Disaster strikes UK star with gold medal in sight

British prima Ethan Hayter struck catastrophe erstwhile helium dropped a concatenation and had to alteration bikes portion starring the men's clip proceedings astatine the UCI Road World Championships.

Just arsenic the Stan Sport commentators were piling praise connected the 24-year-old, Hayter came unstuck and fto retired a frustrated "f---!" arsenic his worst fears were realised.

"Oh no, he's got problems here! Ethan Hayter, you heard him. You didn't request a translation for what helium thought and present helium is beauteous angry," Anthony McCrossan said.

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Ethan Hayter drops a chain. (Stan)

"This is going to outgo him significantly. He's benignant of besides mislaid the caput a bit."

Hayter threw his motorcycle distant successful disgust and clambered onto a back-up but the harm had been done.

"Devastating determination for Ethan Hayter," erstwhile Australian nonrecreational Simon Gerrans said.

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Ethan Hayter drops a chain. (Stan)

"Over that small velocity hump, it looks arsenic though his concatenation had jumped disconnected the concatenation ring. He's looked down, tried to determination the beforehand derailer to get his concatenation backmost onto that large concatenation ring. Unable to bash it and chooses to spell for the motorcycle change.

"That is simply a existent pity for Hayter."

Hayter was wearing a achromatic armband successful tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and yet finished 4th connected time 1 of the satellite championships successful Wollongong connected Sunday.

Norway's Tobias Foss was a daze victor successful 40:02.78, conscionable 2.95s wide of Switzerland's Stefan Kung.

Belgium large weapon Remco Evenepoel claimed bronze but the race's different stone stars - Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar and Italy's Filippo Ganna - could lone muster sixth and seventh respectively.

Pogacar is simply a two-time Tour de France champion portion Ganna had won the past 2 satellite championships clip trials.

Disaster strikes clip proceedings leader

"I'm starting to deliberation that immoderate of these riders are utilizing this clip proceedings - and nary disrespect to them - but possibly arsenic a grooming tally for the roadworthy contention (next Sunday)," Stan Sport's Michael Tomalaris said.

A shell-shocked Foss couldn't judge what helium had achieved, saying afterwards that helium was a rider who lacked confidence.

"If I was top-10 contiguous I'd beryllium truly satisfied," the 25-year-old said.

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"So to deterioration the (rainbow) jersey volition beryllium truly peculiar and I volition effort to honour it arsenic overmuch arsenic I can. I had truly bully coaching and prepared good - it was a perfectly executed race.

"You had to beryllium truly method and propulsion done the corners."

Australia's Luke Platt finished 12th after compatriot Grace Brown claimed metallic successful the women's clip proceedings earlier connected Sunday.

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