Overall victories for Maike Hausberger, Vanessa Laws and Jana Majunke
A German women's trio celebrated overall victory in the World Cup classification: C2 rider Maike Hausberger started with second place in the time trial. She was unlucky in the road race and was initially left behind after a rear wheel defect, but fought her way up to sixth place and thus took the overall victory. Young athlete Vanessa Laws caused a surprise and a lot of joy. The C4 rider first won bronze in the time trial and triumphed two days later in the road race. She thus dominated her class. Two weeks earlier, she had finished on the World Cup podium in Ostend for the first time in her young career. "I'm a bit lost for words at the moment," said the 21-year-old from Ludwigsfelde. Third among the overall winners: Jana Majunke. The T2 tricycle rider took bronze in the individual time trial and won the road race two days later. Her team-mate Angelika Dreock-Käser took second place twice.
Pierre Senska, who finished second in his class after a strong sprint to the finish in the road race, and the experienced Kerstin Brachtendorf, who came third in both the individual time trial and the road race, delivered further top placings. Lara Wolleschensky stood out among the young riders. She was second best in her class in the individual time trial and crossed the finish line first in the sprint of the road race - but was penalised to fifth place for riding against the rules.
17 World Cup qualifiers
"I am more than satisfied with the results we have achieved. 17 athletes qualified for the World Championships across both World Cups. The youngsters also presented themselves strongly and impressed," summarised national coach Gregor Lang. The next highlights for the para-cyclists are the German Track Championships in Cottbus (6 to 8 June), the German Road Championships in Rheinbach (29 June) and the German Time Trial Championships (13 July). The Road World Championships will take place from 28 to 31 August in Ronse, Belgium.
