Hetty van de Wouw races to gold in world record, fourth European title for Harrie Lavreysen

Hetty van de Wouw has become the first European champion in the kilometer time trial. The 26-year-old from Brabant achieved a world record of 1.04.497 in the Belgian Heusden-Zolder and was thus much faster than Martina Fidanza from Italy and Clara Schneider from Germany.

Hetty van de Wouw has more than lived up to her nickname 'Hetty Raketty'. With a world record, the track cyclist from Kaatsheuvel won the first European title in the kilometre time trial on Saturday evening. The 26-year-old Van der Wouw completed the kilometre in Heusden-Zolder with 1.04.497, more than a second faster than the number two, the Italian Martina Fidanza. The previous world record was 1.04.697, ridden by Elesse Andrews. It was the fi…