World Championships Race Report: Oscar Chamberlain is the brand new Junior World Time Trial champion. The quick Australian acquired the higher of Ben Wiggins, the son of Tour winner Bradley Wiggins, on the 22.7 kilometre course in Stirling. The distinction between gold and silver was 24 seconds on the end. Louis Leidert of Germany was third at 0:34.
The primary goal time got here from Louis Leidert from Germany. He set a time of 29:03 and he took his place within the sizzling seat for a very long time. Mees Vlot (Netherlands) and Sente Sentjens (Belgium) conceded greater than 50 seconds to Leidert.
The large favourites had been but to begin. Considered one of them was Ben Wiggins, the son of Bradley. On the first intermediate level after 9.7 kilometres he was solely a second slower than Leidert. On the second intermediate level, Oscar Chamberlain was the chief. The Australian had deliberate his time trial utterly in a different way and was 16 seconds sooner than Leidert after 18.4 kilometres.
Jorgen Nordhagen was additionally aiming for the World title. The longer term Jumbo-Visma rider from Norway rode a powerful closing climb, however was 3 seconds wanting Leidert and the recent seat. Chamberlain was the quickest, second within the junior Paris-Roubaix, was 34 seconds underneath the time of Leidert.
With a time of 28:29, he put Wiggins underneath stress. The younger Brit had ridden too laborious within the first a part of the trial and was 24 seconds behind Chamberlain, for the silver medal. Paul Fietzke (Germany) and Duarte Marivoet Scholiers (Belgium) nonetheless needed to end, however fell wanting the medals.
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2023 World Championship Males’s Time Trial End result:
1. Oscar Chamberlain (Australia) in 28:29
2. Ben Wiggins (Nice Britain) at 0:24
3. Louis Leidert (Germany) at 0:34
4. Jørgen Nordhagen (Norway) at 0:37
5. Jacob Bush (Nice Britain) at 0:50
6. Luca Giaimi (Italy) at 0:56
7. Duarte Marivoet (Belgium) at 0:57
8. Adam Rafferty (Eire) at 0:58
9. Andrew August (United States) at 1:02
10. Paul Fietzke (Germany) at 1:09.
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