Evenepoel overcomes 'toughest time trial'

Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel retained his world time-trial title in Zurich on Sept 22, surviving a lost chain on the starter's ramp, as Grace Brown also backed up her Paris gold-medal performance in the women's event.

Evenepoel triumphed ahead of Italian pair Filippo Ganna in second and Edoardo Affini in third.

The Belgian star matched Ganna on the flat and gained on him in the rolling sections before the latter, a two-time world champion himself, went for broke in the home straight to set up a thrilling finish.

On his gold Olympic champion's bike, Evenepoel showed deep reserves of nerve and stamina to cling on to the lead over the final section of the 46.1km run along Lake Zurich.