Olympics-Cycling-Cannonball Evenepoel claims men's time trial gold for Belgium


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 28 Jul 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics - Road Cycling - Men's Individual Time Trial - Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Remco Evenepoel of Belgium in action during the Men's Individual Time Trial REUTERS/Esa Alexander

PARIS (Reuters) -Belgium's Remco Evenepoel added an Olympic gold to his world title as he won the men's individual time trial at the Paris Games in emphatic fashion to continue his meteoric rise on Saturday.

The 24-year-old, who finished third overall in the Tour de France earlier this month, clocked 36 minutes 12.16 seconds over 32.4km in driving rain to beat Italian Filippo Ganna by 14.92.

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