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Q+A with TDU winner, Noemi Rüegg

Q+A with TDU winner, Noemi Rüegg

The Swiss champion also won the queen stage and the points jersey thanks to incredible support from her EF Education-Oatly teammates. Noemi and the squad…

Thursday, Jan 23

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The Swiss champion also won the queen stage and the points jersey thanks to incredible support from her EF Education-Oatly teammates. Noemi and the squad have had some time to rest and go to the beach since the race wrapped up. We caught up with Noemi before her Australian racing block continues on Sunday with the Schwalbe Women’s One Day Classic.

The race finished on Sunday. Has it sunk in yet that you won a WorldTour stage race?
I think it’s not truly sunk in yet. I still wake up every morning and then I check my phone and I look at my gallery to see all the pictures and then I realize, ok, it really happened. It’s weird. I still feel a bit like I’m in a dream.

What were your expectations going into the race for yourself and for the team?
My big goal was to go for a stage win. I actually targeted stage three. I knew I had great form so my coach was telling me to really go for a stage win. We did the recon of stage two before the race and I realized that it suited me pretty well also so we made a goal that either Kim or I would go for that stage. We had two different cards to play with either Kim attacking at the bottom of Willunga Hill if she was feeling good or me attacking later. And it turned out that I attacked later and […]

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