Chrono des Nations: Josh Tarling beats Remco Evenepoel to secure time trial victory
Stefan Bissegger rounds out podium in third place in Les He𒈔rbiers

Josh Tarling (Ineos Grena♛diers) secured the victory in the race against the clock at Chrono des Nations in Les Herbiers, 🍸France.
The British and European champion covered the 45.43km course with the fastest time of 52:02, beating 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) by 13 seconds.
Tarling and Evenepoel were the only two ri▨ders to average above 52km/h.
Third place on the day went to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:S♍tefan Bissegger (EF🥂 Education-EasyPost), who finished at 1:10 behind Tarling.
The early best time at the first intermediate checkpoint was set by promising young Belgian TT♐ specialist Alec Segaert (Lotto-Dstny), only for Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates), French National TT Champion R&eac꧅ute;mi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep) and Bisseger to go better.
However, with Tarling the only rider to go under 13 minutes at th🧜at checkpoint and Evenepoel just 10 seconds back, it was clear that,❀ barring major incidents, the World and European time trial champions were set to battle for the top spot of the day.
A winner of the junior edition of th𝕴e same race in 2022 and a bronze medallist in the Worlds in Glasgow, Tarling subsequently proved to be the fastest in each of the checkpoints, pushing his initial advantage to 17 seconds at the second intermedi🧸ate split and then maintaining his consistency all the way to the finish.
Evenepoel had to settle for second in his last race of th🌠e season, a week after he had finished ninth in Il Lombardia following an early crash.
“I couldn't go faster, so I don't want to make too many excuses. It went smoothly, but Tarling was🌟 slightly better,” Evenepoel told
“I started quickly, but so did Tarling. He held his lead until the finish, so that start made the difference. I came a little closer to the finish in ෴that last part.”
“I was fightin☂g against the wind, and riders weighing ✃80 kilos do that slightly better while I get pushed from left to right.”
🎐Evenepoel said his crash and injuries incurred at Il Lombardia had not helped but that overall, he said, “it probably didn’t mak☂e a difference.”
“I did my best; the sea🌠son is over. And 50 minutes of going flat out on a difficult course was a nꩵice way to end it.”
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