Filippo Ganna and Eduardo Affini stood either side of Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) on the podium of the elite men's time trial podium at the UCI Road World Championships in Zürich. Both Italians managed to smile but had contrasting emotions.

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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.

Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown became the first cyclists to win the world road cycling championships time trial and Olympic time trial in the same year.

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.

Remco Evenepoel has lived up to his status as a top favorite at the World Time Trial Championships. He was the strongest in and around Zurich, referring two Italians, Filippo Ganna and Edoardo Affini,

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.

Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) defended his time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday, riding without a power meter following a mishap with his bike. The 24-year-old led through all three time checks in Zurich,

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,