A little more than a week after his victory at the Worlds, Remco Evenepoel won the title of European cycling champion of the time trial in Drôme, ahead of Filippo Ganna.
Outstanding roller, Remco Evenepoel devours prestige victories. In particular in the background, his favorite exercise during which he notably humiliated Tadej Pogacar at the world championships organized in Kigali. Triple reigning planetary champion, Belgian champion and Olympic champion also in this exercise, the Belgian undoubtedly took off the European crown this Wednesday in Star-sur-Rhône in Drôme. And in what way! Overputing, the future Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Red Bull rider has relegated another specialist in the time trial, Filippo Ganna, at 43 seconds at the end of a 24-kilometer layout.
To succeed in this remarkable performance, Remco Evenepoel was probably galvanized by a headset problem. Having no knowledge of his time at the intermediate passage points, the world champion of the time trial did not calculate his effort, rolling very strong. Behind Filippo Ganna, the bronze medal returned to Niklas Larsen, the surprise guest of this race, pointed at 1’08 “of the winner. Long in the lead with an unbeatable reference time for the other competitors, the Danish notably preceded the British Ethan Hayter and Joshua Tarling, respectively beaten one and two seconds.
Arramil 9th, Cavagna 13th
On the tricolor side, Bruno Armirail ranked 9th at 1’49 »from Remco Evenepoel. The first Frenchman of the day ended a second behind the Swiss Stefan Küng, one of the favorites. Further in 13th position, we find Rémi Cavagna who accuses a delay greater than two minutes (+2’21 “). Two lower rows we find the Danish Mads Pedersen (+2’25 ”).
All of these runners will be back on the roads of Drôme and Ardèche this Thursday on the occasion of the mixed relay. A formula that smiled at the Blues, silver medalists, at the Kigali Worlds last week. The male online race of these European championships will complete the competition on Sunday.
