte Kristensen DEN 01:04:22
5. Carmen Gomez Cortes ESP 01:04:42
6. Sophie Coldwell GBR 01:04:54
7. Angelica Olmo ITA 01:05:11
8. Therese Feuersinger AUT 01:05:23
9. Flóra Bicsák HUN 01:05:54
10. Lena Meißner GER 01:06:04
Results: 16-19 Female AG Sprint
1. Hannah Moser AUT 01:15:21
2. Lisa Totschnig AUT 01:16:32
3. Rosie Lindsay GBR 01:19:11
4. Emily Alderson GBR 01:19:53
5. Mona Ritter AUT 01:21:15
6. Sina Hinteregger AUT 01:21:59
7. Vivien Ploner AUT 01:23:53
8. Clover Murray GBR 01:24:37
9. Chanette Rog AUT 01:26:54
10. Carolina Sandhofer AUT 01:29:53
Results: 16-19 Male AG Sprint
1. Tom Stead GBR 01:05:12
2. Marcel Pachteu AUT 01:05:36
3. Tautvydas Kopustas LTU 01:05:40
4. Michael Singer AUT 01:07:01
5. Massimo Köstl AUT 01:07:41
6. Angus Smith GBR 01:08:02
7. Fergus Robinson GBR 01:08:09
8. Sean Wylie GBR 01:08:13
9. Julian Höllmüller AUT 01:08:49
10. Christopher Davies GBR 01:09:07
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