Marc HIrschi will be rushing straight from overall victory at the Czech Tour with UAE Team Emirates to join the Swiss team in Paris, with the rider a late call-up for the Olympic Games road race after the decision was made to withdraw Stefan Bissegger.
Bissegger, who came sixth at the 32.4km individual time trial on Saturday, was due to race alongside Stefan Küng at the 273km August 3 event but has been grappling with back pain.
Marlen Reusser, however, delivered for the Swiss team in Tokyo, claiming silver in the time trial but she too had to pull out of the Olympic team for Paris because of a lingering illness. So did the nation’s 2021 Olympic champion in the cross-country mountain bike, Jolanda Neff, resigning her…
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