The Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel, gold medalist, bites his medal on the podium after the male of the individual elite counterreloj test of the World Cycling Championship on Route 2025, in Kigali, on September 21, 2025.
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The Belgian Remco Evenepoel was proclaimed world champion of counterreloj for the third consecutive yearthis Sunday in Kigali, dominating the test to the point of reaching and advanceing to Tadej Pogacarwho had left two and a half minutes before him and ended fourth.
Previously crowned in 2023 in Glasgow And last year in Zurichthe Belgian equals the German Tony Martin and to the Australian Michael Rogersthe only two other cyclists who achieved this triplet in a row.
The Australian Jay Vine and another Belgian, Ilan van Wilder, completed the podium.
As for Colombians, Walter Vargas ended 14th in the male elite, to 2:38 From Evenepoel. In the female elite, the national champion Diana Peñuela It was 24th (48:30), a 5:21 of the winner, the Switzerland Marlen Reusser.
Evenepoel crushed Pogacar on her birthday
Pogacar, on the day of his 27th birthday, ended in the fourth position, a 2:38 From Evenepoel, who advanced it in the cobbled climb of Kimihurura, a very unexpected scene given the domination of the Slovenian in world cycling.
But Evenepoel was on another level this Sunday, a promising signal before the road race, in a week, where it could become the First cyclist in history to win both tests in the same World Cups, a year after achieving this double at the Paris Olympic Games, an unpublished feat.
Leaving like a rocket, Evenepoel already had an advantage of 45 seconds after only ten kilometers in the difficult tour (40 km and 680 m slope) in Kigali, which welcomes these first World Cups on African soil.
With its characteristic golden helmet, it continued at the same rate to crush the competition and Pogacar, who will have a great challenge the Next Sunday To keep your title in the Route race.
“I really had a great day, I hope to maintain this form for next Sunday,” said Evenepoel.
The 25 -year -old cyclist demonstrated once again that he is the undisputed teacher of the time trial. Exactly one third (22 of 66) of its victories come from this lonely effort thanks to its power, its perfect aerodynamics and an absolute sense of detail.
The Mexican Isaac del Toro He ended with the fifth best time, with three seconds than Pogacar.
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