Evenepoel Wins Record 4th Straight World Time-Trial Title
The Belgian finished 57 seconds ahead of Filippo Ganna and became the first man to win four straight world time-trial titles.
- At the World Championships in Montréal on Sunday, Remco Evenepoel won the elite men's time-trial in 44:53, becoming the first man to claim the title in four consecutive years.
- The 39.2km course utilized the Circuit Gilles Villenueve, featuring a series of tricky 90-degree corners and straight power sections that tested riders' technical precision.
- Italy's Filippo Ganna finished runner-up, 57 seconds down, while 19-year-old Frenchman Paul Seixas took third, 1:13 behind Evenepoel at an average speed of 52.4km/h.
- Callum Thornley led the British charge, finishing inside the top-10 with 46:55, while Swedish rider Jakob Söderqvist slid out on a corner with less than 3km remaining, costing him a potential podium spot.
- Evenepoel led through every time-check and negotiated the final corners with ease, sitting up in celebration as he demonstrated unmatched dominance over the field.
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The 26-year-old Belgian rider won his fourth chronology title in Montreal on Sunday at the World Cycling Championships, a performance that no other rider had ever made before. Frenchman Paul Seixas finished 3rd.
Remco Evenepoel will play his favourite role in the Montreal World Cup time trial. The Belgian wins gold for the fourth time in a row and thus writes cycling history. Stefan Küng, who will be seventh, is also among the beaten.
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leprogres.frAt the age of 19, Paul Seixas won his first world medal in the elites on Sunday, taking bronze from the time trial, behind Filippo Ganna and Remco Evenepoel, who were awarded for the fourth consecutive year.
Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel won a historic fourth consecutive time trial title at the World Championships in Montreal. The two-time Olympic champion from Paris had previously won first in Stirling, Zurich and last year in Kigali. Jan Tratnik, the sole Slovenian representative, was 17th on the 39.2 km course.
Pippo Ganna closes the chronometer of the Montreal cycling world championships in second place at 57"31 by Remco Evenepoel, bronze to the French baby Paul Seixas to another 15"73
Evenepoel wins record 4th straight world time-trial title
The 26-year-old Belgian came into the race as the overwhelming favourite and he did not disappoint. He was already more than half a minute ahead of the rest by the second intermediate time-check just over halfway through the race. And by the finish, the Belgian had put almost a minute into second-placed Filippo Ganna with Paul Seixas taking third another 15 seconds back. Evenepeol thus became the first man to win the time-trial world title four …
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