KIGALI :A rare setback for Tadej Pogacar in Sunday's individual time trial at the Cycling Road World Championships in Rwanda has served only to ramp up his determination to win the road race at the weekend.

The four-times Tour de France winner was chasing a time trial-road race double but was soundly beaten by Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the start of the week-long championships in Kigali.

Pogacar was the second-last trialist to set off on the 40.6km course followed by Evenepoel, who passed the Slovenian with some 2km remaining and went on to take a third successive world title.

"When he caught me, I just said 'wow'. Gaining two and a half minutes like that is really phenomenal. So hats off to Remco," said Pogacar, who finished fourth.

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