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\nNew Zealander Nate Pringle after finishing the Men’s U23 Individual Time Trial race (31,2km) at the cycling road world championships, in Kigali, Rwanda.
\nPhoto: DIRK WAEM \/ AFP\n<\/p>\n
New Zealand cyclist Nate Pringle has finished second in the men’s under-23 time trial at the World Road Cycling Championships in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
Pringle finished just over a minute behind winner Jakob Soderqvist of Sweden over the 31.2km course.<\/p>\n
France’s Maxime Decomble was less than half a second behind Pringle in third place.<\/p>\n
The course included a couple of climbs and finished on cobbles.<\/p>\n
“It’s surreal,” Pringle told Eurosport after the race.<\/p>\n
“It was a bit of a surprise, but I don’t really have anything to compare it to.<\/p>\n
“I just went as hard as I could and then tried to recover and then I was pretty dead by those cobbles, they were so much harder in person, but it was really fun.”<\/p>\n
Pringle won’t compete in the road race as he could not get his other bikes to Rwanda.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old joined Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe Rookies in March.<\/p>\n
He won the New Zealand under-23 time trial earlier this year.<\/p>\n