With big names like Froome, Cavendish and Cancellara pulling out of the competition, picking the winner of the men’s road race in this year’s UCI Road World Championships is about as easy as climbing Mont Ventoux on a pogo stick. One thing’s for sure though, with 12 races over nine days of competition, it’s a safe bet that several in-form Shimano-sponsored riders will take home some of the glory.
Shimano-sponsored BMC Racing Team have already done that, winning the men’s team time trial. The defending champions beat runners up Etixx-Quick-Step by 12 seconds. Rohan Dennis said afterwards “to win again and really put our mark on the team time trial is really big.”
There was also no change in the women’s TTT event, with defending champions Velocio-SRAM taking victory for the fourth consecutive year. But it was no wal-over, as they won by just 6 seconds after an epic battle with Boels Dolmans who led right through to the final time check.