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Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel triumphed in the men’s individual time trial at the Paris Olympic Games to take gold with a perfect performance, stamping his authority on the race of truth.
The World Champion was the fastest at every checkpoint throughout the 32.4km course, as he took his first-ever Olympic gold medal in a time of 36:12 on the wet slippery roads with an average speed of 53.7kph. At the first intermediate time check, Evenepoel had seven seconds on Filippo Ganna (Italy) and ten seconds on Wout van Aert (Belgium) who was racing with double-disk wheels.
By the second time check, Evenepoel held a consistent lead, while Van Aert had slotted into second place as Ganna lost a few seconds after almost crashing on a wet corner. Evenepoel pushed all the way to the finish line at Pont Alexandre III, to…
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