ITALY’S FILIPPO GANNA retained his time-trial crown at cycling’s world championships in Bruges on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Ineos rider defended his title in a time of 47:47.83, beating local favourite Wout van Aert by five seconds in a carbon copy of last year’s outcome.
Another Belgian, Remco Evenepoel took third, 43 seconds back at the end of the 43.3 kilometres.
Ireland’s Ryan Mullen finished 33rd in a time of 51:59.73 while team-mate Marcus Christie was 39th in 53:07.20.
Christie crossed the line in a time of averaging 48.90kph to finish in 39th position. Mullen went faster again, powering through the course in a time of, averaging 49.96kph to finish in 33rd position.
“I’m quite happy with my ride,” Mullen said. “It was a big improvement compared to last week at the Europeans.”
“It was just lonely out there, the long straights, nothing but trees and windmills for company. I’m satisfied with the ride… I just wish I had more to give at this moment in time but it is how it is, and we’ll move onto the road race on Sunday.”
– Additional reporting © – AFP, 2021
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