KIGALI : Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel is determined to bag a hat-trick of titles in the men’s time trial when Cycling’s Road World Championships begin in Kigali on Sunday.

The winner of the time trial at the last two championships in Scotland and Zurich, he is looking to emulate the Australian Michael Rogers, who won three time trial titles from 2003 to 2005, and move closer to the record four titles held by Fabio Cancellara of Switzerland and the German Tony Martin.

“That's a nice challenge. I want to add my name to that list and go even further,” Evenepoel told reporters on the eve of a week of racing at a first-ever cycling world championships in Africa.

“It would be great to achieve a historic result here – that would be special."

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