German Road Championships: Franziska Koch overcomes three-on-one situation to defend road race title

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Picnic PostNL rider was in a group with three Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto riders on final lap, but went solo to win

NINOVE, BELGIUM - MARCH 01: (L-R) Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team Canyon//SRAM Racing and Franziska Koch of Germany and Team Picnic PostNL compete during the 17th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025, Women's Elite a 137.9km one day race from Ghent to Ninove / #UCIWWT / on March 01, 2025 in Ninove, Belgium. (Photo by Rhode Van Elsen/Getty Images)
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Defending champion Franziska Koch (Picnic PostNL) overcame a three-on-one situation to retain her German national championships road race title, launching a solo attack from a group with three Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto riders to win in Linden.

Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) finished second, 14 seconds behind Koch, whilst her teammate Rosa Klöser took third, 43 seconds down. The third Canyon rider, Justyna Czapla, took fourth.

Matilda Price
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.

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