Evenepoel becomes Olympic road cycling champion
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Remco Evenepoel has been crowned Olympic road cycling champion. The Belgian He has left Valentin Madouas, his breakaway companion, behind 15 kilometres from the finish line and has reached the end alone.
Evenepoel had a scare when there were just under four kilometres left to reach the finish line, as has a flat tire and has had to change bikeHowever, the Belgian had a sufficient advantage over his pursuers and took the victory.
Behind the Belgian Madouas held on to second place until the end. A group threatened the Frenchman’s second place, although he was able to hold on and has won the silver medal.
The bronze medal came from the chasing group of Madouas. The Frenchman also Cristophe Laporte won the small group sprint and finished third.
After Laporte, the following crossed the finish line: Attila Valter (fourth), Tomas Skujins (fifth), Marco Haller (sixth), Stefan Kung (seventh)Jan Tratnik (eighth) and Matteo Jorgenson (ninth).
As far as Basque cyclists are concerned, Alex Aranburu was 18th 2 minutes and 13 seconds behind the winner, while Oier Lazkano finished 35th 3 minutes and 42 seconds behind Evenepoel.
Classification:
1 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Belgium) 6:19:34
2 – MADOUAS Valentin (France) +1:11
3 – LAPORTE Christophe (France) +1:16
4- VALTER Attila (Hungary) mt
5 – SKUJINŠ Toms (Latvia) mt
6 – HALLER Marco (Austria) mt
7 – KÜNG Stefan (Switzerland) mt
8 – TRATNIK Jan (Slovenia) mt
9 – JORGENSON Matteo (USA) mt
10 – HEALY Ben (Ireland) +1:20
Source: Eitb
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