UCI World Championships: Iván Romeo secures under-23 men’s time trial title
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Iván Romeo (Spain) pulled out a spectacular final 9.4 kilometres to win the men’s under-23 individual time trial world championship race on Monday.
Romeo was 20 seconds behind Switzerland’s Jan Christen at the first check atop a gradual climb but made up time on the undulating middle section to close to within two seconds. Then, Romeo blasted through the flat final section to win the rainbow jersey by 41 seconds.
Jakob Soderqvist (Sweden) also saved his bullets for the final stretch and cruised in for the silver medal at 32 seconds behind the Spaniard, coming in ahead…