Jay Vine has launched Australia's challenge at the world road cycling championships in spectacular fashion, winning a silver medal in the men's elite time trial in Kigali behind the Belgian great Remco Evenepoel.
After Brodie Chapman just missed out on a medal in the equivalent women's event at the start of Africa's historic first road championships in Rwanda on Sunday, Vine continued where he'd left off at the Vuelta a Espana as he delivered a stunning ride against the clock.
Vine, who'd won two stages and the King of the Mountains jersey in the Spanish Grand Tour, covered the demanding, undulating 40.6km course in 51 minutes 00.83 seconds, a time only bettered by Olympic champ Evenepoel's stupendous 49:46.03.
