Despite riding to an emphatic victory in the men’s elite time trial, Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) was clear that hasn’t changed anything as he approaches the road race and a shot at double rainbows at this Road World Championships.
The Belgian rider won Sunday’s TT by a margin of 1:14, passing and emphatically beating current road race world champion Tadej Pogačar in the process, and proving his strength on the hills and cobbles of the Kigali circuit.
With that climb, and the knowledge of Pogačar’s penchant for a long-range attack – last year winning the world title by attacking with 100km to go in Zürich – the Belgian team was being alert and prepared.
Though Pogačar, the defending champion, has been talked up as a big favourite, with Evenepoel touted as…
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