The Belgian Remco Evenepoel He did not give any kind of option to his rivals and in Zurich He scored his second jersey consecutive rainbow in the time trial modality, has another on the road, and maintains his aspirations of signing next Sunday in the road race a historic double double in Olympic Games and World Cup the same year.
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After the Belgian, the Italian completed the podium Filippo Ganna, who signed up for the event at the very last minute when he was considered one of the major absentees and who was second, 6 seconds behind, and third was the European champion, the Italian Edoardo Affini, at 54 seconds.
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Evenepoelwho crossed the finish line with his arms raised greeting the public, aware that he was repeating as world champion, completed the 46.1 kilometres of the course with a time of 53 minutes, 01 seconds and 98 thousandths, travelling at 52.043 kilometres per hour, above the 50 km/h initially planned, and being the only competitor to exceed 52 km/h.
The one of Aalst He had an unexpected scare moments before the start when his chain came off when he was already on the starting ramp, but he was able to fix it before the stopwatch told him to start.
He managed to get his spare bike to his side. He didn’t hesitate and he kept up with Ganna until halfway through the race. From then on, the story was over.
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Between the second and third timing points, Evenepoel added 10 more seconds of advantage over Win which allowed him to face the final 10 kilometers without so much tension that he could even celebrate it.
From the first intermediate step it was clear that the fight for gold was going to be between the reigning champion and the two-time Italian champion. The passage through the halfway point of the course, at the end of the climb Uetikonleaving the Aalst rider nine seconds behind. The final 20 kilometres, full of strength, made it clear that Evenepoel wants to make history in Zurich and he will give it his all until his last breath to achieve it.
The European champion, the Italian Edoardo Affini, He set the timer below 54 minutes, 53 minutes, 56 seconds and 42 thousandths, after riding on the demanding course at over 51 km/h, but the best were yet to come, including his compatriot Ganna, double world champion in the specialty in 2020 and 2021, and Evenepoel, the only ones who surpassed him.
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After marking some more than remarkable times in the first three steps that made him a clear candidate for the third step of the podium, the Australian Jay Vine He finished fifth but suffered a fall that cut short any hopes of a medal.
Colombian Walter Vargas finished 18th in the race, finishing the time trial 2 minutes and 55 seconds behind the Belgian champion.
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