 BMC Racing Team dominate Swiss championships [26-06-17 09:07 by staff GoNBike.com] | ||
BMC Racing Team Dominate Swiss Road Race Championships 25 June, 2017, Affoltern am Albis (SUI) After claiming gold and silver at the Swiss Time Trial Championships on Thursday, BMC Racing Team went one better at the road race by securing gold, silver and bronze after Silvan Dillier took the solo win and Stefan Küng and Kilian Frankiny crossed the line in second and third place respectively. BMC Racing Team and BMC Development Team joined forces for the road race with a total of 12 riders, including three former winners in Martin Elmiger, Michael Schär and Danilo Wyss. Dillier was on the attack from the beginning to form a four-rider breakaway on the second lap of the 15-lap course with teammate Tom Bohli, before Danilo Wyss bridged across to join the quartet. With 90km remaining, Dillier attacked from the breakaway and established a solid gap on the field to effectively start an individual time trial to the finish line. Behind, the peloton caught the remaining breakaway riders and with 60km to go, Küng and Frankiny jumped clear to set up the eventual all-BMC Racing Team podium. With three riders ahead, the rest of BMC Racing Team was left to cover the moves behind and as Dillier, Küng and Frankiny crossed the finish line to hear the bell signalling the last lap, the three podium spots were all but assured. Dillier approached the line with enough time to dismount and carry his BMC Teammachine across the line to celebrate his maiden Swiss Road Race Championship. Almost two minutes behind, Küng and Frankiny claimed the final podium spots to secure BMC Racing Team's best road race result in the history of the Championships. The Winner's Interview with Silvan Dillier: Congratulations, Silvan! Tell us about the race today. "It was never the plan to go so early but at that certain moment in the race, I really wanted to take the race in my hands and play my best card. At the end, I was already alone halfway through the race and I had been in the breakaway since the beginning so it was a really tough day. I think this also played in my hands because Michael Albasini (ORICA-SCOTT) was isolated and he was in my opinion, the biggest opponent. I think we made it the perfect race and I was strong enough the hold my advantage when I was alone." How much confidence did you take out of your Route du Sud win? "For sure, I had a lot of confidence from Route du Sud because it was quite a similar race. Stage 3 with the Tourmalet climb gave me a lot of confidence and showed that I can ride for a really long time at a high rhythm. When I was alone with 90km to go, I thought 'give it a try' because on the Tourmalet I could also do it." When you heard that it was Stefan Küng and Kilian Frankiny behind you, did you feel like the win was guaranteed? "At that point I knew that the rest of the bunch must be completely on their limit because otherwise they wouldn't have let Stefan and Kilian ride away without anybody else. So, I just kept my rhythm and it was perfect." How excited are you to pull on the jersey for the first time? "I'm really excited to wear the Swiss jersey. It's really special because I had the Swiss champion jersey for the time trial but I could only wear it three or four times a year. Whereas you wear the Swiss champion jersey on the road for 70 or 80 race days and this makes it much more special. I'm really happy that I can wear it." Quotes from the Finish Line: Stefan Küng: "We had really high numbers in the team today which helped but Silvan Dillier was really impressive. It was the perfect ride for us. Not only with one, two and three on the podium but I think the team really worked well together. We had a good spirit and everybody was willing to help each other which is not always the case at the national championships. Kilian and I attacked about 60-70km out. A few guys tried to attack and I countered and then Kilian joined me on the climb. We were riding really hard and just rode together until we sprinted for the line behind Silvan. It was a perfect day." Kilian Frankiny: "When Stefan attacked, I also attacked and on the climb I made it up to him and we rode together for the rest of the race which was five or six laps to go. Stefan did most of the work because he was really strong and he was like a train in his time trial position and I was behind him. It was a really nice feeling to be on the podium. Before the start I was hoping that we could take the victory with the team but I didn't expect to be third, and I didn't expect that all three riders would be from BMC Racing Team so that made it really special." Race Profile Swiss National Road Race Championships Affoltern am Albis > Affoltern am Albis (205.6km) Top 3: 1. Silvan Dillier, 2. Stefan Küng, 3. Kilian Frankiny. ::BMC Racing Team - Press Relese:: | ||
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