Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) scored her first elite women's time trial title at the German Road Championships on Friday, adding TT gold to her two road race victories from 2025 and 2024.
Koch, who won Paris-Roubaix Femmes earlier this year, powered round the 26.2km course in Streufdorf 26 seconds faster than second-placed Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) to take the victory.
Lisa Klein (REMBE rad-net) finished in third, 1:12 adrift of Koch's fairly dominant ride.
It remains to be seen whether Koch can take home the road race jersey for a third year in a row over the weekend, but she will at least be taking one set of German stripes home from the National Championships in what has already been a highly successful year.
Earlier in the day, Justyna Czapla (Canyon-SRAM) won the under-23 women's TT title with a time that would have put her in the top six of the elite race, whilst Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won a close-fought men's TT.
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