Cole Kessler was the top US finisher in the men's under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on Monday in 11th place. After finishing the 31.2km course that he thought played to some of his strengths, he revised that assessment at the finish line at the Kigali Convention Centre, admitting he suffered with the climbing.
There was no medal for under-23 national time trial champion, but he found a silver lining with his Lidl-Trek Future Racing pro teammate, Jakob Söderqvist (Sweden), crushing the course and taking the hardware as the world's best.
