Belgian Remko Evenepohl, who finished in first place in Wollongong (Australia) as part of the World Cycling Championship, became the road world champion.

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At a distance of 266.9 km, the Belgian clocked 6 hours 16:08, winning the race single-handedly, behind Frenchman Christophe Laporte (+2:21) and Australian Michael Matthews (+2:21).

At the age of 22, the Belgian offers his country a first world title two weeks after achieving his greatest performance by winning the Tour of Spain, the first time since 1978 that a Belgian has won a Grand Tour race, writes Agerpres.

In the time trial, the title of world champion went to Norwegian Tobias Foss.