Chloe Dygert and Remco Evenepoel hand over their World Time Trial Championship titles. Photo: Cor VosThe 2024 Road World Championships begin this Sunday, September 22, with the time trials. Remco Evenepoel and Chloe Dygert are defending their titles and are the big favorites to succeed them.
The time trial of 2024 World Championships The women’s and men’s road cycling races will be held this Sunday, September 22. On courses of 30 and 46 kilometers at Zurichthe first two world titles among the elites will be awarded to the pure rollers and the specialists of the discipline. But who will go for the rainbow time trial jersey? Chloe Dygert And Remco Evenepoel are putting their title on the line and are the big favourites.
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Remco Evenepoel for a double in the men’s category, Ganna and Tarling in ambush
In men, the 2024 World Championships time trials offer a 46-kilometer course Zurich. Despite the presence of a small bump, it is the specialists who will go for the world title. As a result, Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) appears to be the big favourite for his proposed succession. The Belgian champion has won almost all the time trials he has participated in (except the last one of the Tour de France, which was very hilly, editor’s note). Recently, he won the two Olympic titles in Paris, beating his two direct competitors rather easily.
Filippo Ganna (Italy) is losing momentum this year. Double world time trial champion (2020 and 2021), he is struggling to compete against the new competition including Evenepoel is part of. If he imposed himself this year on the Tour and in his national championship, the Italian seems a notch below. The unknown remains in Joshua Tarling (Great Britain). Crowned European champion and bronze medallist last year in the time trial, the Briton has been rather discreet this season. Abandoned in The Vueltahe had taken 6th place in the opening time trial. It remains to be seen whether the 20-year-old rider has managed to raise his level to compete in the 2024 World Championships has Zurich.
Zurich 2024: The favorites for the World Championships time trial (men)
*** EVENEPOEL Remco, TARLING Joshua, GANNA Filippo
** CAMPENAERTS Victor, ROGLIC First, KÜNG Stefan, MCNULTY Brandon
* ALMEIDA John, FOSS Tobias, AFFINITE Edoardo, SCHACHMANN Max, ARMIRAIL Bruno
2024 World Championships: Who will win the women’s title?
Who will go for the title of 2024 World Championships women’s time trial? This Sunday, September 22, the race seems very open with many entrants capable of going for the title. Chloe Dygert (USA), the reigning world champion, has not won since her title last year in Great Britain, due to an Achilles tendon injury and a Covid infection…
However, the American is a true specialist in this event and is, by default, one of the big favourites. She will find on her path the Olympic champion of the discipline, Grace Brown (Australia). For the last races of her career, the Australian would like to take the world title, after finishing second twice… Behind, it’s jostling with Half Vollering (The Netherlands), Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) or even Juliette Labous (France).
Zurich 2024: The favourites for the World Championships time trial (women)
*** BROWN Grace, DYGERT Chloe, VOLLERING Half
** VAN DIJK Ellen, KOPECKY Lotte, LABOUS Juliet, HENDERSON Anna
* SCHWEINBERGER Christina, HARTMANN Elena, GUAZZINI Victoria, KERBAOL Cedrine, AHTOSALO Anniina
The official website of the Road World Championships: Zurich 2024.
