Australia successfully defended their Mixed Relay TTT world title at the UCI Road World Championships, beating France in a tense finish on the hilly 41.8km course in Kigali.
The Australian squad, who beat Germany by less than a second last year in Zurich, closed out their ride with a more decisive margin against the French team, but only just. The six-rider squad of Michael Matthews, Luke Plapp, Jay Vine, Brodie Chapman, Amanda Spratt, and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden completed their ride with a time of 54:30.47, taking the rainbow jerseys by just five seconds.
