Remco Evenepoel Presented a historic exhibition in the online test of the World Cycling Championships in Wollongong (Australia), a route of 266.9 km. Belgian runner dominating the will to win by dodging and driving the last 25 km alone. your race.
Evenepoel, 22, world champion in the junior category in 2018 and the recent winner of the Vuelta a España, took his victory in a 74.5 km run. The goalkeeper who chooses an escape. In her style, she attacks from afar.
He then supported the win with 40 goals during attacks in the main squad. did not give them the opportunity to hunt more than 30 fugitives; He channeled this when he left at 34.5, taking Alexey Lutsenko behind the wheel, and finished at 25 leaving the Cossack on the final climb to the Pleasant wall that marked the test. Also, in his own way, he blasts his opponents with a hell of a speed.
They accompanied the successor of Julian Alaphilippe, who won in 2020 and 2021, wearing a rainbow jersey. also French Christophe Laporte and local Australian Michael Matthewssilver and bronze, winning the sprint, which the main peloton debated right after hunting the rest of the escapees, who were already ahead in the final meters of the test.
A group with the other Belgian candidate for the final victory, Wout van Aert, the first to finish the medal, third in the sprint and fourth at the finish line, was 2 minutes 21 seconds behind the winner. Illusions like Peter Sagan and Tadej Pogacar in the group of 27 runners finished seventh and nineteenth, respectively.
Another favorite a priori, Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel left the race shortly after the start. because the previous night he had an incident with two teenagers who wouldn’t let him sleep in his hotel, which led to the police arrest.
The Spanish team that pulled the peloton for a long time and If Marc Soler was careful when he could make a profit, losing all options by filtering out no runners in the separation that gave Evenepoel more than 70km of wings. your target. Although in the final sprint Iván García Cortina took eleventh place.
It wasn’t a great result for those led by Pascual Momparler, but it wasn’t a bad result either for the team that Valencia’s coach was able to gather to travel to Australia.
shaken boots
An active start with Pavel Sivakov and Romain Bardet, with departures from France, The first 16, including Australian Ben O’Connor, ignited a separatism. In these conflicts, the main group divided into two large islands, the current champion Alaphilippe, Pogacar and Evenepoel were divided into two.
With the escape, the race stabilized and Accelerated again to 74.5 km. Pleasant (1,100 meters in a 7.7 percent drop, sections up to 17% and in the first 7km from the finish line) is the key to the race, in the seventh of Pleasant’s twelve crossings.
There the separatist group split in two, and behind them a substantial group of twenty runners was formed, including Evenepoel, Nairo Quintana, Romain Bardet, Florian Senechal, Jai Handley and Jan Traknik. And the most important thing in the strategy of the race, three French and three Belgians.
The fugitives and the group that left the head of the slope and the front detachment were assembled.reached almost forty runners up with Evenpeoel and Bardet. With a two-minute gap, it seemed clear that the new rainbow was ahead.
The Frenchman Madouas, who had a few teammates at the start of the race, was questioned by his momentum to reduce the lead from two minutes to one minute. A move that Soler is wary of but lacks continuity, because The peloton stopped and the breakaway team quickly reclaimed the two-minute lead.
Remco Ultimate Attack
There, it was the moment of Evenepoel, who didn’t hesitate as the big group lost most of their options and the escape nearly consolidated. A football player like Remco is finished if a ball lands on him in the area. This came to the mighty Belgian almost from a volley and He finished by taking Lutsenko with him. And then leaving the Cossacks on the penultimate ascent of the Pleasant wall.
Van Aert, who was accelerating in the peloton towards the final lap, curiously from behind, was perhaps thinking of taking the podium with his teammate. Despite all the people in between.
Calculation of the second largest Belgian candidate He was totally right because the main team caught the last dodges almost above the finish line.. However, Jumbo didn’t have the legs to capitalize on the opportunity as he was left behind by teammate Visma Laporte and local hopeful Matthews. Who got the silver and bronze? The gold was reserved for an omen and its unforgettable spectacle, Evenepoel.