After two consecutive triumphs by Paula Ostiz, Spain defends the title in the time trial of the European Championships reserved for women juniors, winning the third consecutive gold with Alejandra Neira. With a time of 35'45" at an average speed of 36.9 km/h, the road world champion from Montreal left behind by 3 seconds the Belgian Laura Fivé (silver) and by 10 seconds the Lithuanian Augustė Mikutytė (bronze).

Nothing to do for the Italian riders Linda Rapporti and Maria Acuti: the first, with a final time of 38'07", finished in 19th position at 2 minutes and 21 seconds from the race winner; the second instead, posting a time of 37'45", concluded in 16th place with a gap of two minutes.

Spain therefore, awaiting the results of the other time trials scheduled for this day, brings to two the number of golds achieved in the Slovenian continental championship thanks to another of its young talents who, after the rainbow jersey conquered in the road race at the last Montreal Worlds, also wears the European time trial champion jersey, confirming to have impressive qualities also in the individual effort.

In this sense, the performance delivered today is quite evident since Neira, trailing behind Fivé at both the first intermediate point (5 seconds down) and the second (3" deficit), managed to climb progressively by mounting a comeback that proved absolutely relentless for her Belgian rival.

To the latter therefore, crossing the finish line, in the end there was nothing left but to console herself with the thought of having given her nation the first silver in this event, a medal however that tastes like gold slipped away for the seventeen-year-old from Airtox-Carl Ras, who faded in the last six decisive kilometers toward the finish in Šenčur. Lithuania smiles instead decidedly more, which, thanks to Mikutytė (capable with a solid performance of leaving behind German Dworatzek), has broken the taboo of the medal in the women juniors time trial at the Europeans.

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FINAL RESULTS

1. Alejandra Neira Dominguez (Spain) 35:45

2. Laura Fivé (Belgium) 35:48

3. Augustė Mikutytė (Lithuania) 35:56

4. Klara Dworatzek (Germany) 36:02

5. Thaïs Poirier (France) 36:16

6. Edda Bieberle (Germany) 36:18

7. Karolína Špicařová (Czech Republic) 36:24

8. Noémie Martinet (France) 36:43

9. Elena Lopes (Luxembourg) 36:53

10. Eva Drhovà (Czech Republic) 37:00

11. Carolina Trattner (Austria) 37:02

12. Karolína Hajduková (Slovakia) 37:02

13. Elia Marthe (Switzerland) 37:26

14. Maia Howell (Denmark) 37:32

15. Klára Paduchová (Slovakia) 37:38

16. Maria Acuti (Italy) 37:45

17. Kinga Słomka (Poland) 37:46

18. Valentine Rousseaux (Switzerland) 37:57

19. Linda Rapporti (Italy) 38:07

20. Amelia Szymanska (Poland) 38:16

21. Agata Sekta (Poland) 38:20

22. Charlotte Späth (Germany) 38:31

23. June Nothum (Luxembourg) 38:47

24. Lluna Jimenez Gonzalez (Spain) 39:27

25. Augustė Audinytė (Lithuania) 39:28

26. Daria Yatsenko (Ukraine) 39:32

27. Kira Dubinina (Ukraine) 39:47

28. Anastasiia Furnyk (Ukraine) 39:54

29. Lina Mehle (Slovenia) 39:58

30. Rebeka Gonza (Slovenia) 40:23

31. Sotiriana Sofia Gavriil (Cyprus) 40:41

32. Pina Šiler (Slovenia) 42:25

33. Daria Venkova (Bulgaria) 42:51

34. Ivet Dimitrova Ivanova (Bulgaria) 43:34

35. Beatričė Daugėlaite (Lithuania) 43:48

36. Antonia-Maria Orzan (Romania) 44:20

37. Radost Ivanova (Bulgaria) 44:48

38. Brigitte Belu (Romania) 46:23

39. Duygu Eser (Turkey) 46:53

40. Yaren Yaman (Turkey) 48:35

41. Daria-Teodora Gheorghe (Romania) 52:42