Josh Tarling makes it two golds for Britain in junior time trials at Road World Championships

Josh Tarling made it two golds for Britain in the junior time trials at the Road World Championships as he grabbed the rainbow jersey with a consummate performance. Australia's Hamish McKenzie had set the early pace and managed to cling on to the lead for the best part of three hours as he took silver ahead of Emil Herzog (Germany). But Tarling paced his race superbly to win by 19 seconds.

Ad “It definitely hasn’t sunk in yet, it just feels like a relief. I was a bit annoyed after last year, I really wanted it," Tarling said afterwards, before acknowledging that he was not going to celebrate this one until after the road race. World ChampionshipsHighlights: 'Bullet' Backstedt comes of age to win junior time trial titleAN HOUR AGO The junior men got to tackle a 28.8km course around the town of Wollongong, with conditions holding steady and ideal for time trialling.

There were 52 men in a relatively open field, setting off in four groups across the afternoon. The first rider to light up the course was home favourite McKenzie. He was fourth off the ramp in the early wave but cheered on by the crowds, crossed the line in 35:18.45 to set the time for the others to chase in a professional performance.

Duarte Marivoet Scholiers (Belgium) had scrawled ‘Go aero’ on his right hand to remind himself to maintain position, with time trialling not necessarily coming naturally to all the juniors. Alexander Gustin (USA) was then the first to fall, after misreading a corner and having to run wide to miss some road furniture. He toppled relatively gently into the barriers, but then lost his chain which cost him even more time.