The non-elite categories at the UCI Road World Championships are notoriously difficult to predict, and over the past few years, it has been a dark horse claiming the rainbow bands in the under-23 men's time trial.
Few expected Iván Romeo (Spain) to defeat favourites Alec Segaert (Belgium) and Jan Christen (Switzerland) in 2024. The previous year, Lorenzo Milesi (Italy) had surprised Segaert, too. The Belgian was second in 2022 and the outright favourite for Glasgow, but he fell 11 seconds short of victory.
