23/09/2024

“I did not come here for a fourth place" - Disappointed Alec Segaert misses out on podium in U23 ITT at 2024 World Championships

Belgium's Alec Segaert entered the under 23 individual time trial as a heavy pre-race favourite. Sadly, the recent European Championships winner couldn't match that feat in Zurich, eventually fading badly to finish off the podium completely in 4th.

“I am disappointed, definitely,” Segaert admitted afterwards to VTM NIEUWS. “I did not come here for a fourth place. But that was all there was to it. On the climb everything went perfectly, but there was no recovery on the descent. When I reached the flat after the last intermediate point, I quickly felt that I was no longer reaching my wattages."

"What followed was a long road of suffering towards the finish," continues the Belgian, having eventually crossed the line 54 seconds slower than the new Rainbow Jersey Ivan Romeo. "Yes, this is definitely hitting hard. This was a big goal, right from the start of the season. I did everything I could to have a top day here. But that was not the case.”

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World Championship under-23 men's time trial results:

1	ROMEO Iván	Spain	36.42,70
2	SÖDERQVIST Jakob	Sweden	0.32,05
3	CHRISTEN Jan	Switzerland	0.40,68
4	SEGAERT Alec	Belgium	0.54,09
5	ORINS Robin	Belgium	0.57,87
6	RAFFERTY Darren	Ireland	1.01,52
7	BEHRENS Niklas	Germany	1.08,23
8	SHMIDT Artem	United States	1.10,04
9	MOURIS Wessel	Netherlands	1.11,43
10	RAFFERTY Adam	Ireland	1.17,67
11	DECOMBLE Maxime	France	1.17,87
12	DEL TORO Isaac	Mexico	1.23,83
13	RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	Italy	1.32,06
14	EDDY Patrick	Australia	1.35,41
15	BLAISE Arthur	France	1.36,69
16	PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg	Denmark	1.42,48
17	AUGUST Andrew	United States	1.43,43
18	WIGGINS Ben	Great Britain	1.57,28
19	WEISS Fabian	Switzerland	1.59,18
20	CHARLTON Josh	Great Britain	2.05,11
21	OLIVO Bryan	Italy	2.14,14
22	MIKUTIS Aivaras	Lithuania	2.22,13
23	MORGADO António	Portugal	2.24,56
24	HUISING Menno	Netherlands	2.25,58
25	THEILER Ole	Germany	2.29,17
26	GAJDULEWICZ Mateusz	Poland	2.30,06
27	JØRGENSEN Adam Holm	Denmark	2.32,97
28	SCHWARZBACHER Matthias	Slovakia	2.34,10
29	VANDENBRANDEN Noah	Belgium	2.46,06
30	KÄLLBERG Axel	Finland	2.50,21
31	REMKHE Andrey	Kazakhstan	2.56,80
32	VINOKUROV Nicolas	Kazakhstan	3.04,11
33	STIEGER Adrian	Austria	3.04,42
34	WALTON Jonas	Canada	3.13,46
35	BELOKI Markel	Spain	3.13,53
36	GEARY Dillon	South Africa	3.36,15
37	NARRAWAY Nicholas	Bermuda	3.37,89
38	DUNÁR Dominik	Slovakia	3.46,87
39	YAKOVLEV Daniil	Ukraine	3.48,55
40	GIERYK Kacper	Poland	3.55,56
41	PŘIDAL Tomáš	Czech Republic	4.02,33
42	CRAUSE Pedri	South Africa	4.07,13
43	RUBEŠ Daniel	Czech Republic	4.29,38
44	REMKHI Rudolf	Kazakhstan	4.44,66
45	RUIZ Jeferson Armando	Colombia	4.47,66
46	QUINTANA Hector Exequiel	Chile	4.50,30
47	ALMUTAIWEI Mohammad	United Arab Emirates	5.31,52
48	DE COMARMOND Aurelien	Mauritius	5.33,90
49	LEONARD Michael	Canada	5.34,50
50	LOMURIA Paul	Uganda	5.37,99
51	SYELHAN Muhammad	Indonesia	5.41,44
52	ROGORA Kiya	Ethiopia	5.48,45
53	SIMON Semen	Ukraine	5.50,45
54	LOROT Lawrence	Uganda	5.55,21
55	LI Zhen	China	6.32,20
56	KAMADA Koki	Japan	6.47,71
57	PETROV Yordan	Bulgaria	6.53,58
58	ROYAN Muhammad Andy	Indonesia	7.04,54
59	IOANNOU Constantinos	Cyprus	7.34,38
60	UZUN Emir	Turkey	7.46,42
61	KHADBAATAR Temuulen	Mongolia	8.19,59
62	MASENGESHO Vainqueur	Rwanda	8.31,63
63	ESSEMIANI Nasrallah Mohamed Aissa	Algeria	8.33,22
64	LEI Diego	Venezuela	8.41,16
65	ALTANGEREL Davaajargal	Mongolia	9.25,54
66	TUYIZERE Etienne	Rwanda	9.30,10
67	TAHA Amir	Ethiopia	10.06,13
68	BADLIS Slimane	Algeria	10.12,61