Australian champion Luke Plapp appeared set for a strong displaying on the Paris Olympic Games particular person time trial after he popped up excessive on the standings after the primary time examine however then he got here unstuck, crashing within the moist and slippery circumstances.
The broadcast did not present how the crash got here to go however in social media footage from Anthony Walsh of the Roadman Podcast he might be seen being rigorously helped up by Australian crew help from close to a barrier on the rain-soaked street. The fall occurred within the technical part, via the center of the course, and consequently as an alternative of delivering a excessive end in his meticulously ready for first Olympic Games time trial the 23 yr previous was pressured to desert.
The present nationwide time trial and street champion was the twenty sixth rider of 34 to take to the beginning line on the 32.4km time trial, which was gained 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 examine 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 examine had raised hopes that Australia, who had already secured gold with Grace Brown within the girls’s time trial, is also on observe for a robust displaying within the males’s occasion. However, there was no signal of the rider on the outcomes on the second intermediate level at 22km.
At 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 street race following the time trial crash.