Flying farewell continues as Australia's first winner of elite women's time trial conquers race against the clock in Zurich

The Australian national anthem rang out across Zũrich on Wednesday afternoon as Grace Brown won another time trial world title, this time along with Brodie Chapman, Ruby Roseman-Gannon, Michael Matthews, Jay Vine and Ben O'Connor in the Mixed Relay team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.

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.

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.

Aussie cycling champion Grace Brown has confirmed she’s going to go out on top. The Olympic women’s time trial champion became the first women in history to complete the double in the same year, adding the UCI world championship title to her Paris gold.

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.

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

Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) made history on Sunday as the first elite man to add the world time trial victory to the Olympic time trial gold medal, dominating the 46.1km race against the clock in Zürich with a time of 53:01.