"Maybe it's thanks to our Swiss watches," joked the new 23-year-old European champion.
"We are always on time and timing is everything in time trials. It's one of our specialties."
Rider-tracker who already had a few times to his name (three), Bissegger achieved a feat by stealing his starred jersey from the double title holder Küng for a bit of time after 24 kilometers.
“My heart rates started to climb like during the race (looking at the last meters of Küng), delivered the runner from German-speaking Switzerland.
A sign of the EF-Education team's rider's number, Bissegger, who had already won a time trial in Paris-Nice last year, was nine seconds ahead of the Italian double world champion Filippo Ganna, medalist of bronze on Wednesday but turned to a hat-trick at the Worlds at the end of September.
"I haven't had much luck this year with two crashes in the Tour de France (during the inaugural time trial in Denmark), recalled the new wearer of the starry jersey.
Luckier on the roads of France since she won the white paths stage of the reborn Women's Big Loop, Marlen Reusser won her second European crown.
By also offering a world champion, the Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk, relegated to five seconds.
All without having the slightest idea of his rhythm throughout his half-hour effort.
"My radio wasn't working," revealed the gold medalist who hadn't fixed her computer to her handlebars to minimize wind resistance
"I am super happy and very grateful to all those who have helped me aerodynamically", greeted the now double European champion, equipped with one of these hoods seen in the times of the men's Tour de France.
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