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.

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.

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

New World Champion Grace Brown of Australia, center, Demi Vollering of the Netherlands, left and silver medal, and Chloe Dygert of the U.S., right and bronze medal, celebrate on the podium after the women elite individual time trial over 29.9 kilometres (18.6 miles) at the Cycling World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

The UCI Road World Championships begin Sunday with a doubleheader of elite competitions as the women kick off proceedings with a 29.9km individual time trial from Gossau to Zürich, followed by the men taking on a 46.1km test against the clock.

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

Grace Brown (Australia) became the first woman in history to win both the Olympic and UCI World Championships time trial titles in the same year, earning the latter in a tense battle on Sunday. The 32-year-old,