World time trial champion Remco Evenepoel travelled to Rwanda on Thursday to begin his quest to add two more championships to his palmarès, with Sunday’s time trial at the UCI Road World Championships his first goal.
Evenepoel, who has won the time trial world title in each of the past two seasons, is the favourites to do so again this weekend, and he’ll also compete for a second road race title in the Rwanda capital Kigali on the following Sunday.
With no Filippo Ganna on the start list for Sunday’s hilly time trial, Tadej Pogačar will line up as Evenepoel’s main challenger on the hilly 40.6km route in Kigali.
Evenepoel said that he’s anticipating the battle for the rainbow jersey and also singled out Pogačar’s trade teammate Jay Vine as one to watch, with the Australian recently finishing second at the Vuelta a España stage 18 time trial.
A win on Sunday and a third time trial world title would represent a perfect start to Evenepoel’s championships challenge, with the 267.5km road race and then two days of racing in the Drôme-Ardèche region of France up next.
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