Preview World Time Trial Championship 2024 - men | That one regular in the list of uncertainties
CyclingSaturday, 21 September 2024 at 04:38
The 2024 World Cycling Championships for elite cyclists (men and women)
will start Sunday with the time trial for men and women. In the men's event, the search is on for a successor to Remco Evenepoelover, a 46.1-kilometer course in and around Zurich, and IDLProCycling.com will elaborate on that in this article.
Evenepoel took the title last year in Stirling, Scotland, near the castle that was the center of the famous movie Braveheart. At the time, the Belgian held off Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling of INEOS Grenadiers, two men who—like himself—will be present again this year in Switzerland.
To everyone's surprise, Ganna already seized the global title in 2020 and 2021, while Tobias Foss became world champion in 2022. Other familiar names on the recent list of honors include Rohan Dennis, Tony Martin, Bradley Wiggins, and Fabian Cancellara. Tom Dumoulin, The latest Dutch winner, took the rainbow jersey in Bergen, Norway, in 2017.
Practical information World time trial championship men 2024
- Sunday, Sept. 22, Oerlikon - Zurich (Switzerland)
- Participants
- Classification: World Championship
In this article
- Latest winners
- Parcous, weather and times
- Favorites
- TV information
Latest winners World Championship time trial men
2023 Remco Evenepoel
2022 Tobias Foss
2021 Filippo Ganna
20 Filippo Ganna
2019 Rohan Dennis
2018 Rohan Dennis
2017 Tom Dumoulin
2016 Tony Martin
2015 Vasil Kiryienka
2014 Bradley Wiggins
2022 Tobias Foss
2021 Filippo Ganna
20 Filippo Ganna
2019 Rohan Dennis
2018 Rohan Dennis
2017 Tom Dumoulin
2016 Tony Martin
2015 Vasil Kiryienka
2014 Bradley Wiggins
World time trial championship men 2024: Course, weather and times
The elite men will be the only ones working a 46.1-kilometer course on Sunday, which will feature about 400 altimeters in total. These are mainly hidden in the middle section of the course, as the rest of the race primarily involves complicated work on mostly flat courses in the Swiss city of Zurich.
Read more below the video!
The riders will start individually in Oerlikon, just north of the city. From there, we race past Dübendorf, which hosted the cyclocross world championships in 2020, towards the first meeting point after 12.5 kilometers along the Greifensee.
After about twenty kilometers, the road slowly climbs, reaching the highest point at intermediate point two. At Uetlikon am See, after 26.6 kilometers, the riders have completed a few kilometers at a five-percent average.
The following eight kilometers are also hilly, but then it's in one long, straight line of about 15 kilometers pounding along Lake Zurich. Here, they also time it again after 36.7 kilometers. The arrival is - as with all races - at the Sechseläutzenplatz.
Weather
The weather conditions on Sunday favor the cyclists. It is Indian summer at Lake Zurich, with hardly any wind, no chance of precipitation, and a temperature of around 22 degrees Celsius.
The weather conditions on Sunday favor the cyclists. It is Indian summer at Lake Zurich, with hardly any wind, no chance of precipitation, and a temperature of around 22 degrees Celsius.
Times
Start: 2:45 p.m. (first rider)
Finish: 5:30 p.m. (last rider)
Start: 2:45 p.m. (first rider)
Finish: 5:30 p.m. (last rider)
Favorites World Time Trial Championship Men 2024
There are many question marks and a few exclamation points: that's it if we have to start pinpointing the favorites for this World Time Trial Championship. Remco Evenepoel is still the most certain factor. The Belgian starts as the defending champion, recently winning the Olympic championship time trial, and built his autumn around this World Championship. Check, check, and ... check?
Not if it is up to Stefan Küng. The Groupama-FDJ rider is facing the time trial of his life, a World Championship in his own country. The powerful hard rider has been close to it so many times before, but somehow also often just missed out. He recently broke his grand tour barrier in the Vuelta. Will a second major milestone follow in Zurich?
Among our line of outsiders (Filippo Ganna (Italy), Primoz Roglic (Slovenia), Joshua Tarling (Great Britain) and Brandon McNulty (United States)), decompression is the focus. Ganna and Tarling struggled with decompression after their big goal this year, the Olympics. In the Renewi Tour and Vuelta, they couldn't make a fist that way, but perhaps one more time reloading helped them.
Roglic is considered the enigma, but how does he stand after winning the Vuelta? In that same round, McNulty won the opening time trial but was eventually passed by Robert Gesink on the final day's time trial. A few days earlier, he crashed hard, leaving some lumps mentally. Fellow countryman Magnus Sheffield can talk about that with his crash resume. Last Sunday, he fell in the Montréal Grand Prix.
Because of these uncertainties, a surprising name could end up on the podium, á la Tobias Foss. European champion Edoardo Affini is on his pink cloud, for example. Or is Vuelta revealing Mathias Vacek from the Czech Republic? Jay Vine, perhaps, to complete his comeback? Stefan Bissegger in his own country once more? Portuguese Joao Almeida and regular Nelson Oliveira?
Daan Hoole aims to be in the top ten in the Netherlands, which the other Belgian competitor (Victor Campenaets) will also be content with. Danes Kasper Asgreen. Mikkel Bjerg, Germans Max Schachmann and Nils Politt, Frenchmen Rémi Cavagna and Kévin Vauquelin are in the same boat.
According to IDLProCycling.com, who are the favorites for the 2024 World Time Trial Men's Championship?
Top favorite: Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) and Stefan Küng (Switzerland)
Outsiders: Filippo Ganna (Italy), Primoz Roglic (Slovenia), Joshua Tarling (Great Britain) and Brandon McNulty (United States)
Long shots: Magnus Sheffield (United States), Edoardo Affini (Italy), Mathias Vacek (Czech Republic), Jay Vine (Australia), Tobias Foss (Norway), Nelson Oliveira, Joao Almeida (Portugal) and Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland)
Outsiders: Filippo Ganna (Italy), Primoz Roglic (Slovenia), Joshua Tarling (Great Britain) and Brandon McNulty (United States)
Long shots: Magnus Sheffield (United States), Edoardo Affini (Italy), Mathias Vacek (Czech Republic), Jay Vine (Australia), Tobias Foss (Norway), Nelson Oliveira, Joao Almeida (Portugal) and Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland)
TV World Time Trial Championship Men 2024
The men's race is after the ladies' race on Sunday. The broadcast of the women's race will transition seamlessly: coverage of the men's race will begin at 2:20 p.m. At Sporza, the switch will occur at 2:30 p.m., while NOS will presumably cover the World Cup in its afternoon programming. The Eurosport 2 broadcast will start at 2:45 p.m.; on the online channels, you can watch ten minutes earlier.
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Latest Comments
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
- This is not a gravel race. UCI fail, from the surface they are on to team tactics. In what country was the first "gravel race" in what country is the most popular gravel race? Go with the race model that created the discipline.
Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024