Remco and Wout beat the favourites

Remco Evenepoel became Olympic champion today in the cycling time trial. Just six! days after he finished third in his very first Tour de France.
Joshua Tarling and Filippo Ganna were the clear favourites for the title as they did not ride the Tour and had all the time for training on the time trial bike.

But that was not enough to beat Evenepoel, he was clearly completely recovered from an exhausting Tour de France. He beat Ganna with 15 seconds difference and 25 seconds in front of… Wout Van Aert. The other Belgian rider took the bronze medal with 2 seconds difference from fourth placed Joshua Tarling. A huge surprise, because Van Aert had a very unlucky season after the horrific crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen in March of this year.

Double Gold next week?

This shows in what form Van Aert and Evenepoel are, and makes them favourites for the road race next Saturday. Could they do the double, and take home two gold medals from both the time trial and the road race? It would be unseen, but not unthinkable with those two!

The Olympic Games have started with a bang for Belgium!

Sincerely,

Pele23

Remco is a Sportingboy 💜💜💜
Also kudos to Ganna, after he almost fell I was sure he was going to end behind Van Aert. That he still got second place is nothing but remarkable

Fingers crossed that Van Aert and Evenepoel have "goei benen" next Saturday and we might just see Olympic history made

Ganna was an example of sportsmanship after the race!

And for Remco, he is a miracle boy!

Absolutely

Sad about Loyola and Kopecky btw. On another day they could have gotten us 2 more medals. Further I have high hopes the Red Lions and Red Panthers will win some medals as well

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Gold and Bronze for Belgium in Olympic time trial cycling

Remco and Wout beat the favourites

Double Gold next week?