Cycling: Filippo Ganna has successfully defended his world title in the time trial. The Italian won the battle against the clock just ahead of Belgian Wout van Aert.
Ganna defends his world title
A World Cup time trial can hardly be more exciting. From the starting ramp in Knokke-Heist to the finish line in Bruges it was 43,3 kilometers to cover. Up to the last second, it was unclear to fans and experts who would win the world championship title in the time trial and who would be allowed to wear the rainbow jersey for a year. Only when the last two drivers crossed the finish line did the podium stand. So far, Youngster has been sitting Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) in the hot seat. Instead of being able to enjoy gold, he had to settle for bronze in the end. His compatriot was faster wout van aert (Belgium) and Filippo Gana (Italy). The two fought a neck-and-neck race for every second. Finally, the defending champion's time stopped 5 seconds earlier.
Tony Martin with strong farewell
Things didn't go so well for the Swiss today Stefan Kung, who, after his victory in the European Championship time trial a few days ago, was also hoping for a triumph at the World Championship. But he has to be content with rank 5. A great last performance was achieved with 6th place four times world champion Tony Martin. The German ended his career after the mixed relay on Wednesday and was therefore part of a World Championship individual time trial for the last time. The two time trial world champions between 2017 and 2019 could not start. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) and Rohan Dennis (Australia) unfortunately had to forego participation due to injuries.