2021 World Championships TT Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of 2021 World Championships TT! Our live time-trial times and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
Unlike the route of the road race, the individual time trial at the Worlds in Flanders is played out on virtually flat roads. The course between Knokke-Heist and Bruges is 43.3 kilometres long.
One could argue: that’s perfect for title defender Filippo Ganna. Last year, the Italian powered to gold on a slightly more accented route of 31.7 kilometres. He won the race 26 seconds ahead of Wout van Aert with Stefan Küng another 3 seconds further behind. That said, Küng bested Ganna recently on the flat ITT course at the European Championships in Trentino.
The riders roll down the starting ramp at the beach and continue along the North Sea for 1.5 kilometres. A sharp turn takes them inland and after moving through Knokke-Heist a flat section on long straight roads goes to Westkapelle, Oostkerke and Dudzele. Another long straight along the Boudewijnkanaal – a channel – leads to Bruges. The riders already enter the city before a U-turn takes them back to Dudzele. Via Damme and another stretch along a channel – Damse Vaart – the route returns to Bruges. After a bit pf twisting and turning in the city centre the finish lies at ’t Zand square.
As said, Ganna is titleholder. Last year, he succeeded Rohan Dennis, who powered to the rainbow jersey in 2019 and 2018.
There are two intermediate time checks – at kilometre 13.8 and at kilometre 33.3.
The first rider starts at 14.30 and the last rider is expected to finish around 16.55 – both are local times (CEST).
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