The opening day of the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal saw history made, as Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel became the first man ever to win four consecutive world elite time trial victories. Evenepoel didn’t put a foot wrong along the 39.2 kilometre effort, executing a flawless race from start to finish.
The rider nicknamed the ‘aerobullet’ proved why he was the pre-race favourite with an imperious performance, setting a breathtaking fastest time of 44:53.13, 57 seconds ahead of Filippo Ganna (Italy) in second place. Ganna put in a characteristic negative split to overcome an early deficit and surge into silver medal position, with French phenom Paul Seixas claiming his first elite worlds medal following an all-out effort, finishing in third at just 19 years of age.
