Overview
- He covered 24 km from Loriol-sur-Drôme to Étoile-sur-Rhône in 28:26, finishing 43 seconds clear of Filippo Ganna.
- Denmark’s Niklas Larsen secured bronze at 1:08 behind, and Evenepoel caught former champion Stefan Küng midway.
- The win came three days after his World Championships road‑race bronze and follows Olympic gold in Paris 2024 plus this year’s world time‑trial title.
- Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser won the women’s European time trial in 33:06, 49 seconds ahead of Mie Björndal Ottestad, for her fourth continental crown; Germany’s Lisa Klein placed 16th.
- Germany’s men finished off the podium with Max Walscheid 12th (+2:02) and Miguel Heidemann 21st (+3:27), with the European road race on Sunday expected to include Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.