Great Britain's 'Plan B' for the mixed relay team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships came close to success on Tuesday, the six-rider squad ending up just 12 seconds short of adding to their 2019 bronze medal in the discipline.
The team were forced to call up U23 rider Josh Charlton in a last-minute substitution for Ben Turner, who fell ill with COVID-19 before the race. And if the late call-up wasn't enough to disrupt team plans, the 20-year-old rider pulled out partway through the men's leg of the race with an eye on Wednesday's U23 time trial.
