On the Rise UCI19-23
I am having a little fun with this title. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) is on a small rise out on course as he rides in the Elite Men's ITT. Evenepoel rode in 2018 as a Junior, but in Yorkshire he is riding with the elite men of the sport. I am not sure if there has been a rule change, but it does make sense that if a rider has a Pro Tour team contract, then they must ride at the level of all of the other Pro Tour riders. Normally, at the age of 19, Evenepoel would be competing in yesterday's U23 ITT, but opted instead to ride today. He was posting best times at every point of his time trial, but dropped to second as the last man to start crossed the line in Harrogate. Not to shabby!