She Has to Wait UCI22-19
Liane Lippert (Germany) looks back trying to encourage Mieke Kroger to stay on her wheel as the climb the last rise up towards the finish line in the Mixed Team Relay in Wollongong, NSW. Kroger had done a long hard pull across the flats but couldn't match the climbing prowess of her teammate Lippert. As they climbed they yelled back and forth, knowing that their time would depend on the second woman to cross the line. Clearly Lippert was getting frustrated but she knew she must wait for her teammate so that they could work together in hopes of making the final step of the podium currently occupied by the home team, Australia. At the line they were just eight seconds slower than the Australians. I doubt the eight seconds were lost at this moment, but it didn't help.