Paris Olympics: Remco Evenepoel overcomes puncture and powers ...

4 Aug 2024
Olympic Games 2024: Remco Evenepoel wins the men's road race for Team Belgium(Image credit: Jared C Tilton/Getty Images)

A heart-stopping last-minute bike change could not stop Remco Evenepoel from roaring his way into the Olympic Games history books on Saturday, as the Belgian blasted his way to road race goal and simultaneously became the first ever male rider to secure both road and time trial titles in the same Olympics.

Olympic road race - Figure 1
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent,  The Guardian,  ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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