{"id":659357,"date":"2026-06-26T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659357\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:21:10","slug":"franziska-koch-scores-first-german-time-trial-title-after-double-road-race-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659357\/","title":{"rendered":"Franziska Koch scores first German time trial title after double road race victories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franziska Koch<\/a> (FDJ United-Suez) scored her first elite women’s time trial title at the German Road Championships on Friday, adding TT gold to her two road race victories from 2025 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Koch, who won Paris-Roubaix Femmes <\/a>earlier this year, powered round the 26.2km course in Streufdorf 26 seconds faster than second-placed Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) to take the victory.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Klein (REMBE rad-net) finished in third, 1:12 adrift of Koch’s fairly dominant ride.<\/p>\n

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It remains to be seen whether Koch can take home the road race jersey for a third year in a row over the weekend, but she will at least be taking one set of German stripes home from the National Championships in what has already been a highly successful year.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Justyna Czapla (Canyon-SRAM) won the under-23 women’s TT title with a time that would have put her in the top six of the elite race, whilst Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won a close-fought men’s TT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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