Results men's under-23 time trial world championships - Surprise victor for Netherlands' Ryan Gal
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The men's under-23 time trial World Championships have given way to surprise winner. Not Cameron Rogers, Ben Wiggins or Hector Alvaréz - the winner was under-23 national champion Ryan Gal, who surprised to take the rainbow jersey in Montréal.
The 31-kilometer long course mimicked much of the elite's course that was tackled this Sunday. The speeds were very high, with the best efforts around 37 minutes in duration, and without the large gaps that marked the men's elite road race - where Remco Evenepoel took a dominant win.
The race had several contenders, but several of them had performances that they were not expecting on this key day. Cameron Rogers of the INEOS under-23 team suffered a horribly-timed mechanical which threw him off his effort completely.
Ben Wiggins, Great Britain's greatest hope, did not manage to break into the Top10 and had to settle for an 11th place at the line. Héctor Alvaréz was the other major favourite to take the victory this Monday in Montréal and was the last of the big contenders to cross the finish line, but could only manage a third place and ended the race in tears.
Ryan Gal wins maiden world title at under-23 level
The winner had previously been in the hotseat, unlikely to have believed he would stay there all the way until the end. Ryan Gal, Dutch under-23 national champion in the discipline and member of the continental Metec team, put in a time of 37:26, winning the race.
Only he and Nicolas Milesi - part of INEOS under-23 structure - were able to race at over 50Km/h average speed. The gap at the line was of only 7 seconds, effectively deciding the race.
Álvarez was fourth followed by the USA's Ashlin Barry, who was the fourth best on the day but already with a meaningful gap back. Mads Lambo completed the Top10.
Results men's under-23 time trial world championships
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