The national time trial championships were held in Belgium today. The titles ultimately went to Lotte Kopecky and Tim Wellens. But of course the clock was not only raced in our country.
After all, that was also the case abroad. In Italy, Great Britain and Switzerland there were no surprises at all when it came to men. Joshua Tarling, Filippo Ganna and Stefan Küng lived up to their role as favorites and extended their title.
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(Re) Introducing your #NatRoadChamps time trial champion 🤩🙌💪
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— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) June 19, 2024
Then the tension in the Netherlands and Norway was much greater. Daan Hoole extended his title with our northern neighbors, but had barely 1 second (!) to spare against Mick van Dijke of Visma-Lease a Bike.
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Just. One. Second. 🤯
That was a battle.. 👌🏼🥈 for Mick! pic.twitter.com/wEp1ziiVCa
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 19, 2024
Also in Norway the difference was barely 1 second. Soren Waerenskjold seems to be in excellent condition because after a final victory in the Tour of Belgium, he has now also extended his title as Norway’s best time trialist. Tobias Foss – former world champion – was just over 60 milliseconds short. In France the difference was slightly bigger, but with three seconds Bruno Armirail did not have too much of an advantage over Kévin Vauquelin.
An overview of the champions can be found below.
The Netherlands: Daan Hoole and Riejanne Markus
Norway: Soren Waerenskjold and Katrine Allerud
Italy: Filippo Ganna and Vittoria Guazzini
Britain: Joshua Tarling and Anna Henderson
Estonia: Rein Taaramäe and Laura Lizette Sander
Hungary: Barnabas Peak on Petra Zsanko
Eritrea: Amanuel Gebreigzabhier
Poland: Filip Maciejuk and Marta Jaskulska
Sweden: Jakob Söderqvist
Czech Republic: Mathias Vacek and Julia Kopecky
France: Bruno Armirail in Audrey Cordon-Ragot
Switzerland: Stefan Küng and Elena Hartmann
Slovenia: Matej Mohoric and Urska Zigart
