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17:58 – First medal for Italy in Paris!
17:57 – Evenepoel gold, Ganna silver!
Remco Evenepoel, Olympic champion! The Belgian beats Ganna by 14 seconds, a magnificent performance!
17:56 – Ganna delivers a masterpiece! Medal secured!
What a finish! Ganna has done something incredible, leading with a 10-second advantage over van Aert!
17:55 – Ganna reported to be ahead of van Aert! Watch out
Filippo Ganna is going strong! Reporting with a 12-second lead over van Aert!
17:53 – Tarling finishes! Second but very close
Joshua Tarling has finished incredibly strong! Second, just 2 seconds behind van Aert! Ganna needs to pull off a stunt to make it to the podium. Evenepoel is racing toward gold.
17:48 – Ganna and Tarling very close
There are four competitors for three medals, with the Belgians almost certain to podium. Ganna and Tarling are battling it out.
17:47 – Absurd risk for Ganna!
What has Pippo Ganna done! He skids on the wet pavement, grazes the barriers but miraculously stays upright!
Ganna skids on the wet road! The Italian miraculously keeps the bike upright
17:46 – Evenepoel still in front!
Two Belgians in the lead at the second checkpoint! Remco Evenepoel is 11 seconds faster than van Aert and 17 seconds better than Ganna.
17:45 – Ganna behind van Aert at the second split!
Ganna is 4.6 seconds behind van Aert at the second checkpoint! The Belgian has been spectacular!
17:43 – Van Aert finishes, he is in command!
Great performance from Wout van Aert, who sets the best time at the finish! 36’38”, a minute better than Bissegger. We’ll see where that takes him.
17:41 – Tarling still behind van Aert
6 seconds behind Tarling from van Aert at the second checkpoint! The Brit loses another 3 seconds to the Belgian.
17:39 – Bissegger in command
Leadership at the finish changes! Stefan Bissegger is 17 seconds better than Vacek.
17:36 – Evenepoel lowers Ganna’s time!
Evenepoel arrives immediately, 7 seconds faster than Ganna at the first checkpoint! The Belgian is riding very strongly!
17:35 – Ganna ahead of van Aert!
Filippo Ganna leads at the first checkpoint! Two seconds better than van Aert! 14’35” for the Italian.
17:33 – Kung far behind
22 seconds behind Stefan Kung from van Aert at the first checkpoint. Meanwhile, Vauquelin moves into provisional third place, displacing Bettiol.
17:31 – Van Aert goes!
Wout van Aert is pedaling hard! Best time at the second checkpoint, 40 seconds faster than Bissegger!
17:30 – Tarling behind van Aert
Joshua Tarling is 3 seconds behind van Aert at the first checkpoint! The bike change had an impact, obviously.
17:29 – Bissegger ahead at the second checkpoint
Stefan Bissegger is 4 seconds faster than Vacek at the second checkpoint. Sheffield is also 4 seconds behind after the crash.
17:26 – The provisional podium
Vacek-Mullen-Bettiol remains the podium at the finish.
17:25 – Crash for Sheffield
Sheffield also faces a setback, crashing and starting again with his shorts torn on his thigh.
17:24 – Vacek beats Mullen, Tarling changes bike!
Vacek beats Mullen by a second and a half! Problems with the bike for Tarling, who stops to change it!
17:23 – Mullen beats Bettiol
New best time at the finish, Mullen beats Bettiol by 9 seconds.
17:22 – Van Aert better than Sheffield
Strong start for Wout van Aert, three seconds better than Sheffield at the first checkpoint and best time! Remco Evenepoel starts, all the big names are on the road!
17:20 – Here comes Pippo Ganna!
Here we go, Filippo Ganna starts! The goal is the medal.
17:18 – Good run by Sheffield
17’41” for Magnus Sheffield at the first checkpoint, best time! Kung and McNulty have also started!
17:15 – Tarling starts!
It’s time, the best are starting. It’s the turn of the young but formidable Joshua Tarling, who aims for gold.
17:13 – Bettiol at the finish
Alberto Bettiol finishes his time trial in 38’06”. Best time, but three have arrived.
17:11 – Vacek still in front
Mathias Vacek is 5 seconds faster than Mullen and 14 seconds better than Bettiol at the second checkpoint. Plapp, Foss, and Bjerg have started!
17:05 – Bettiol at the second checkpoint
26’01” for Alberto Bettiol at the second split, 21 seconds better than Pithie and 58 seconds better than Tratnik. Sheffield, Schachmann, and van Aert have started!
17:02 – The big guns are coming
Stefan Bissegger begins his run, a possible outsider. Meanwhile, Czech Mathias Vacek sets a new best time at the first checkpoint: 14’58”, 4 seconds faster than Mullen.
17:00 – Mullen better than Bettiol
The Irishman Ryan Mullen is 9 seconds faster than Bettiol at the first check. Lazkano is farther behind.
16:56 – Bettiol still in front
Rui Costa is also significantly behind Bettiol at the first checkpoint. Skjelmose and Waerenskjold have started.
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Even the mechanic is on the ground! What a fall while helping the athlete
16:54 – Pithie behind Bettiol
Lawrence Pithie passes 9 seconds behind Bettiol at the first checkpoint. Grossschartner, Valter, Girmay, and Vauquelin have also started.
16:52 – Bettiol at the first checkpoint
Best time for Alberto Bettiol at the first split: 15’11”. 37 seconds better than Tratnik, who had stopped.
16:47 – Problem for Tratnik
Jan Tratnik is forced to change bikes, problem with the handlebars. Meanwhile, Rui Costa, Oier Lazkano and Michal Kwiatkowski have also started.
16:37 – Here comes Bettiol
The race begins for Alberto Bettiol as well. The Italian carefully approaches the first risky curve. Jan Tratnik is on the road too.
16:32 – Off we go!
Amir Ansari (Team refugees) begins his run, the men’s time trial has started!
Grace Brown wins the women’s time trial
Gold for Australia in the women’s event. Grace Brown dominates in the rain, silver goes to British athlete Anna Henderson and bronze to American Chloe Dygert. Elisa Longo Borghini finishes eighth.
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Grace Brown’s fairytale! Gold in the time trial during the retirement season, relive the finish
The absentees
Among the riders absent from this time trial stand out the names of the two Slovenians: Primoz Roglic, champion in Tokyo 2020, and Tadej Pogacar, fresh off a Giro-Tour double.
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Hurricane Pogacar! He wins the sixth and gives another minute to Vingegaard: relive the finish
Watch out for the rain
The weather is relentless in Paris and after affecting the opening ceremony, it is striking the athletes on Day 1.
When do Ganna and the other BIGs start?
The favorites
Filippo Ganna is surely aiming for a medal and finds a course that suits his skills compared to Tokyo. However, the Italian will face tough opponents, two in particular: Belgian Remco Evenepoel, world champion, and the young British rider Joshua Tarling. Other high-level specialists are also present, such as the Belgian Wout van Aert, Americans Brandon McNulty and Magnus Sheffield, Swiss riders Stefan Küng and Stefan Bissegger, Danish Mikkel Bjerg, and Australian Luke Plapp. Competing as well is Alberto Bettiol, although he is primarily focused on the road race.
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Evenepoel defeats Pogacar and wins the time trial: relive the finish
The course
The athletes will face a course of 32.7 kilometers, the same as the women’s event. It starts from Esplanade des Invalides and ends on the Alexandre III bridge. The central part will feature some tight turns, but in general there are no altitude difficulties. A specialist course where one can give it their all. There will be two time checkpoints: at km 13 and km 22.
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