The Dutchman won the world title in the premier track cycling event in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Speed is the domain of Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen, the undisputed king of the sprint who won his fourth consecutive world title in the flagship event of the World Track Cycling Championships, Sunday in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France).
Already winner of the keirin on Thursday, Lavreysen disposed of Australian Matthew Richardson in the final in two sets to win his eleventh gold medal in a World Championship.
Also Olympic champion in Tokyo, the 25-year-old Dutchman, who came to the track by BMX, reigns supreme in the sprint.
He is the first to win four straight world titles in the premier sprint event since Japan’s legendary Koichi Nakano in 1986.
Frenchman Grégory Baugé won four times in a row between 2009 and 2012 but lost his 2011 gold medal for breaches of anti-doping rules.
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