Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel successfully defended his world time trial title in Zurich on Sunday, surviving a lost chain on the starters ramp, as Grace Brown also backed up her Paris gold medal performance in the women's event.

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel edged out Italian Filippo Ganna to retain his world road time trial title and conclude a golden summer after Australia's Grace Brown also backed up her Olympic title to win the women's event on Sunday.

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel pips Filippo Ganna of Italy to the men's elite time trial title at the Road World Championships in Zurich, with Italian Edoardo Affini third and Britain's Josh Tarling in fourth. Available to UK users only.

Olympic champions Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown won the men's and women's time trial at the cycling world championships in Switzerland on Sunday.

Olympic champions Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown won the men's and women's time trial at the cycling world championships in Switzerland on Sunday. While the 32-year-old Australian Brown won it for the first time after finishing runner-up in the past two years,

Both riders repeated their Paris 2024 success at the World Championships in Zurich on Sunday by winning the time trial. The Belgian and the

Remco Evenepoel will be out to defend his title, and add to the Olympic crown he claimed in the summer, and goes up against the likes of Filippo Ganna, Josh Tarling, and Stefan Kung on a 46.1km course in Zurich.

Remco Evenepoel successfully defended the world time trial title in Zurich on Sunday, surviving a lost chain on the starters ramp to triumph ahead of Italian pair Filippo Ganna in second and Edoardo Affini in third.

Grace Brown's fairytale retirement season has added another golden chapter, with the 32-year-old Olympic champion adding the world championship time trial title to her impressive palmares, while Jay Vine suffered a nasty crash.

He triumphs ahead of Italian pair Filippo Ganna in second and Edoardo Affini in third. Read more at straitstimes.com.