the Belgian Remco Evenepoelafter the Scottish World Cup road test led by Mathieu van der Poelthis friday took advantage of his second chance to win gold at Stirling Cycling World Championshipsin a time trial of 47.8 km where the competition was very tough and where finally the winner of La Vuelta 2022 he beat the Italian specialist by just 12 seconds at the finish line Filippo Ganna. Third is the British Joshua Tarling, at 48″.
Over a 47.8 km route, the Flemish prodigy, road world champion in 2022, prevailed at the foot of the medieval castle of Stirling 12 seconds ahead of the Italian Filippo Ganna and 48 ahead of the young Briton Joshua Tarling, from just 19 years old . Other favorites finished further afield. The Belgian Wout Van Aert finished 5th in 1’37”, the Swiss Stefan Kung was only 12th and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, 22nd.
It was the first world title attempt for Evenepoel, who handed over his rainbow jersey in the road event to Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel on Sunday in Glasgow. Five days later, he achieved a thrilling long-distance one-on-one with Ganna, the 2020 and 2021 time trial world champion.
It was not revenge, said Evenepoel the day before, who lost his rainbow jersey on Sunday to an impressive Van der Poel at the end of a brutal course and where Remco finished in 25th position.
However, the test of Stirling’s time, some 40 kilometers northeast of Glasgowthe center of these Super World Cups, represents for flamenco “a new opportunity compared to my previous performances at World Cups against the clock where I won one silver and two bronzes”.
Leaning his bike into the perfect aerodynamic position, Evenepoel led the second half, well ahead of the Brit. Geraint Thomas on the path. He held on to his lead in the final stage to claim victory after a final climb up Stirling’s rocky streets.
The LaVuelta winner is more than a time trial specialist, but he stands out in this discipline: 12 victories (including this Friday), two of them again this year at the Giro.
At the World Cups it was silver in 2019, followed by two bronzes in 2021 and 2022. The team runner Soudal Quick-Step occurs in the list of Norwegian winners Tobias Foss, who stunned all of last year’s favorites in Australia and finished 11th this Friday.
Source: La Verdad
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