The UCI Highway World Championships start Sunday with a doubleheader of elite particular person time trial competitions. The elite males take the course at 14:45 native time, following the race for the primary rainbow jersey of the week determined by elite girls, who begin at 11:51 native time in Switzerland.
The elite males’s course is 46.1km from Zurich-Oerlikon, relatively than the ladies’s begin in Gossau, and again to Zürich. As soon as down the ramp, the 59 riders within the subject will move Dübendorf and Lake Greifensee earlier than heading to Monchaltorf to affix the identical route as the ladies’s elite time trial.
The course takes in an elevation achieve of 413 metres because it begins on the historic open race observe in Zurich-Oerlikon and works its manner over the foothills of the Pfannenstiel and alongside the shores of Lake Zürich for the end line at Sechseläutenplatz within the nation’s largest metropolis.
All of the climbing comes within the center part of the route, as soon as Lake Greifen is within the rearview mirror and the primary time verify is handed at Maur, 12.5km accomplished. Passing via Mönchaltorf, the course then connects with the identical roads as utilized by the elite girls, and the climbing and technical descending start.
The primary uphill winds via Oetwil am See for two.6km with a gradient averaging 4.5%. Shortly afterwards is a smaller rise of 1.4km that results in a steep 1km descent, with pitches of 10-12%.
That technical drop results in a right-hand flip for the quick, flat part on the japanese shore of Lake Zurich for the ultimate 12km to the end line.
There are a complete of three intermediate time checks on the course. After the primary one at Maur, the second cut up instances are taken on the crest of the Oetwil am See climb with just below 21km to trip. The ultimate verify is positioned alongside the flat highway beside Lake Zurich after passing Herrliberg with 9.4km to go.
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Racing begins when Charles Kagimu of Uganda rolls down the beginning ramp at 14:52:00 to start a procession of 59 riders all separated by 1:30.
All eyes might be on the ultimate group on the course, accomplished when defending Worlds champion and reigning Olympic time trial champion Remco Evenepoel of Belgium takes the course at 16:34:00.
Final yr’s high finishers from Sterling are current within the last 5 positions, USA’s Brandon McNulty, who was fourth final yr, (16:29:30), then third-placed Josh Tarling of Britain beginning at 16:20:00 and runner-up Filippo Ganna of Italy at 16:32:30. Simply earlier than Ganna, Primož Roglič of Slovenia takes the course (16:31:00).
The primary of the Swiss riders might be Stefan Bissegger at 16:02:30, whereas Stefan Küng, who gained the silver medal within the European Championships, begins the clock at 16:26:30, simply 5 riders to comply with him.
Different notable contenders within the last wave of 20 riders embrace European ITT champion Edoardo Affini of Italy (16:07:00), Belgian Victor Campenaerts (16:08:30) and 2022 ITT world champion Tobias Foss of Norway (16:11:30).
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Elite Males Particular person Time Trial begin instances
