Australian champion Luke Plapp regarded set for a robust displaying on the Paris Olympic Video games particular person time trial after he popped up excessive on the standings after the primary time test however then he got here unstuck, crashing within the moist and slippery circumstances.
The printed did not present how the crash got here to cross however in social media footage from Anthony Walsh of the Roadman Podcast he may be seen being rigorously helped up by Australian workforce assist from close to a barrier on the rain-soaked highway. The autumn occurred within the technical part, via the center of the course, and because of this as an alternative of delivering a excessive end in his meticulously ready for first Olympic Video games time trial the 23 yr outdated was compelled to desert.
The present nationwide time trial and highway champion was the twenty sixth rider of 34 to take to the beginning line on the 32.4km time trial, which was received by world champion Remco Evenepoel (Belgium). Plapp was only one second again from bronze medallist Wout van Aert (Belgium) when he raced via the primary time test at 13.1km, and held fourth spot on the level behind Evenepoel and silver medallist Filippo Ganna (Italy) as soon as all of the riders had gone via.
That preliminary intermediate time test had raised hopes that Australia, who had already secured gold with Grace Brown within the girls’s time trial, may be on observe for a powerful displaying within the males’s occasion on Saturday. Nevertheless, there was no signal of the rider on the outcomes on the second intermediate level at 22km.
On the time of writing there was no replace out there on the outcomes of Plapp’s scans and accidents or whether or not he was anticipated to have the ability to take part within the highway race following the time trial crash. The article will likely be up to date when additional data is offered.
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