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.
