{"id":184915,"date":"2025-06-14T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184915\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T23:15:10","slug":"im-definitely-more-fit-now-than-i-was-this-morning-says-faulkner-after-87km-solo-break-at-the-tour-de-suisse-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184915\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m definitely more fit now than I was this morning’ says Faulkner after 87km solo break at the Tour de Suisse Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristen Faulkner<\/a> (EF Education-Oatly) got a bit more than she bargained for when she attacked only 2km into stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse Women<\/a>. Nobody joined the Olympic and US champion\u2019s move, and so Faulkner went off on a solo breakaway that was only reeled in 34km from the finish, after 87km alone at the front of the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely more fit now than I was this morning,\u201d said Faulkner with a big smile in a post-race interview with CyclingPro.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team had planned to make the race and be part of the breakaway, but Faulkner hadn\u2019t thought she would be all alone for most of the stage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe wanted to get into a break today, so I tried to initiate a break hoping that some people would come with me. But no one came with me, I found myself solo. I had a 20-second gap, 30-second gap, 45-second gap, and I was like, \u2018well, I guess I’ll just hold it\u2019.<\/p>\n

“I knew that the last climb would be raced pretty hard and I thought, if I stay out front then I could at least be with the riders when they crest the final climb and maybe help in the sprint for our sprinter Noemi [R\u00fcegg]. That was the plan, we wanted to make it a bigger break, but that didn’t happen.”<\/p>\n

Having suffered a concussion in a training crash in December, the 32-year-old said that she was still building her form towards her big goals in the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely not at top form. I think today was really good to practice my long efforts because in prior years those have been my strength, and this year I haven\u2019t been able to do well in the long efforts because I haven\u2019t really trained them. Between now and the Tour, my big goal is to train the 20-to-40-minute efforts. Today helped that a bit.”<\/p>\n

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After being reeled in, Faulkner finished in the main peloton, crossing the line in 35th place, one second behind stage winner Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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