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Britain’s Zoe Backstedt lived up to her billing as favourite in the women’s junior time trial, grabbing gold in a stacked field by an incredibly sizeable margin from Justyna Czapla (Germany) and Febe Jooris (Belgium). “This was one of my biggest goals of the season and I’m so happy – I did so much work for this, I’m just so happy it paid off,” she said after a brilliant performance.
Tobias Foss (Norway) stunned the field – and himself – to win the Road World Championships men’s time trial. The 25-year-old had never won a race outside his own national championships, but his mark of 40:02 ensured the Norwegian the rainbow jersey. Ad Stefan Kung (Switzerland) took second, three seconds shy of Foss's mark, with Remco Evenepoel in third, nine seconds back.
Tobias Foss astounded the field to take the World Championship time trial jersey for Norway, with Stefan Kung taking silver for Switzerland and Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) the bronze. The 25-year-old had never won a race outside his own national championships, but held his nerve on a sunny day in Wollongong. Having watched the women tackle the technical 34.2km time trial course, the men got their turn in the early afternoon.
Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) has defended her time trial jersey in style, beating home favourite Grace Brown (Australia) in a thrilling opening to the world championships in Australia. The Dutchwoman was the final rider on the time trial course, powering home to win by just over 12 seconds from the Commonwealth Games champion Brown, with Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) taking third.
USA rider Lawson Craddock has revealed that he won't compete at the UCI World Championships this year because his Australian visa arrived 20 minutes too late. Craddock was due to represent his country in the individual time trial, road race and mixed team relay, but couldn’t travel to Wollongong due to bureaucratic issues.
What, no Wout? The Wollongong World Championships time trial takes place with one notable absentee from the startsheet. Belgian superstar Van Aert is still heading Down Under but, after a long hard season, has decided to put all of his eggs in the road race basket.
So then… who fancies a rainbow jersey? The UCI Road World Championships touch down in Wollongong on Sunday, with some of the sport’s biggest names descending on Australia in a bid to conquer the globe. Ad After a thrilling summer of Grand Tour action, which concluded last weekend with Remco Evenepoel winning La Vuelta and Annemiek van Vleuten triumphing at La Madrid Challenge, attention shifts to the one-day action on the road.
Who will be the women's world time trial champion 2022? The Road World Championships begin on Sunday in Wollongong, New South Wales, with the race against the clock. It's the first time the competition has been held outside of Europe in five years, and the first time we've gone Down Under since Geelong hosted in 2010. Ad The riders will face a far-from-flat 34.2km, two-lap city-circuit.