Crash costs Jay Vine potential World Championships time trial medal

Australian Jay Vine pictured at the arrival, after a fall at the men elite individual time trial race at the 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships, Sunday 22 September 2024, in Zurich, Switzerland. The Worlds are taking place from 21 to 29 September. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)
Jay Vine (Australia) got back up after a crash and crossed the line in fifth place (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jay Vine was left battered and bloody after a crash during the time trial at the Road World Championships in Zurich but got back on his bike, raced on and finished fifth behind repeat champion Remco Evenepoel.

Vine finished with blood running down his face from a cut above his eye and splatters of blood and dirt on his arms and legs. The images were reminiscent of Stefan Küng's crash at the 2023 European Championships.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.