Programme: Tuesday night work for fanatical followers of the World Cup in Wollongong | Cycling

The World Cup has started beautifully for Ellen van Dijk. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Dutch raced to gold in the time trial. Annemiek van Vleuten disappointed with a seventh fastest time. The men will be in action on Sunday morning.

Among the men, Tobias Foss surprisingly won gold in the time trial section. The 25-year-old Norwegian needed 40 minutes and 2 seconds for the course over more than 34 kilometers.

The silver went to the Swiss Stefan Küng, who was 3 seconds slower than Foss. The Belgian Remco Evenepoel was third. The Italian defending champion Filippo Ganna only finished seventh, almost 1 minute behind Foss.

Daan Hoole and Bauke Mollema did not finish in the top twenty.

Monday at the promises was once again Norwegian party. This time it was Søren Wærenskjold who floated to the top. The Dutch – partly due to bad luck – did not appear in the piece.

Up early

Because the World Cup will take place on the other side of the world this year, Dutch cycling fans will have to get up early. Most races start in the middle of the night and finish early in the European morning.

Mathieu van der Poel travels to Australia on Saturday evening. He plans to stay awake during the daytime on Sunday after arrival in order to ‘beat’ his jet lag. “Then you are usually tired enough in the evening to sleep through”

On Wednesday, Van der Poel comes into action for the first time. He then participates in the mixed relay. “Annemiek van Vleuten talked about that race in my head during the Turn of the Quay criterion, and I like it myself. We have a strong squad and I think I can add something. It also gives me an incentive with an eye on Sunday’s road race.”

On Sunday 25 September, Van der Poel, who has already won the rainbow jersey four times as a cyclocross rider, hopes to win a medal for the first time during the road race of a World Cup. In 2018, in Glasgow, Scotland, he was already close to a European title. The all-rounder then finished second.

Annemiek van Vleuten

For Van Vleuten (39) the 2022 cycling season has already been more than successful, but she is also keen to end the top year in style: with gold at the World Cup. She was the best this season in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Giro Donne and the Tour de France Femmes. Early in the season she also won the sprint of the faster Demi Vollering in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and recently she also won the overall victory in the Vuelta for women.

“It is special to see that you can actually be completely satisfied even before the world championships have taken place. The tournament that was sometimes the main goal. But I am no less ambitious about it, I want to go for gold in Wollongong.”

This year’s World Cup will take place in Australia.

Ⓒ ANP/HH

Program

TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

Individual time trial, junior women U19 (14.1 km)

• Start: 9:30 am / 1:30 am
• Finish: around 11.05 am / around 03.05 am

Individual time trial, junior men U19 (28.8 km)

• Start: 13.20 / 05.20
• Finish: around 5 pm / around 9 am

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

Mixed Relay (28,2 km)

• Start: 2.20 pm / 6.20 am
• Finish: around 5 pm / around 9 am

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

Road race, junior men U19 (135.6 km)

• Start: 08.15 am / 00.15 am
• Finish: around 11.35 am / around 03.35 am

Road race, U23 U23 men (169.8 km)

• Start: 1:00 PM / 5:00 AM
• Finish: around 5.10 pm / around 9.10 am

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

Road race, junior women U19 (67.2 km)

• Start: 08:00 / 00:00
• Finish: around 9.50 am / around 1.50 am

Road race, elite women (164.3 km)

• Start: 12.25 pm / 4.25 am
• Finish: around 5 pm / around 9 am

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

Road race, elite men (266.9 km)

• Start: 10.15 am / 02.15 am
• Finish: around 4.50 pm / around 8.50 am