Primož Roglič narrowly misses the top 10 in the World Championship ITT

Today’s World Championship individual time trial was Primož Roglič’s first day of racing after his Vuelta victory. The race covered 46.1 kilometers around Zurich.  Wearing the jersey of the Slovenian national team, Primož Roglič finished the course in 55:08.50. He was just over two minutes behind the defending world champion Remco Evenepoel – for Roglič it was enough for 12th place. In addition to the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe leader, Maximilian Schachmann (Germany) and Filip Maciejuk (Poland) also rode for their nations. Schachmann finished the time trial in 23rd place and Maciejuk in 28th.The Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe riders will continue at the World Championhips with the U23 road race on Friday. The two youngsters Alexander Hajek and Emil Herzog will start for Austria and Germany respectively. The elite road race will take place on Sunday with ten riders from the team. In addition to Roglič, Schachmann and Maciejuk, Alex Vlasov, Frederik Wandahl (Denmark), Jai Hindley (Australia), Florian Lipowitz (Germany), Bob Jungels (Luxembourg), Roger Adria (Spain) and Daniel Martinez (Colombia) have been nominated.