Remco Evenepoel does it again! Olympic champion defends World Championship ITT title ahead of Filippo Ganna and Edoardo Affini
CyclingSunday, 22 September 2024 at 17:28
Remco Evenepoel has done the World and Olympic double and has been crowned the 2024 World Champion in the men's elite individual time trial after a powerful performance in Zürich. Completing the podium were the Italian duo Filippo Ganna and Edoardo Affini in second and third respectively.
After Grace Brown secured the Rainbow Jersey in the women's race, the first of the male competitors to set a competitive time included the likes of Canadian duo Pier-Andre Cote and Derek Gee, plus Poland's Filip Maciejuk.
There was some drama in the starting blocks for 2023 champion Remco Evenepoel as he dropped his chain and faced a nervy battle to get everything back in working order before the beeps started and he needed to get underway. At the finish line meanwhile, Evenepoel's trade teammate Kasper Asgreen was the man in the hotseat. The next rider to go faster than Asgreen though, was the recently crowned European champion Edoardo Affini, setting a new fastest time of 53.56.
At the time check at the top of the climb, things looked incredibly exciting with Evenepoel leading nearest rival Filippo Ganna by just 9 seconds, although the likes of Jay Vine and Joshua Tarling were still very much in the fight also.
Sadly for Jay Vine though, by the time the Australian reached the finish line, his jersey had been ripped and covered in blood, ending his medal hopes. In terms of the fight for the Rainbow Jersey though, Evenepoel had upped his advantage to 19 seconds over Ganna heading into the finale. After the crash of Vine, the bronze medal place was open for Josh Tarling. The former European champion couldn't better the current European champion though, as Affini held on.
As the finish line approached, Ganna was hunting down Roglic and as he just about completed the catch of the recent Vuelta a Espana champion, the Italian set the fastest time, 53:08. Then, the clock began ticking back to Evenepoel. In a thrilling finale, the Belgian just about took the victory by 6 seconds at the line from Ganna.
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It was pretty much business as usual in both the men's and women's TT's today, with no big surprises. We also saw that gold painted bikes are definitely the fastest. Congratulations to Remco.
2024 has been a tough year for the Evenpoel haters.
It has indeed. He has improved his persona as well.
Your opinion. He’s always been the same. A pure winner that is willing to call it as it is, such as when he called the Olympic TT course crap due to the bad roads.
I liked him then and now.
His palmares are just getting so deep at this point that respect is a given.
Your opinion? I do not understand why you are having a go at me when I have just written in support of Evenepoel?
I don’t think it had to be improved that’s all I’m saying
He was forced to change its habits/communication by his team after the "my former teammate Tim Declercq make me lose time on purprose" on that Paris-Nice ITT, he even got an communication expert in that goal. He's still super arrogant and insincere most of time, finding excuses or inventing doubtfull problems to himself or his bike to glorify himself, though.
No doubt, I'm thinking of one guy in particular back @ CN. LOL