Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel won a double gold after soloing to victory in the junior men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, today.
Evenepoel also claimed the gold in the junior men’s individual time-trial on Tuesday.
He completed the 132.4km race in 3:03:49, beating Germany’s Marius Mayrhofer by just about a minute-and-a-half. Italy’s Alessandro Fancellu rounded out the podium another 13 seconds later.
Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel won a double gold after soloing to victory in the junior men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships today. Photo: tiz-cycling.racing
Both South Africans – Rickardo Broxham and Cian Leveridge – did not finish the race.
View more results below.
Junior men road race
1. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) 3:03:49
2. Marius Mayrhofer (Germany) 0:01:25
3. Alessandro Fancellu (Italy) 0:01:38
4. Alexandre Balmer (Switzerland)
5. Frederik Wandahl (Denmark) 0:03:20
6. Gabriele Benedetti (Italy)
7. Alois Charrin (France)
8. Kevin Vermaerke (United States Of America)
9. Antonio Tiberi (Italy)
10. Sean Quinn (United States Of America) 0:03:25
*Selected
DNF. Rickardo Broxham (South Africa)
DNF. Cian Leveridge (South Africa)
