After the triumph, the world champion announced an important newspaper: I couldn’t have wished for a better departure! – Športky.sk

BRUGGY – German cyclist Tony Martin said goodbye to his professional career by winning gold in the time trial of mixed teams. In Wednesday’s race from Knokke-Heist to Bruges in the Flemish part of Belgium, he triumphed together with Max Walscheid, Nikias Arndt, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke Kroger in 50:49 min.

Silver was won on the 44.5 km long track by the Dutch, who were 12.8 s behind the winners, bronze belongs to the Italians (+37.7).

Martin has been a specialist in driving against the chronometer for many years, in his collection he has four world champion titles in individual time trial and Olympic silver. “I will definitely celebrate the last gold of my career and I will return home on Thursday. I have no specific plans for the coming months. I want to treat myself to a holiday and spend time in the family circle, then we will see. in a rainbow jersey for the world champions, “ quoted Martin’s words on the cyclingnews.com portal.

Tony Martin crossed a finish line for the last time in his career. 14-season pro career has now come to an end. 50 ITT / prologue wins, all the titles, medals, stage wins etc. etc. are amazing achievement! ? # Flanders2021? pic.twitter.com/gmaZhW6YeU

– ammattipyöräily (@ammattipyoraily) September 22, 2021

Mixed Team Time Trial Results:

1. Germany (Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kroger, Nikias Arndt, Tony Martin, Max Walscheid) 50: 49.1 min, 2. The Netherlands (Annemiek van Vleuten, Ellen van Dijk, Riejanne Markus, Koen Bouwman, Bauke Mollema, Jos van Emden) +12.8 s, 3. Italy (Marta Cavalli, Elena Cecchini, Elisa Longo Borghini, Edoardo Affini, Filippo Ganna, Matteo Sobrero) +37.7

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