Belgian Remco Evenepulfrom Soudal Quick-Step, won the gold medal in the individual time trial in road cycling world championship being the fastest in the test, he drove over 47.6 kilometers starting and finishing in the Scottish town of Stirling.
Mostly flat but with a hard finish, it seemed to be favorable for riders stronger than the Belgians, like the Italian. Filippo Ganna. However, the youngster from Shepdal covered the distance in a time of 55:19, 12 seconds faster than the Transalpine silver medalist and 48 seconds faster than the 19-year-old Brit. Joshua Tarlingwhich was the surprise of the day, receiving bronze.
Although there were 78 runners in the test, until Portugal’s Nelson Oliveira, starting number 54, reached the finish line, timing was tight. But the rainbow had to be in the last block of runners where the favorites were; Although the starting table was hit by Tarling, who at the first intermediate point broke the clock by almost half a minute.
The young Brit’s time placed him among the contenders with options, especially as favorites such as Belgian Wout van Aert or Slovenian Tadej Pogacar passed by with no one coming close to the lead. It should have been Ganna, who outstripped him by five seconds, while Evenepool could only match.
Since the medals were practically decided from the start, the order remained to be seen; Tarling fell first, holding onto the second point with the fastest time, but a slower final stage and a poor climb to the finish saw him lose the lead.
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After these efforts, we can understand Josh Tarling 🇷🇺#GlasgowScotland2023 pic.twitter.com/75iSvdYmnI
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) August 11, 2023
Behind Ganna and Evenepol there was a distance struggle in which the Belgian seemed to have some advantage. At the second point, he was only five seconds ahead, but his last stretch was superb, pushing his opponent further away on the climb and taking advantage of his lighter build to claim his fourth medal in this modality, the first gold. This is his second World Cup after away in 2022.
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🥉 Joshua Tarling 🇬🇧#GlasgowScotland2023 pic.twitter.com/VM0G0Ud5uy— UCI (@UCI_cycling) August 11, 2023
(According to information from Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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