Vos: We underestimated Kiesenhofer
The Dutch were big favorites, but they never caught Anna Kiesenhofer, who sensationally took the Olympic gold home to Austria.
They were giant favorites, but had to settle for silver for Annemiek van Vleuten. Marianne Vos herself became fifth, but the big winner was Anna Kiesenhofer, who after a big attack cheated all the favorites and took the Olympic gold.
Unlike Van Vleuten, Vos was aware that in the final they only raced for the secondary places. They had simply underestimated the Austrian.
“We certainly underestimated Kiesenhofer's strength. We drove at full throttle and got closer, but not enough, ”Vos said after the race to NOS, which will not use poor communication as an excuse for the Dutch's failed Olympics.
"Without radio, you know in advance that you have to cope with the information you get from the side and from the car, and you try to absorb that as best you can."
"Subsequently, it's easy and you want to have done it differently, of course," the quick Dutchman concludes.