MONTREAL — Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel etched his name into the history books with a dominant fourth successive world time-trial victory in Montreal yesterday.

The 26-year-old Belgian came into the race as the overwhelming favourite and he did not disappoint.

Evenepoel was already more than half a minute ahead of the rest by the second intermediate time-check just over half way through the race.

By the finish, the Belgian had put almost a minute into second-placed Filippo Ganna with Paul Seixas taking third another 15 seconds back.

Evenepeol became the first man to win the time-trial world title four times in a row, while also equalling the record number of overall titles held by German Tony Martin and Swiss Fabian Cancellara.

“It’s amazing. It was obviously the goal to come and win here for the fourth time in a row. It was a big motivation,” said Evenepoel.

“I’m super happy. It was a wonderful experience.”

Already the Olympic champion in both this discipline and the road race, Evenepoel has not lost a time-trial since the 2025 Tour de France.

He has enjoyed his best season to date, winning the Amstel Gold Race, Clasica San Sebastian and Grand Prix de Quebec, as well as finishing second behind Tadej Pogacar at the Tour de France.

His next objective will be to win a second road-race world title next Sunday, and become the first man to do the double in the same year.

“There’s quite some time to rest now and enjoy this special course,” he said. “Full focus on Sunday from Tuesday.”