World Time

“In this busy demanding world, time is the new flex, and real wealth is taking time to stare into a bowl of tea,” said Brewer.

And perhaps it was, with the hyper-organised, big-budget Team Sky around him between 2010 and 2015, run by Dave Brailsford and Rod Ellingworth - with whom he would win the 2012 Tour, the 2014 world time trial championship and much more.

It is Evenepoel's first win since securing the second of his world time trial titles at the World Championships in Zurich in September 2024.

“This has been replicated around the world: time outdoors, before a child becomes myopic, helps either prevent or delay the onset of their myopia,” Mutti told Salon in a phone interview.

Dygert spoke by phone from Belgium, where the 2019 world time trial champion is finishing her preparations for this year’s worlds, held over a 10-day stretch beginning Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland.