Remco Evenepoel predictions came true and took the Olympic gold in the time trial of Paris 2024 in a big way, without allowing any other cyclist to overshadow him. And that came from finishing third in the Tour de France The last week.
The 25-year-old Belgian genius, world champion of the specialty, closed the time on the Alexander III Bridge with a time of 36’12, with a margin of 14 seconds over Filippo Ganna, silver, standing in the second sector of the route. The bronze went to another Belgian, Wout van Aert, who took advantage of his great technical mastery to emerge with great traction from a very rainy day that made things very complicated. The Spanish Oier Lazkano he finished 26th, 2’56 behind the Belgian champion. The British Josh Tarlingdouble world champion of the specialty in the junior category and absolute European gold, punctured when he recorded the best split times and finished fourth, missing the medals by just two seconds.
The Australian Grace Brown was the one who best adapted to the harsh weather conditions and won the women’s time trial with a time of 39’38 ahead of the British Anna Hendersonsilver with 41’09 and from North American Chloe Dygert, bronze with 41’10. Catalan Mireia Benito finished 22nd with 43’48.
Source: La Verdad
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