The Road Cycling World Championship in Montreal, Canada, opens with a silver medal for Filippo Ganna in the time trial. The world title, the fourth of his career, was won by the Belgian champion Remco Evenepoel. At the end of the 39.2 kilometer race, Ganna was 57 seconds behind the winner, thus putting the silver around the neck of the Bronze medal for the Frenchman Paul Seixas. For Ganna, 30 years old from Verbania, bearer of Ineos, on the streets of Montreal he won his ninth medal at the Road World Championships, the sixth in the time trial. In Filippo’s collection, before the silver won in Canada, there are the golds of Imola 2020 and Fiandre 2021, the silvers of Glasgow 2023 and Zurich 2024, and Yorkshire 2019. For Evenepoel, 26 years of Red Bull-Bora, it is the fourth consecutive world title. In 2023 and 2024 he preceded, as today in the Canadian city, Ganna.
In the history of the World Cycling Championship, no rider has ever managed to win four consecutive gold medals. The milestone of four victories was reached by the Swiss Fabian Cancellara and the German Tony Martin. Evenepoel, the reigning Olympic and European champion, covered the 39.2 kilometers in 44’53″13 at an average speed of 52,400 kilometers per hour. The Belgian champion was always ahead in every sector of the route, indeed, he even increased his lead.
Ganna started the race with the handbrake a little tight and then made an important acceleration at the end which served to win the silver.
Surprise bronze, 1’13 behind the winner, for 19-year-old Paul Seixas with his first world medal. The world championship for colors began with the Elite women’s time trial. Elisa Longo Borghini finished fourth, 50 seconds behind the previous favorite and reconfirmed world champion, the Swiss Marlen Reusser. The Italian remained just 4″76 behind the bronze medal of the German Franziska Koch and 10″ behind the second, the British Zoe Backstedt. Vittoria Guazzini was tenth, 2’05″37 behind Reusser.
