'This was not the strategy' – Switzerland overcome crash to win Worlds mixed relay TTT

Switzerland celebrate winning the mixed relay team time trial at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships
Switzerland celebrate winning the mixed relay team time trial at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships (Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Switzerland, featuring the powerhouse time triallists of Marlen Reusser, Stefan Bissegger, and Stefan Küng, became the first nation to retain the mixed relay team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, overcoming Reusser's mid-race crash to put themselves in rainbows for the second consecutive year.

The six-rider squad kicked things off with Küng, Bissegger and Mauro Schmid topping the timing table after one lap of the technical Glasgow city-centre circuit, leaving the women's trio with a 19-second advantage over Italy to play with.

Dani Ostanek
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

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