Ryan Gal of the Netherlands surprised the world by winning the under-23 men’s world time trial title in Montréal. The 21-year-old was able to pace his rhythm perfectly on the twisty course, able to keep his speed up on the 400-metre, 6.1% uphill run to the line.
Gal averaged a speed of more than 50kph, setting the fastest time for all three time checks at that point before stopping the clock with a time of 37:26 after 31.3 kilometres. He then had to wait for 26 riders to finish before he could celebrate his gold medal.
Only three riders, Nicolas Milesi (Italy), Héctor Álvarez (Spain) and Mads Landbo (Denmark) were able to beat Gal’s time by the second time check, halfway through the course. But they could not hold their pace, losing time to Gal by the third check.
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Milesi nabbed the silver medal, with a time of 37:33, seven seconds off the winning time.
Álvarez, who was fastest in both the first and second time checks, was three seconds off the pace by the third check and finished 11 seconds back to win bronze, the first Spanish medal in the under-23 time trial championships.
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