After dominating the latest edition of the Clasica San Sebastian last Saturday, Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) won this afternoon in Alkmaar (Netherlands) the title of European Time-Trial Individual Champion.
The young Belgian rider, already winner last year of the World and European Championships Time-Trial and Road race achieved a strong win finishing his 22 km race in 24:55” at an average of 53.930 km/h. He dedicated his victory to his compatriot Bjorg Lambrecht, who tragically died a few days ago.
Behind Remco Evenepoel, the Dane Kasper Asgreen with a time of 25:13, and Edoardo Affini (Italy) who finished third in 25:16”.
In the Women’s Elite, it was the Dutch rider Ellen Van Dijk who took first place winning her fourth consecutive title out of the four editions raced up to now in this category. Ellen Van Dijk gave a very strong performance enabling her to climb on the highest step of the podium finishing her race in 28:07”, 30” before the second rider, the German Lisa Klein. Third at 52” was Lucinda Brand (Netherlands).
The Dane Johan Price-Pejtersen, 20 years old, won the Under 23s race in a time of 25:53”, beating his compatriot the current World Champion Mikkel Bijerg (time 26:04”) and the Swiss Stefan Bissegger, third with a time of 26:06”.
The young German Hannah Ludwig, second last year in the Juniors, in her first year in the Under 23 category, won the continental title riding the 22 kilometre circuit in 29:20”, leaving behind her the Russian Maria Novolodoskaia, second with a time of 29:58”, and the Italian Elena Pirrone who finished third in 29:59”.
Tomorrow the first Road races will take place in the Women’s Junior category (69 kilometres, start at 9h00), Women’s Under 23 (92 kilometres, start at 12h00) and the Men’s Juniors (115 kilometres, start at 16h00).
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