"Australia successfully defended their Mixed Relay TTT world title at the Road World Championships, beating France in a tense finish on the hilly 41.8km course in Kigali. The Australian squad, who beat Germany by less than a second last year in Zurich, closed out their ride with a more decisive margin against the French team, but only just. The six-rider squad of Michael Matthews, Luke Plapp, Jay Vine, Brodie Chapman, Amanda Spratt, and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden completed their ride with a time of 54:30.47, taking the rainbow jerseys by just five seconds."
"France (Bruno Armirail, Paul Seixas, Pavel Sivakov, Cédrine Kerbaol, Juliette Labous, and Maëva Squiban), who had held the hot seat for fewer than 10 minutes since their ride ended, took silver with a time of 54:35.71, while Switzerland (Jan Christen, Stefan Küng, and Mauro Schmid followed by Jasmin Liechti, Marlen Reusser, and Noemi Rüegg) rounded out the podium with a time of 54:58.89."
Australia defended the Mixed Relay TTT world title on the hilly 41.8km Kigali course with a final time of 54:30.47. The six-rider Australian squad of Michael Matthews, Luke Plapp, Jay Vine, Brodie Chapman, Amanda Spratt, and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden secured victory by five seconds. France finished second in 54:35.71 after holding the provisional lead for fewer than ten minutes. Switzerland completed the podium in 54:58.89 with a mixed six-rider line-up. The result marked a narrow but decisive title defense for the Australian team at the Road World Championships.
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