The Spanish cyclist Carlos Rodríguez will make his debut in the individual chrono of the World Road Championship, which will be held this Sunday 19 in the Belgian region of Flanders over 43.3 kilometers and in which the Italian Filipo Ganna will defend his rainbow jersey.
If in the online tests Leuven and Antwerp will be the two cities of reference, in the time trials Knokke-Heist will host the starts and Bruges, the goals. The men’s elite time trial, which will take place between 2:30 p.m. and 4:55 p.m. on SundayIt will have a completely flat route, which is not the most favorable for Rodríguez, which stands out when the road gets demanding.
This Almuñécar cyclist’s first participation in an elite time trial is preceded by the bronze he obtained in the Spanish Road Championship of this year and that last week in the Tour of Britain team time trial was key for his team, Ineos-Grenadiers, to achieve victory. Filippo Ganna will once again be the top seed against Stefan Kung, Remco Evenepoel, Wout Van Aert, Remi Cavagna, Steffan Bissegger, Max Walscheid, Tadej Pogacar or Kasper Asgreen, among others.
On the other hand, the time trial of the The elite female category will be held on Monday, September 20, over 30.3 kilometers, with departure in Knokke-Heist and arrival in Bruges and a completely flat profile. Ziortza Isasi, which also debuts at an absolute level, will try to offer its best version in a test in which Anna van der Breggen, in possession of both the background rainbow and the chrono, will not defend her crown. Marlen Reusser, Annemiek van Vleuten, Ellen van Dijk, Lisa Klein or Lisa Brennauer start as the main favorites to get the gold.