Switzerland\u2019s Marlen Reusser was the first rider crowned as she claimed victory in the women\u2019s Elite individual time trials (ITT) event of the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, ahead of two Dutch icons – Anna van der Breggen and Demi Vollering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day also saw Belgium\u2019s Remco Evenepoel take his third consecutive title, a feat previously achieved by Michael Rogers (2003-2005) and Tony Martin (2011-2013). Australia\u2019s Jay Vine claimed silver ahead of another Belgian, Ilan Van Wilder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can almost not believe it,\u201d Marlen Reusser said as she gave Switzerland a third victory in the Women Elite ITT, two decades after Karin Th\u00fcrig ruled the 2004 and 2005 editions. On the day after her 34th birthday, the versatile and powerful rider eventually took the rainbow jersey that caps off a spectacular career that has long established her as one of the greatest time trial specialists ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s real, it happened, but I tried so many times and it didn\u2019t work out\u2026 And now I made it and it\u2019s really special,\u201d Reusser celebrated. She had already claimed silver (2020, 2021) and bronze (2022) in the Women Elite ITT, as well as victory in the team time trial – mixed relay with Switzerland (2022, 2023). She\u2019s also won National and Continental titles, and many time trial stages at UCI Women\u2019s WorldTour level. An individual rainbow jersey was the missing piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting from the BK Arena and storming to the Kigali Convention Centre at an average speed of 43.378km\/h (43\u201909\u2019\u201934 to cover 31.2km), Reusser rode in dominant fashion, setting the best time at every intermediate point and eventually claiming victory with a 51-second margin on Anna van der Breggen. The Dutch star, crowned in 2020, takes her sixth medal in the event, the fifth silver. Also considering previous success in the road race, she\u2019s racked up ten individual medals at the UCI Road Worlds \u2013 along with another three in team time trials!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her Oranje teammate Demi Vollering rounded out the top three with a time of 44\u201914\u2019\u201907 (+1\u201905\u2019\u2019) to step on the podium for the second consecutive year (2nd last year in Zurich, Switzerland). In total, 44 riders from 33 nations took on the 31.2km course which packs in 460 metres of elevation, with two ascents \u2013 in different directions \u2013 on the C\u00f4te de Nyanza (2.5km at 5.8% and then 4.1km at 3.1%) before a finale on the cobbled slopes of Kimihurura (1.3km at 6.3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men\u2019s race made a detour on the C\u00f4te de P\u00e9age (2.0km at 6.0%) for a 40.6km battle featuring 680m elevation. Two-time reigning Men Elite ITT UCI World Champion Remco Evenepoel was unphased by the climbing, as he powered to a third consecutive title. The final ascent even saw the Belgian star catch and pass Tadej Poga\u010dar, who had started two and a half minutes earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had a really good day and I hope I can keep this until next week,\u201d Evenepoel said, already thinking about the road race, but also his future shot at history next year, when the UCI Road World Championships will be held in Montr\u00e9al, Canada: \u201cIt\u2019s a big honour for me to step up next to Tony [Martin] and Michael [Rogers]. I guess next year I have to go for another one, because I want to be the first to get four in a row!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After he got the better of Italy\u2019s Filippo Ganna with narrow margins in 2023 (12\u2019\u2019) and 2024 (7\u2019\u2019), Evenepoel impressed from the start, maintaining a pace of 48.948km\/h. He eventually opened a gap of 1\u201914\u2019\u2019 to Jay Vine, the closest of his 54 rivals (representing 38 nations), and 2\u201936\u2019\u2019 to his Belgian friend Van Wilder, who narrowly edged Poga\u010dar (+2\u201937\u2019\u2019). The Australian took his first UCI World Championships medal on the road after he claimed the title in the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt pretty good straight away, on the first flat part,\u201d Evenepoel explained. \u201cI was holding my pace without going over the limit and then the climbs were quite hard, so I really pushed. At the first intermediate point, I saw I had quite a big gap so I just wanted to keep a pace that I could hold until the bottom of P\u00e9age, and there I just went flat out. I must say the cobbles were really hard, I hated them at some point! But in the end I won, that\u2019s the most important and Ilan came third so it\u2019s a phenomenal day for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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