Individual time trial
Men’s individual time trial from 16.30 LIVE
Felix Großschartner from Upper Austria finished 19th in the men's Olympic cycling time trial in difficult conditions on Saturday. The 30-year-old completed the 32.4 km long, wet course through Paris in 38:17.36 minutes.
Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel was 2:05.20 minutes faster, taking Olympic gold ahead of former world champion Filippo Ganna from Italy (+14.92 seconds) and his compatriot Wout van Aert (+25.63).
"It was just right"
For climber Großschartner, things went quite well on the largely flat course, which was not ideal for him. "Without a fall," said the Olympic debutant with a laugh. "It was just right. In hindsight, you know that you could perhaps have gone a few corners faster. But you've heard that there have been a lot of crashes, so there's a bit of fear involved." It was a solid race - not one of his best time trials, but quite good.
The fact that the training took place in beautiful conditions and it rained during the race did not affect the pacing, explained Großschartner. "But it would have been good if you could have skied the course in the wet before the time trial, so that you had a bit more feeling for the corners. But it was the same for everyone."
Now he has to prepare well for the road race. He can do that without any injuries. "I knew that I wasn't a medal favorite in the time trial, the most important thing was to get through it without crashing and with good momentum."
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