Road Worlds 2024: GB’s Robertson takes second in men’s C2 road race

Great Britain’s Matthew Robertson finished second in the men’s C2 road race at the Road and Para-cycling World Championships in Switzerland on Friday.

The 25-year-old crossed the line 45 seconds after Alexandre Leaute of France to claim the silver medal on a 62.7km course in Zurich.

Robertson also claimed third place in the men’s C2 time trial on Tuesday behind Leaute and winner Ewoud Vromant of Belgium, who finished third in Friday’s road race.

Later on Friday, GB’s Joseph Blackmore finished fifth in the men’s Under-23 road race, which was won by Niklas Behrens of Germany.

Blackmore, who won this year’s coveted Tour de l’Avenir – a race famed for being won by future Grand Tour champions – finished 46 seconds behind Behrens, but came over the line at the same time as young star Isaac del Toro of Mexico.

In the men’s T2 road race, GB’s time-trial world champion Felix Barrow finished seventh.

The championships have so far been a fruitful one for the British Cycling team, with 17 medals and six coveted winner’s rainbow jerseys – including for Sarah Storey in the women’s C4-C5 individual time trial and Cat Ferguson in the women’s junior road race.

But the event has been overshadowed by the death of Swiss rider Muriel Furrer from head injuries sustained in a crash during the women’s junior road race on Thursday.

Organisers confirmed on Friday that Furrer’s family supported the continuation of the event.