The Swiss national team wins the silver medal in the team pursuit at the European Track Cycling Championships in Konya, Turkey.
02.02.2026, 14:31
02.02.2026, 22:12
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Noah Bögli, Luca Bühlmann, Mats Poot and Alex Vogel were beaten by the team from Denmark by just over four and a half seconds in the final.
Nevertheless, the quartet reached new dimensions. In the main round at midday - Pascal Tappeiner was used instead of Luca Bühlmann - the Swiss team covered the 4000 m in 3:44.754 minutes, improving the national record set the day before in qualifying by around 1.9 seconds. With this time, they beat the higher-ranked British team. In the final, they achieved a time of 3:47.033 minutes. The Danes had lowered the world record to 3:39.977 minutes in the main round.
The men's four thus won a European Championship medal for the second time in a row. A year ago, the Swiss won bronze in Zolder in a time of 3:53.467 minutes. Their national record in Konya was almost ten seconds faster.
The Swiss women also put in a very good performance in Turkey, finishing in 5th place. Michelle Andres, Lorena Leu, Jasmin Liechti and Aline Seitz beat Belgium in the main round. They needed 4:12.094 minutes for the 16 laps, improving the Swiss record set the day before in qualifying by 2.9 seconds. Only 2.5 seconds separated the quartet from a place in the small final.
Lorena Leu also competed in the elimination race. The 21-year-old from Uri finished in 6th place in the competition won by two-time road world champion Lotte Kopecky from Belgium.
"The development work of the past few years is now paying off. Our young team has taken a big step forward. Many things were very good, but we still have reserves," said Julien Bossens, who forms the national coaching team together with Morgan Kneisky and Tristan Marguet.
