Battered and bloodied from another crash, luckless Australian cyclist Jay Vine says he'll keep beating himself up even more over the medal that got away at the world championships in Zurich.
Australia's 2023 national time trial champion looked on his way to his first world gong during the elite men's race on Sunday, lying third in the standings and seemingly getting stronger in the final 10km of the 29.9km course, when he took a corner too fast and crashed.
The TV cameras did not pick up the accident, but Vine's grimace and ripped, dirt-caked skinsuit told its own story at the finish as he crossed the line with his face covered in blood.
