Highlights: Evenepoel wows to win fourth straight time trial gold

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The Belgian made history as the first rider to claim four victories in a row in the elite time trial race at the Worlds, roaring to a time of 44’53” to finish a whopping 57 seconds ahead of Ganna in second.Ganna, who pushed Evenepoel close in 2023 and 2024, said afterwards that he had produced the best power numbers of his career and took aim at the condition of the ITT circuit in Canada.

”I think a World Championship can merit the best tarmac, in the start especially,” he said.

“It was the same tarmac for everyone, so maybe a new tarmac could be nice for everyone.”

Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe rider Evenepoel is an Olympic gold medallist, four-time ITT world champion and two-time European champion in the ITT.

The 26-year-old appeared to take a swipe at two-time ITT world champion Ganna (Netcompany Ineos) when speaking after the race.

“He says it every time that he’s second or when he wins that he has his best power output,” Evenepoel said, as per Cycling News.

”I think it’s difficult to say on this one, because obviously there were a lot of corners, so let’s say that average power and normalised power are quite a lot divided.

“For me personally, I had the feeling I was doing a very good power output on the flat. I think if he really did his best 45-minute effort, he would have been a bit closer, I guess.

“I understand that on a TT like today he would have hoped to be closer to me, because it was completely flat except for the last 2k or 3k.

“And then also with the corners, in the past he used to really gain a lot of time on me, but I think that I’ve improved a lot in cornering on a TT bike and on a normal bike.

”Also, confidence-wise, I think it helps a lot to dare to push in the corners.”

Evenepoel later added: “I think I understand that he lost his hope.

“I would never give up, because everything can change. I’m always going to push for the TTs, and next year I will, for sure, try to go for the fifth one.

”But today I just did a very good TT for myself. It’s difficult to tell him what to do to come closer, because I just focus on what I do and on what I think can be better.”

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‘A wonderful experience’ – Evenepoel savours fourth straight time trial gold

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Hour record? ‘One day I could try’

One title Ganna still holds over his Belgian rival is the hour record, which he claimed in October 2022 by reaching 56.792km.

Evenepoel is yet to try to better the mark but suggested he may well do in the future.

“Regarding the hour record, I haven’t really thought yet about what to do with it, but it’s clear that one day I could try,” said Evenepoel.

“I think I have the qualities to go after that record, but I think before all that I still have many other objectives with the Grand Tours, with next Sunday [the road race at the World Championships], so there are many more objectives than the Hour record.”

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