KIGALI :Remco Evenepoel had barely crossed the finish line before declaring he would try to retain his world time trial title next year and in the process make history.

The 25-year-old Belgian secured a hat-trick of world championships with a dominant win in Sunday’s individual time trial, blitzing the field to win by more than a minute through the streets of the Rwandan capital.

He joins Australia’s Michael Rogers (2003-05) and Germany’s Tony Martin (2011-13) as those who have previously won three in a row.

“The list I have joined are two pretty impressive guys in Tony and Michael so it's a big step for me to step up there and, yeah, I guess next year I have to go for another one, because I want to be the first to get four in a row,” Evenepoel said.

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