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.

There was an impromptu celebration for Remco Evenepoel at the Belgian hotel in Wetzikon on Sunday evening after he had won his second successive time trial world title, but the man of the hour was already casting his mind ahead to another pressing appointment next weekend.

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.